Hi Mike. I used to love climbing those stairs and going to John's place in the 80's and early 90's. He sold his entire personal collection to Larry Fritsch for a ton of money but still had his store inventory. I believe he sold some of it off to Dick DeLong who opened up a shop for a while in Fort Smith, now closed. John eventually moved his place to Phoenix Avenue in Ft. Smith but his heart wasn't in it and his best stuff was long gone. He eventually sold out for good and now collect jazz records.
I think the find was around 1984, not sure exactly when. Time slips by so fast! I was contacted by John and Dick and we had one other partner whose son is now a 54 member and has a nice collection of pre-war of his own. Everyone's T213s are long gone except for the one partner (whose name I do not mention because I don't have permission and for security sake) who I believe may still have her original 1/4 share of cards, don't know. Her share would consist of T213-2s, Kottons and other cards if she didn't sell them. Even her son is not 100% positive if they are satshed in the attic or sold.
