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FOUND: Handbook To US Early Candy and Gum Cards - Egan, 1969
OK, so as many folks know, I have been searching for an ORIGINAL copy of Egan's Handbook for quite a few years with NO luck!! A board member here, Ray Novak, was kind enough to send me a photocopied one that he no longer had any use for, and I was VERY grateful.
So here we go................. I bid on and won an auction on eBay a couple of weeks ago of some hobby publications and "checklists". Pictured in the auction was a 1960 ACC, Horne's Zeenuts book (I don't collect Zeenuts nor know much about them), The Trader Speaks, among other things. So when I opened the box, I found the ACC, the Zeenuts book, the TS books, etc. So all of a sudden, as I perused the rest of the box, I FOUND NOT 1 BUT 2 ORIGINAL COPIES OF EGAN'S HANDBOOK!! Oh, imagine my happiness!!! Also inside was an ORIGINAL 1950 "The American Book of Checklists" By Charles Bray WITH a corrections sheet, (2) Checking The Checklists by Ray Medeiros (Don't know a lot about this one), and an ORIGINAL August 1st, 1963 "The Card Collector's Bulletin" with original mailing envelope from Charles Bray!! I will tell you I felt like I was coming down with a cold that day, but after opening up my package, I felt ALL BETTER Anyway, I just wanted to share with the board my findings, as to me, this is something I never thought I would find, let alone all the ancillary items that came with it. Last edited by gnaz01; 10-05-2012 at 05:11 PM. |
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Congrats Greg!
I'd be interested in the Zeenut book if it's original and you'd be willing to part with it. -Matt |
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Very cool Greg, what a great surprise.
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Congrats Greg!! Love that kind of stuff.
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Ebay Find
Congratulations. People can say what they want about ebay but I have
found a number of things I would never have come across. Makes your day |
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Congratulations on your find! It feels SO GOOD to find something that you have been looking for.....
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I would be interested in an original Horne book as well
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Really a cool group and tough to find! Congrats and enjoy.
Rob |
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Another hidden gem of this find is that it was addressed to Ray Hess, a longtime Southern California collector / dealer and great guy to deal with. I reconnected with Ray about 15 years ago and he sent me up a box of hobby literature / research to go through. I bought from Ray in the 70's at California shows (both Southern & Northern) and he always treated me and other 'kids' (at the time) with respect
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