There will be a pretty good type card collection coming to auction....

[ullmandds]

the dream of completing the ACC is dead??????

[glenv]

Leon, sorry to hear this news. Hopefully your daughter never forgets this, and puts you in a nice retirement home when you get old!

[Paul S]

Originally Posted by glenv

Leon, sorry to hear this news. Hopefully your daughter never forgets this, and puts you in a nice retirement home when you get old!

Wow! Leon

And yes, his daughter will sell the Luckey II Collection to fund him in the retirement home.

[bbcard1]

I am sure you've thought of this, but be aggressive in applying for the scholarships. SMU has a good endowment and is pretty generous as a rule.

[bn2cardz]

I would like a catalog.

Am I safe in thinking that this can act as a preview then?

http://www.luckeycards.com/personal.html

[Leon]

Originally Posted by bn2cardz

I would like a catalog.

Am I safe in thinking that this can act as a preview then?

http://www.luckeycards.com/personal.html

All members who want a catalog will get one. You might have to ask but you will get one.

As for the url, that is fairly accurate but I will disclaim and say it could change (though I don't expect it to). There could be a few very minor items not being sold and a few added. But the goal is/was to memorialize it so I wanted everything in there, which I am not continuing to collect. As mentioned, everything is going. I am keeping the hobby pubs, generic baseball RPPCs and a few old 1800s photos. And didn't want to take the only thing on my office walls down (1903 Horner), so didn't. Also, I am NOT saying I am not going back to type collecting. I am quite sure I will in some form or fashion. The thrill of the hunt is awesome.

To answer Pete, yeap, a few short for a complete 1900-1949 type set...but pretty close. And there were probably a couple I didn't even get as they are commonly available. I knew the D351 and D355 would be difficult. Those are the only 2 real ones I feel I didn't get.

To answer another question, the early Zeenuts with coupons (say, before 1923'ish) will be sold individually. That being said there will have to be some groups of things as the printing is what it is. (expensive)

ps..One other thing, the reason I am making this known now is because several hobby friends have known about it, as well as quite a few others, and I didn't want it being something spoken about behind the scenes as if it were a complete secret, bad or mysterious. It's much better to be open, imho.

[Sean]

Best of luck to your daughter Leon.

And I can't wait to see this catalog (and Johnny's reaction when he realizes that his dream scrap and his dream proof will soon be available).

[barrysloate]

The day after the auction, someone is going to offer Leon a D355!

Good luck with the sale Leon. I've known about this decision for a while now and look forward to seeing how it all pans out.

[iowadoc77]

Very neat thing to do Leon. Very happy to hear that you are not getting out of it altogether. I am hoping to get a catalog just for the sheer amount of knowledge I can gain from reading it. You are a great part of this great hobby (and it would seem a great dad!)

[BruceinGa]

It's all about priorities! Good luck Leon.

[smokelessjoe]

Wow Leon! What a great thing you are doing for your daughter... Great School as well! I am biased though...

My Great Grand Father is Roy R Ray who was Director of the Academy of American Law program...

I did get to meet him several times but he was up there in age. I helped my grandmother clean out his house and I remember all these law books etc... I had asked my grandmother (I was a kid) if I could have a giant map that was on the wall (it actually looked as if it was built into the wall) and she said "if you can get it down you can have it". Its now over my fireplace... I also drove his 1971 Grand Mercury Marquis to school, my first car "The Tank"...

Anyway, probably more than you wanted to know...

Here is a little Bio:

Roy R. Ray Lecture Series
Established 1970


History

The Roy R. Ray Lecture Series was established through an endowment funded by the late Professor Roy Robert Ray. Previous lectures have included: Linda Greenhouse, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and U.S. Supreme Court correspondent for the New York Times; Lawrence Lokken, Hugh Culverhouse Eminent Scholar in Taxation and Professor Emeritus at the University of Florida Levin College of Law; Helen M. Hubbard, former Tax Legislative Counsel for the Office of Tax Policy at the U.S. Department of Treasury.

Roy Ray received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Centre College and his law degree with distinction from the University of Kentucky. He was appointed Research Fellow at the University of Michigan and received the degree of Doctor of Judicial Science.

Professor Ray joined the SMU law faculty in 1929; four years after the law school opened its doors. While at SMU, he established and served as the Director of the Academy of American Law program in the law school from 1955 to 1959. During the spring of 1966, Professor Ray was a Fulbright Exchange Professor at the Graduate School of Law at Seoul National University in Korea. Following his retirement in 1967, he continued to teach full time as professor emeritus for three more years. In total, and except for temporary visits and leave during the war, Professor Ray served the law school and university for 41 years.

Professor Ray is well-known for his significant contribution to the literature in torts and evidence. However, perhaps his most enduring legacy is the treatise on the Texas Law of Evidence, first co-authored with Dean Charles T. McCormick of the University of Texas at Austin, and a second edition with Professor William F. Young of the University of Texas at Austin.

[frohme]

Originally Posted by bbcard1

I am sure you've thought of this, but be aggressive in applying for the scholarships. SMU has a good endowment and is pretty generous as a rule.

Congratulations on the milestone (college) and can only guess that the decision must have been a difficult one.

+1 on the above comment, and though my experience is 30 years dated, if your daughter has any leaning towards a specific field of study, individual department(s) may well have scholarships to offer. Geology dept there treated me well from 81-85, though times may be different.

Best of luck to you both, Leon, I'm sure it will be very much worth it in the end.

--
Mike

[Joshchisox08]

Leon I know that i'm new but just judging by the reaction and that you are the moderator of this site. I'm somewhat sad but happy for you at the same time. You're doing a wonderful thing for your daughter. I love my son to death but right now I'm trying to save so I don't have to sell off my collection but that's what I've always told my gf (not his mother but I wish she was) that my collection is an investment for him.

I hope that you stick around as you said you would and I wish your daughter the best of luck in school. I hope she realizes the sacrifice, gift, and love that you have for her. That is what will make it all worth it my friend.