Whatever happened to.........

[Jewish-collector]

Zach,

Since you are at GWU, will you be joining us for some Northern Virginia Net54 dinners ?

See you in Cleveland !!!
Alan

[Brian Weisner]

Hi Barry,
You know how "slow" we Southern boys are....
Be well Brian

PS Zach's choice of GW had a lot to do with "Graduate" school opportunities in the future, so I got a little ahead of myself....

[barrysloate]

I know Brian, and I'm sure Zach will do graduate work. He's a scholar!

[GoldenAge50s]

I also remember Mike Schwartz (Vendomecat) and used to converse w/ him quite often. In addition to cards he had a tremendous collection of old, rare and eclectic paper ephemera.

I lost contact w/ him about the time of the Hurricane and he seemed to abruptly disappear from EBay at that time.

He always said his restaurant business was doing well---My guess is the Hurricane devastated him and quite possibly his multimillion dollar collection but I don't know that for fact.

He was a prince of a guy to talk w/ & deal with and I certainly hope he escaped w/ his collection intact, but I have my doubts.

[Jewish-collector]

This thread should have this song on every response:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhaHLoK3CF4

[ethicsprof]

always glad to see ole Yawie back.
you know way too much about vintage to ever be a lurker ole buddy.

best,
barry 'perfessor'

[Rich Klein]

So if you are FB; look her up -- she seems to be doing well

Rich

[yawie99]

Thanks for the kind words, guys. I really do appreciate it. I am indeed alive, well and still collecting - just not at the same pace I used to. It's probably some combination of family, career, apprehension in this economic climate, and eBay's declining appeal. I've never been a hyperactive poster and am probably even more of a lurker now, but do still regularly read the boards. I suppose I'll one day return to full-throttle collecting, but for now, less is more.