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Posted By: barry arnold

Bill Heitman,

With Ted Z. i must underscore my thanks for your most illuminative descriptions of those early days when you
did such pre-internet, tedious, laborious work as you set the stage for this great hobby we all love. Hearing you
relive the various steps along the way is absolutely fascinating! It is particularly interesting to me when you
refer to the time as the dark ages--as i think of the dark
ages of the post-Roman period-- and am grateful that you and
others took on the responsility of taking hold of the remnants of what could have been lost of the 'culture of the
t206's' and created the tome that would solidify the legacy of The Monster. THANK YOU.
With respect to Ted Z.'s theory of the Primacy of Piedmont, your comment regarding the darling brands getting the cards first and your suspecting that Piedmont was the lead brand is helpful and corroborative---even though the primary sources are long gone (fortunately, you are the primary of the secondary sources! )
We look forward to your posting of the errors list which you produced upon the conversion of the typewritten checklist to the ultimate format for The Monster. The more
research the better for what has turned out to be a most
elucidative RESEARCH THREAD.

all the best

Barry