As readers of this blog or subscribers to my online catalogs probably know, I’m nuts about clipper ship sailing cards. I buy too many, pay too much, and have a hard time selling them for more than I paid. This might be acceptable for a collector, but it is a bad idea for a dealer. […] More >>
Archives for April 2018
A Day (and-a-half) in the Life
Got my trunks packed for the London fair then rose at 4 am the next morning to get on a 6 am flight to the west coast, where I arrived about 9:30 am. Rented a car and drove to the house of an old customer and friend who was considering selling his collection. Looked at […] More >>
The Real McCoy
For a few minutes there, it looked like we were going to be in for a very long day. We’d finished setting up for the SNEAB (Southern New England Antiquarian Booksellers) spring book fair, being marketed by promoter Marvin Getman as the Boston West Book, Print, and Ephemera Fair. We had our booths all dolled […] More >>
Uncle!
Okay, I give up… I’m going home. More >>
Lord of the Flies
I’m spending some serious time up here in my shack in a distant corner of Nova Scotia. It’s cold, and quiet, and very still. I have canned goods, and jugs of drinking water, and solar powered LED lights, and plenty of sweet, dry apple wood to burn. I plan to compose a draft of the […] More >>