The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 52, December 23, 2007, Article 15

QUERY: HAROLD M. HESS FIXED PRICE LISTS

Mike Greenspan of Houston, TX writes: "While paring my 
library, I rediscovered a run of catalogs from a copper 
and token dealer named Harold M. Hess from Temple Hill, 
MD. I bought a number of very nice items from him in the 
early 1980s. He published, I believe, eight fixed price 
catalogs, some not dated. I have one complete set of the 
5 1/2 x 8 1/2 catalogs, plus another set missing only 
the first issue. 

"I thought, and still think, his catalogs were well done 
and I know the material he offered was well above the 
average. I had become a regular customer of his when the 
catalogs abruptly stopped. The last catalog was Spring 
1985, after which I never heard from him again. 

"I asked several noted token collectors about Hess. 
Some recognized the name but only one, Dave Schenkman, 
remembers dealing with him at shows in the late 70s and 
early 80s in the Washington, DC area, although Dave had 
no further information. Can any E-Sylum reader shed any 
light on Harold Hess? Thanks."

[I enjoyed Hess's catalogs and bought from him as well - 
mostly Civil War Tokens, but I believe he also offered 
Hard Times Tokens, Conder tokens and other interesting 
pieces, all in high grades. -Editor]

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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