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The E-Sylum:  Volume 4, Number 22, May 27, 2001, Article 9

NUMISMATIC LITERATURE AT MEMPHIS 

   In response to Bob Cochran's note about selling numismatic 
   literature at the Memphis Paper Money Show (June 15-17), 
   Ken Barr writes: "Sorry, Bob, but George Kolbe had an 
   all-numislit table at Memphis ten to fifteen years ago, a year 
   or two after the show moved from the Rivermont to the 
   Convention Center. 

   My inbound flight was delayed that year, and I arrived at 
   dealer setup an hour or two after it started.  One of the 
   first people I encountered walking the aisles was George, 
   who had an empty Thian "Confederate Note Album" he had 
   just cherrypicked off the floor tucked under his arm ... I have 
   since changed my schedule and now arrive in Memphis the 
   day BEFORE dealer setup each year ..." 

   [Editor's Note:  For those who wish to contact Bob 
   Cochran, his email address is:  spmclm69@cs.com 

   The June 2001 issue of Bank Note Reporter carries an 
   an by Roger H. Durand noting that he will have "a large 
   collection of bank note history books" for sale at Memphis, 
   as well as copies of his marvelous books in the "Interesting 
   Notes" series. 

   My first, last, and only Memphis paper show in 1994 was 
   quite memorable.  I also bagged a Thian note album.  This 
   one had a few low-condition common notes left in it.   I 
   was very happy to buy it - I've not come across 
   another one since. 

   Even more memorable was the night of June 17. 
   Myself, paper collector Andrew Shiva, money artist 
   J.S.G Boggs and a couple members of his family piled 
   in a vehicle for an excursion to a riverboat casino in 
   Mississippi.  Meeting in Boggs' hotel lobby, everyone's 
   eyes were glued to the television sets watching 
   O.J. Simpson's surreal ride in his white Ford Bronco, 
   driven by his friend A.C. Cowlings.  We listened to the 
   goings-on on radio the whole trip there, debating Simpson's 
   guilt or innocence in the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson 
   and Ronald Goldman.   As a souvenir of the evening, I 
   have a ten-dollar bill (the extent of my evening's winnings) 
   signed by Boggs and others.  We made the bill into a 
   work of art titled "Wayne's Winnings" while seated at a 
   casino bar having a nightcap.] 

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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