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The E-Sylum: Volume 14, Number 46, November 6, 2011, Article 14

STILL MORE ON AMERICAN FAROUK AUCTION ATTENDEES

This is a topic that has legs - American attendees of the famous Farouk sale in Cairo, Egypt. -Editor

Gaston Di Bello
Harvey G. Stack writes:

One name of an important collector seems to be missing from the various lists of those who attend the Farouk Sale in Cairo.

A prominent collector, a close friend of John J. Pittman, as well as a good client of Stack's , Gaston Di Bello of Buffalo, attended the Farouk Sale as a collector and someone who helped some of those who bought at the sale with financial assistance. He was active in the Buffalo coin club and the Rochester Numismatic Society.

Before and after the Farouk sale, Gaston was generally at numismatic shows in New York City, New England Numismatic Conventions and loved to display some of his great rarities at the clubs as well as the conventions.

Gaston was not a boastful collector, but a great one. He knew that some of the coins in the Farouk Collection would be offered to him after the sale, so he went to see what he could get and at the same time save a commission to the dealer who might have represented him.

After he died, Stack's was invited to Buffalo by the trustees of his Estate, appraised the collection and sold it at Public Auction. It was noted for its high quality gold coins from the United States as well as a number of important foreign and ancient coins.

James Randall
Regarding the dispute between James Randall and the Miami Coin Club, David Ganz looked up the case records and sent me a copy. It's too long to reprint here, but the gist of the case was that Randall contended that he was expelled from the club without due process - that the club's bylaws had not been followed. This case is all about a technicality and says nothing about what the expulsion was actually about.

The record is dated June 13, 1956. It states that

On June 25, 1954, appellant was expelled from the group by majority vote of the executive committee, in accordance with the by-laws of the club. He was given no opportunity to be heard. At the time of his expulsion, he was not in Dade County but was in Broward County, where he resides.

The first judge in the case ruled in favor of the club, but Randall appealed. The section of the law regarding social clubs incorporated in Florida that was cited in the appeal states that

... provided, that before his membership shall cease against his consent he shall be given an opportunity to be heard, unless he is absent from the county where the corporation is located

So that's how Randall won his case

Thanks to Harvey and David for their input this week. Great stuff. -Editor

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: MORE ON AMERICAN FAROUK AUCTION ATTENDEES (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v14n45a09.html)

Wayne Homren, Editor

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