tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post5076932504204053222..comments2024-03-18T20:00:47.729-05:00Comments on Book Chase: Meet the Wizard, Mark ShapiroSam http://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-84385126727311065082010-10-27T20:10:09.409-05:002010-10-27T20:10:09.409-05:00Frank and Mark,
I can't afford to get in the ...Frank and Mark,<br /><br />I can't afford to get in the middle of an old feud, guys, because I don't want to be held liable for things either of you might post here about the other.<br /><br />Both you guys are welcome to comment on anything else, of course, and I'll be happy to post those thoughts. I hope you both understand my situation here. Thanks.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-23197640337391362392010-10-26T21:10:50.287-05:002010-10-26T21:10:50.287-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-69122639468614350612010-10-25T19:38:57.288-05:002010-10-25T19:38:57.288-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Fred Trusthttp://www.rareozboosk.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-88065926308452721442010-09-18T12:48:13.735-05:002010-09-18T12:48:13.735-05:00Dear ByBee,,thank you so much for you concern and ...Dear ByBee,,thank you so much for you concern and the Smithsonian Library in Washington through curator Stephen Van Dyck has showed concern for the collection and I have been in contact with him over the years. A museum would be the perfect place of that magnitude to share this "treasure" as you kindly put it for future generations to love and cherish as I have done in collecting it Mark Shapironoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-22602657892224171372010-09-17T19:59:29.287-05:002010-09-17T19:59:29.287-05:00He hasn't mentioned anything like that, Susan,...He hasn't mentioned anything like that, Susan, but I'm sure the future of his collection has crossed his mind. I did mention to him the tragedy of what happened to one of the best 1960s New York Yankee memorabilia collection I have ever seen...belonged to a friend of mine who died suddenly. (Her young nephews effectively destroyed a lifetime's collection worth at least a quarter of Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-21587435855380426362010-09-17T18:58:03.202-05:002010-09-17T18:58:03.202-05:00Has Mark gotten any offers on where to place his c...Has Mark gotten any offers on where to place his collection in the (hopefully distant) future? Is that Wizard of Oz museum in Kansas interested in this incredible treasure?Bybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10061186489010154661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-6864725771420291122010-09-16T18:27:26.352-05:002010-09-16T18:27:26.352-05:00Thanks, Mark, for sharing your photos with us. Gr...Thanks, Mark, for sharing your photos with us. Great stuff.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-29120044945037355332010-09-15T23:05:11.887-05:002010-09-15T23:05:11.887-05:00I literally cried reading this piece and not for m...I literally cried reading this piece and not for me but for my mother who I know loved it for we all are creations of those who gave us life. <br />Thank you Sam for your dedication to the world of books and the world is a better place with you in it.<br /><br />The B binding was described correctly and there are other first state points in the book but the B (O inside the C on co on spine) makesMark Shapironoreply@blogger.com