AWESOME Opportunity to see...

[superduty]

some really cool historical stuff!!!! I found an ad in my Smithsonian Magazine for this auction. I'm really into history and thats one of the BIG reasons I love to Metal Detect. I doubt I could go all the way to New York to see some of this stuff much less buy any of it. I think it would be AWESOME just to go out and attend just to see what the prices of some of this stuff brings. I mean I watch a lot of shows like the "Antique Roadshow" and they always give appraisals, but this would give you a chance to see what things actually sell for!! I found even just looking through the catalogs to be exciting!!! Heres a link to the auction and the catalogs of things from the collection that are for sale.

Spink Shreves Galleries Sale - 121

This link gives an over view of the collection..

SPINKSHREVES.COM

[Buster]

SD, they have some really cool stuff..would like to have a whole lot of some of those, but money would be an issue...it is a good bit of cool stuff..Thanks for the look see...Chuck...

[superduty]

Some of the letters that are up for sale are really interesting. Theres one from the man who shot John Wilkes Booth. Its his first hand account describing how he found him. Also there are several letters from the "French and Indian Wars" giving accounts of how the British-American forces are captured and the Indians get medieval on them to the point that their French captures try and stop their Indian allies from the slaughter and the Indians turn on and shoot several French, who capitulate and let the Indians have their way. Several hundred Kentuckians where taken to the Miami River where the Pottawatomie Indians forced them to "run the gauntlet" where they tomahawked most of them to death. I can't wait to read more!!!

[Sirknight]

Cool!

[EBCIII]

Very sweet stuff! Thanks for the link, Beale.

[Echostar61]

Awesome SD . I love historical anything too . Thanks for the link