The E-Sylum:  Volume 6, Number 55, December 28, 2003, Article 10

PIERCE'S ORMSBY

  Charles Davis writes: "I devoted an entire page to the Pierce's
  Ormsby in Champa 1 where it sold to a mail bidder at $3,630."
  [NOTE: $3,300 plus a 10% buyer's fee is $3,630. -Editor]

  Michael J. Sullivan adds: You asked about the ownership history
  for the Ormsby appearing in the Heritage - CAA January auction.
  As Charlie Davis describes in Champa One (Nov. 1994),
  "obtained privately from Robert Wester."   While estimated at
  $5,000, it opened at $3,100 closing at $3,300 with Hugh Shull as
  the floor buyer.    So ...there is a piece of the story.  By the way,
  when Armand Champa acquired this second copy of Ormsby in
  his library, he sold his first Ormsby via a West Coast dealer to a
  St. Louis collector.   This occurred sometime around 1992."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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