The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 17, April 29, 2007, Article 3

ERIC P. NEWMAN MONEY MUSEUM TICKETS SELL LIKE HOTCAKES

Dave Wnuck writes: "I just returned from the Early American Coppers 
convention going on this weekend in St. Louis. I thought your readers 
might be amused to hear about the rock concert-like demand for the 200 
tickets for the tour of the Eric P. Newman Money Museum. Quoting from 
the report of the event we just uploaded to the website:

"To give you an idea of the demand for that museum tour, I called the 
volunteer EAC host to get my name on the list to attend. I figured 
calling him a month in advance would be plenty of time to secure a seat. 
After all, this was a field trip to a coin museum, not a Rolling Stones 
concert. 

"Boy, was I wrong. All two hundred slots for this tour were spoken for, 
and I was #20 on the waiting list. Needless to say, I was not able to 
get a seat on the one of the 4 busses that transported folks to the 
museum. I heard (unconfirmed) rumors that there was a dealer making a 
buy/sell market in these "free" tickets. 

"After all, Mr. Newman, who once owned all five 1913 Liberty nickels 
simultaneously (one of which sold just this month for $5 million), has 
a collection that is said to surpass even John Ford's holdings [now 
being sold in a series of 20+ auctions spread over 5 years]. It was the 
hottest ticket in town."

To read Dave's complete EAC blog entry, see:  Dave's complete EAC blog

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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