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The E-Sylum: Volume 4, Number 22, May 27, 2001, Article 9 NUMISMATIC LITERATURE AT MEMPHIS In response to Bob Cochran's note about selling numismatic literature at the Memphis Paper Money Show (June 15-17), Ken Barr writes: "Sorry, Bob, but George Kolbe had an all-numislit table at Memphis ten to fifteen years ago, a year or two after the show moved from the Rivermont to the Convention Center. My inbound flight was delayed that year, and I arrived at dealer setup an hour or two after it started. One of the first people I encountered walking the aisles was George, who had an empty Thian "Confederate Note Album" he had just cherrypicked off the floor tucked under his arm ... I have since changed my schedule and now arrive in Memphis the day BEFORE dealer setup each year ..." [Editor's Note: For those who wish to contact Bob Cochran, his email address is: spmclm69@cs.com The June 2001 issue of Bank Note Reporter carries an an by Roger H. Durand noting that he will have "a large collection of bank note history books" for sale at Memphis, as well as copies of his marvelous books in the "Interesting Notes" series. My first, last, and only Memphis paper show in 1994 was quite memorable. I also bagged a Thian note album. This one had a few low-condition common notes left in it. I was very happy to buy it - I've not come across another one since. Even more memorable was the night of June 17. Myself, paper collector Andrew Shiva, money artist J.S.G Boggs and a couple members of his family piled in a vehicle for an excursion to a riverboat casino in Mississippi. Meeting in Boggs' hotel lobby, everyone's eyes were glued to the television sets watching O.J. Simpson's surreal ride in his white Ford Bronco, driven by his friend A.C. Cowlings. We listened to the goings-on on radio the whole trip there, debating Simpson's guilt or innocence in the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. As a souvenir of the evening, I have a ten-dollar bill (the extent of my evening's winnings) signed by Boggs and others. We made the bill into a work of art titled "Wayne's Winnings" while seated at a casino bar having a nightcap.]

Wayne Homren, Editor

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