The E-Sylum:  Volume 6, Number 36, September 7, 2003, Article 3

JOHN J. FORD LIBRARY SALES

  George Kolbe writes: "I thought that E-sylum subscribers might
  like an update concerning the first auction sale of the John J.
  Ford, Jr. Library.  To be held in association with Stack's, the
  sale will take place on Tuesday, June 1, 2004 at the Mission
  Inn, Riverside, California, a National Historical Landmark
  Hotel (www.missioninn.com). The Mission Inn is about half
  way between Crestline (where lot viewing will be held on the
  days preceding the sale), and Long Beach (where the Long
  Beach Coin Convention will begin the day after the sale). The
  Mission Inn is about an hour by car from Los Angeles
  International Airport, and about ten minutes from the new
  Ontario International Airport. Riverside is a large city (approx.
  300,000 residents) and offers a wide array of lodging and
  recreational activities.  I plan to start cataloguing the Ford
  library in a few weeks and I will submit a report every week
  or two about interesting things that will be in the sale.  I
  recently came across, for example, the original invoice from
  Captain John Haseltine to William H. Woodin for the two
  unique $50 gold patterns now held by the Smithsonian
  Institution, along with papers relating to the circa 1910
  litigation concerning patterns, including an original affidavit
  from Haseltine."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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