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The E-Sylum: Volume 11, Number 6, February 10, 2008, Article 11 SCOTT RUBIN ON BILL 'BROWNIE' BROWN Regarding our earlier discussion of Bill "Brownie" Brown, Scott Rubin writes: "Bill Brown was a coin dealer for many years in Lambertville, NJ. His store was on Bridge St. and was only a couple of hundred yards from the Delaware River. On the other side of the River is New Hope, Pa. At the time of Bill's shop New Hope was a thriving tourist town and Lambertville was a poor small town. Now Lambertville is just as much a tourist destination as New Hope. "There are also a few well known flea markets just outside town. At one time Bill was going to open his own flea market but it never came to pass. This was after he had closed his store. "If memory is correct Bill only closed his store because the real Estate company that owned the building wanted to use his store for themselves. I used to deal with Bill Brown from the early sixties until he closed, but I do not remember when that was. I bought many fine auction catalogues from Bill. Included in one group were my pristine copies of B. Max Mehl's Dunham and Atwater sales - I believe I paid $5 each for them. "There is the story that Bill appraised a very large collection of coins in Pennsylvania once and was told he could buy the entire collection. When he arrived with a truck to pick it up he found out that the coins had all been sold and he was to only get the library. So many of the Mehl's and other 1930-1940 auction sales I bought from him came from that very unhappy deal. "Bill also held monthly auctions of coins in the firehouse in Lambertville, and I attended at least one of these in the early 1960's. Bill also held at least one sale with Norman Pullen in 1970. "One last story about Bill: shortly after closing his store I called him to see if I could buy any books he still might have. He gave me his address and said to stop by when I could. Some time shortly after the call I drove into town looking for his street. I had trouble finding it and stopped to ask someone fixing their car in front of their house. He asked me who I was looking for, when I told him Bill Brown, he said turn right and the next corner and then another right and I would find Bill's house. Not only that he finished his comments with "He's home" - such a small town was Lambertville." Wayne Homren, Editor The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization promoting numismatic literature. See our web site at coinbooks.org. To submit items for publication in The E-Sylum, write to the Editor at this address: whomren@coinlibrary.com To subscribe go to: https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/esylum | |
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