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The E-Sylum: Volume 23, Number 15, April 12, 2020, Article 17

HARVEY STACK ON REED HAWN AND BRENT POGUE

Harvey Stack submitted these additional thoughts inspired by his recent podcast interview about the Stack's former home in New York City. Thanks. -Editor

CoinWeek Podcast 131 Harvey Stack 57th Street I opened the April 5th issue of The E-Sylum and was very pleased to see that you featured as one of your first articles my story about "our home at 123 W 57th Street in New York.

Once I reheard my podcast which appeared in CoinWeek, I felt the deep loss of my "home away from home". Think of it, for the past 67 years it was my "home" almost seven days a week.

I hope that all your readers have their memories refreshed as mine were, and remember how important a landmark our shop and offices were to so many, and the warm feelings so many had each time they visited.

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I got a very warm call today from Reed Hawn and he was reminiscing about his first visit to Stack's decades ago. He spoke of Brent Pogue who was From Dallas and Reed from Houston. They came at different times, decades ago, as young men, each with their fathers who brought them to Stack's for each to build their budding coin collections. Naturally They did not come together, but years apart, and we worked with each of them in establishing world class collections.

Reed built sections of his, sold them off when he got as far as he felt he could go, and then built other series in super quality. Stack's years ago sold each section as Reed went from one series to another. Each series established the Hawn collection as very outstanding.

Pogue catalog part V Stack's Bowers was awarded the Pogue collection for auction, which we sold in seven separate catalogs for a world record price of $135,000,000 !!!!!

Both collections were started at Stack's and sold by Stack's (and Stack's Bowers).

The story from Reed was an emotional one for me, and also Larry, who helped Us serve both collectors, and the pride we enjoyed having done what we did.

Others have called or written to me about "my memories" and those they had by having the Stack family help them, welcome them,and make their collections important in the various fields they collected.

I want to thank you, CoinWeek, and all of those who heard the podcast for allowing me to express myself. Thank you again for spreading my "Growing Up" and "123 West 57th Street stories with all your readers.

Thanks, Harvey. Your stories help us all better understand the numismatic events of the past that shape the numismatic world today. -Editor

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
AUDIO: STACK'S AT 57TH STREET (https://www.coinbooks.org/v23/esylum_v23n14a05.html)

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