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A local retired gentleman recently called saying
that he had a few hundred brochures from the 1950s
and early 1960s that he had collected in his youth.
Would I like to buy them? His wife had a use for
the file cabinets and the brochures had to go.
On our arrival I was surprised to discover that
about half were foreign and, even better, many
were rare makes. Many were acquired while on family
vacations abroad. It got even better when I discovered
that he had collected them all new, viewed them
once, and then stored them for over 40 years -
properly stored, too. The condition was immaculate.
A deal was quickly struck and the literature was
packed. I had not thoroughly examined every brochure
and later discovered how many very desirable items
were included. Of all the gems, this Maserati
portfolio was the biggest surprise. It is only
the second of these that I have seen in my 50+
years of collecting literature. That was back
in 1979 and since then only individual plates
from the portfolio have surfaced. Now here is
the complete set in beautiful condition. Feast
your eyes on this.
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