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Buying literature collections
can be a lot of fun. When dealing with the original
collector we usually know exactly what we are
getting. Other times we are dealing with a widow
who knows little about her husband's literature
other than that it probably reflects the cars
they owned over their lifetime. Then there are
those museums which have rooms full of boxes of
"automotive paper" donated over the
years. They usually have no idea what is in the
boxes and could care less. We have cleaned out
garages, attics, basements, storage buildings,
warehouses and even railroad cars. As you can
imagine, there are many surprises.
Once, many years ago, a widow showed us a room
with about 2,000 books. After spending an afternoon
evaluating the collection, making an acceptable
offer, and loading it all in a trailer, the son
noticed that we had some room left over. "There
are some boxes of car literature in the garage
if you want it, too," he said. A quick glance
at the boxes was quite a shock. Here was the really
valuable stuff!
"If you take them I'll have room to park
my Cadillac," he said.
"Do you want anything for it?" I asked.
"No," he said. "It'll save me from
having to haul it to the curb for trash pick-up."
After a thorough inventory of rare literature
that we had never seen before, we made more profit
on the "trash" than on the books.
It included a lot of miscellaneous literature
that did not fit into our usual automobile and
truck categories and can now be found under several
topics. One that you may have overlooked is "Buses
/ Engines / Fire Trucks / Tractors / Trains".
We have recently acquired quite a bit more that
will fit in this and other odd sections of the
website. Over the next couple of months you will
see more of these items and something may jog
memories of vehicles you have not thought about
for many years.
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