| Contenuto dell'articolo |
- From CMcdon0923@aol.com Fri Oct 01 07:42:36 2010
Return-Path: <CMcdon0923@aol.com>
X-Sender: CMcdon0923@aol.com
X-Apparently-To: colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com
X-Received: (qmail 26259 invoked from network); 1 Oct 2010 14:42:35 -0000
X-Received: from unknown (98.137.34.44)
by m4.grp.sp2.yahoo.com with QMQP; 1 Oct 2010 14:42:35 -0000
X-Received: from unknown (HELO imr-da06.mx.aol.com) (205.188.169.203)
by mta1.grp.sp2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 1 Oct 2010 14:42:35 -0000
X-Received: from imo-ma04.mx.aol.com (imo-ma04.mx.aol.com [64.12.78.139])
by imr-da06.mx.aol.com (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id o91EgUYs029607
for <colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com>; Fri, 1 Oct 2010 10:42:30 -0400
X-Received: from CMcdon0923@aol.com
by imo-ma04.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v42.9.) id r.f79.22f9b2d (34895)
for <colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com>; Fri, 1 Oct 2010 10:42:26 -0400 (EDT)
X-Received: from magic-m25.mail.aol.com (magic-m25.mail.aol.com [172.20.22.198]) by cia-da01.mx.aol.com (v129.4) with ESMTP id MAILCIADA014-884f4ca5f350ab; Fri, 01 Oct 2010 10:42:24 -0400
Message-ID: <ddc99.4ea95071.39d74d50@aol.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 10:42:24 EDT
To: colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_ddc99.4ea95071.39d74d50_boundary"
X-Mailer: AOL 9.5 sub 155
X-AOL-IP: 65.65.208.71
X-Spam-Flag:NO
X-AOL-SENDER: CMcdon0923@aol.com
X-Originating-IP: 205.188.169.203
X-eGroups-Msg-Info: 1:12:0:0:0
From: CMcdon0923@aol.com
Subject: Re: "The Collector's Shop" in Boston has closed - BACK ON TOPIC
X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=2446688; y=Jdv6dDIqqI0VmGFIfZIORKdRsIHpdJuAWqgVOoLkERMZrdTBcA
X-Yahoo-Profile: cmcdon0923
--part1_ddc99.4ea95071.39d74d50_boundary
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Content-Language: en
Getting back to the original topic....
=20
Another thing I really miss is the price lists that many early copper=20=20
dealers used to put out.=20=20
=20
Some might say that the internet rendered these hardcopy price lists=20=20
obsolete, but even online listings are a rarity. Just off the top of my h=
ead, I=20
can only think of a small handful of dealers that even have a true online=
=20
presence.
=20
=20
=20
=20
=20
In a message dated 9/30/2010 12:48:51 P.M. Central Daylight Time,=20=20
glickman.james@dol.gov writes:
=20
=20
=20
Yesterday when I walked by The Collector's Shop, a coin and collectibles =
=20
store on Tremont Street in Boston known to some of you, I was surprised to=
=20
see that it had closed for business. Everything was being boxed up, and a=
=20
sign read that due to the economic downturn, the store has closed, and tha=
t=20
they could be found at area coin shows. The shop, owned and run by Jim=20
Skalbe, was always interesting to visit, and was for me a pleasurable lunc=
htime=20=20
destination. I never knew what I would find, and in fact a few months ago I=
=20=20
bought a couple of numismatic store tokens there. Plus, you never knew who =
=20
you'd run into. One time I walked in and Frank McGrath was in there=20
chatting. This is another sad reminder of the harsh effects of the current=
=20
economic climate, but at least Jim will still be in business at shows.
- Jim
--part1_ddc99.4ea95071.39d74d50_boundary
Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Content-Language: en
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META content=3D"text/html; charset=3DUTF-8" http-equiv=3DContent-Type>
<META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.18943"></HEAD>
<BODY style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" id=3Dro=
le_body bottomMargin=3D7 leftMargin=3D7 rightMargin=3D7 topMargin=3D7><FO=
NT id=3Drole_document color=3D#000000 size=3D2 face=3DArial>
<DIV>Getting back to the original topic....</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Another thing I really miss is the price lists that many early copper=
=20
dealers used to put out. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Some might say that the internet rendered these hardcopy price lists=20
obsolete, but even online listings are a rarity. Just off the top of =
my=20
head, I can only think of a small handful of dealers that even have a=20
true online presence.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>In a message dated 9/30/2010 12:48:51 P.M. Central Daylight Time,=20
glickman.james@dol.gov writes:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARG=
IN-LEFT: 5px"><FONT style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=3D#00=
0000 size=3D2 face=3DArial><SPAN style=3D"DISPLAY: none"> </SPAN>=
=20
<DIV id=3Dygrp-text>
<P>Yesterday when I walked by The Collector's Shop, a coin and collectibl=
es=20
store on Tremont Street in Boston known to some of you, I was surprised t=
o see=20
that it had closed for business. Everything was being boxed up, and a sig=
n=20
read that due to the economic downturn, the store has closed, and that th=
ey=20
could be found at area coin shows. The shop, owned and run by Jim Skalbe,=
was=20
always interesting to visit, and was for me a pleasurable lunchtime=20
destination. I never knew what I would find, and in fact a few months ago=
I=20
bought a couple of numismatic store tokens there. Plus, you never knew wh=
o=20
you'd run into. One time I walked in and Frank McGrath was in there chatt=
ing.=20
This is another sad reminder of the harsh effects of the current economic=
=20
climate, but at least Jim will still be in business at shows.<BR><BR>-=20
Jim<BR><BR></P></DIV>
<DIV style=3D"HEIGHT: 0px; COLOR: #fff"></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><=
/FONT></BODY></HTML>
--part1_ddc99.4ea95071.39d74d50_boundary--
|
|---|
| URL di origine |
|
|---|
| Data di pubblicazione |
|
|---|
| Volume |
|
|---|
