hi al
you and george did well publishing the books
i had pick up the updated version at edison national site but the pictures
were a bit woolier than the original
and thanks to you i had many nice letters with george buying his edison dd book
from him
thanks for the support in the hobby
rob
-Original Message-
From: clockworkhome clockworkh...@aol.com
To: phono-l phono-l@oldcrank.org
Sent: Fri, Aug 24, 2012 1:13 am
Subject: Re: [Phono-L] an interesting price for al self a.k.a. SEFL
Hi Guys!
I just got back from one week in Boston and a 5 week cruise to Europe so am
answering this posting late.
Yes, that is Leah Burt's copy and I do hope she is OK. She was a great help.
I had trouble selling the book at $20 which was a small loss on each copy. I
cannot imagine anyone buying a copy for $500. Somewhere I have a couple of
copies that George and I signed in case anyone ever asked for an autographed
copy by both authors. I know of only 10 copies signed by both of us. My ego
was never tied up in the book so I only signed copies when asked to do so.
When
I did it usually was something sappy like, May all your finds be rare ones!
Truly it was my hope that every collector would find something truly
spectacular, rare, and maybe something the book missed completely. At the time
I was only missing a few machines to complete my collection. My payoff for the
book were the machines I needed like a Triumph C and G. I usually put my want
list into each book. God bless my fellow collectors they came through!
The books sold by me were specially stamped and numbered for U.S. sales, books
1
to 1000. Only about 800 copies were sold as 200 were water damaged and crushed
in shipping. George's idiot printer failed to insure them or pack them safely
and that took away any profit. Those copies that George had were begun to be
numbered sometime later and the second thousand copies he started with copy 01
so Leah's copy at 05 was really 1005.
I hope those who still have copies continue to enjoy them. If they helped
someone NOT to buy a conglomeration of odd parts then I am happy.
Kindest regards to all on the list,
Al Sefl
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