darn! I thought maybe you and a few others could all pitch in. You know, group project... honestly, for $53 K, I'm thinking perhaps a lightly-used German sportscar.... _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Dr. Hal Bush Professor of English & Director of the Undergraduate Program Saint Louis University [log in to unmask] 314-977-3616 http://halbush.com author blog: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/spiritualcoffee<https://www.patheos.com/blogs/spiritualcoffee/2020/08/spiritual-coffee-and-the-path-toward-wokeness/> ________________________________ From: Mark Twain Forum <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Philip Bauer <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, October 26, 2020 12:29 PM To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Subject: [External] Re: autograph hounds? Sorry Hal, I couldn't quite get this for you. It went for $53,000. On 10/20/2020 9:14 AM, Hal Bush wrote: > anyone out there looking for that perfect holiday gift for me?? > > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/18/arts/design/autographs-auction-twain-lincoln.html__;!!K543PA!ZEO4SBCw-SuQv2W1z7Ufcox_COcd4ZjhBh1_ydo6fpGG9x8p5QbJ9D-SkbQtPw$ > [https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://static01.nyt.com/images/2020/10/18/arts/18auction-autographs-05/18auction-autographs-05-facebookJumbo.jpg__;!!K543PA!ZEO4SBCw-SuQv2W1z7Ufcox_COcd4ZjhBh1_ydo6fpGG9x8p5QbJ9D9p0Av3JQ$ ]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/18/arts/design/autographs-auction-twain-lincoln.html__;!!K543PA!ZEO4SBCw-SuQv2W1z7Ufcox_COcd4ZjhBh1_ydo6fpGG9x8p5QbJ9D-SkbQtPw$ > > A Mysterious Autograph Hound’s Book Is Up for Auction - The New York Times<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/18/arts/design/autographs-auction-twain-lincoln.html__;!!K543PA!ZEO4SBCw-SuQv2W1z7Ufcox_COcd4ZjhBh1_ydo6fpGG9x8p5QbJ9D-SkbQtPw$ > > The little book is a relic from the years after the Civil War, when autograph-crazy Americans collected signatures, a central building block of identity before fingerprinting, Social Security ... > https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.nytimes.com__;!!K543PA!ZEO4SBCw-SuQv2W1z7Ufcox_COcd4ZjhBh1_ydo6fpGG9x8p5QbJ9D-exaA54g$ > > > > > _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ > > > Dr. Hal Bush > > Professor of English & > > Director of the Undergraduate Program > > Saint Louis University > > [log in to unmask] > > 314-977-3616 > > https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://halbush.com__;!!K543PA!ZEO4SBCw-SuQv2W1z7Ufcox_COcd4ZjhBh1_ydo6fpGG9x8p5QbJ9D-oGs6ZEw$ > > author blog: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.patheos.com/blogs/spiritualcoffee__;!!K543PA!ZEO4SBCw-SuQv2W1z7Ufcox_COcd4ZjhBh1_ydo6fpGG9x8p5QbJ9D-OKUKISQ$ <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.patheos.com/blogs/spiritualcoffee/2020/08/spiritual-coffee-and-the-path-toward-wokeness/__;!!K543PA!ZEO4SBCw-SuQv2W1z7Ufcox_COcd4ZjhBh1_ydo6fpGG9x8p5QbJ9D8fPpN6VA$ >