So Twainiacs can be odd.  Maybe I am too because a LONG time ago, Bill
Gates was at a local PC User Group meeting I attended.  It was my first
meeting and I won the door prize which he handed to me.  It was an EXCEL
package which is in my storage unit with...I"M SURE...his fingerprints on
it.
Mark Twain would appreciate the fingerprint part, wouldn't he?

Arianne Laidlaw
Sacramento, CA.


On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 6:33 PM, Kevin Mac Donnell <
[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I once encountered a person selling a book from Mark Twain's library who
> claimed that because Twain had handled that book that it must have his DNA,
> and I met a fellow who said he had traveled to various famous Mark Twain
> sites and handled things at each place and therefore had left his DNA at
> every site. The former thought he had himself a selling point, and the
> latter was just strange in a creepy cringical sort of way. So, while I've
> never sold a Mark Twain flake, I can confirm that they exist.
>
> Kevin
> @
> Mac Donnell Rare Books
> 9307 Glenlake Drive
> Austin TX 78730
> 512-345-4139
> Member: ABAA, ILAB
> *************************
> You may browse our books at
> www.macdonnellrarebooks.com
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mark Twain Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> > [log in to unmask]
> > Sent: Monday, October 14, 2013 11:01 AM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: Great MT letter coming up for sale
> >
> > Then it's untrue that among your 8001 Twainian items is a vial  of his
> > dandruff you sell by the flake. I am relieved.
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 10/13/2013 11:22:19 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> > [log in to unmask] writes:
> >
> > Kevin  doesn't have everything. Kevin leans more toward printed materials
> > than  autograph letters or manuscripts. Kevin leans more toward letters
> > about
> > his writings and publishing matters than those on personal matters. Kevin
> > leans more toward books from Twain's library than letters. Kevin leans
> > more
> > on some days than others, but as he gets older one thing is certain--
> > Kevin
> > leans more and more.
> >
> > Kevin
> > @
> > Mac Donnell Rare  Books
> > 9307 Glenlake Drive
> > Austin TX 78730
> > 512-345-4139
> > Member:  ABAA, ILAB
> > *************************
> > You may browse our books  at
> > www.macdonnellrarebooks.com
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Peter Salwen" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To:  <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2013 12:24  PM
> > Subject: Great MT letter coming up for sale
> >
> >
> >> The Bonham's  auction house will be selling the letter Mark Twain sent
> to
> >> tell his  family of his & Livy's engagement ("if you know her 24 hours
> >> and
> >>  then don't love her, you will accomplish what nobody else has ever
> >>  succeeded in doing since she was born" etc.).
> >>
> >> How is it that  Kevin doesn't already have this? Or does he?
> >>
> >> Details  at
> >>
> http://www.booktryst.com/2013/10/mark-twain-on-how-to-announce-your.html
> >>  *_________________________________*
> >> *
> >> *
> >> *Peter  Salwen*
> >> *
> >> 114 W 86, NYC 10024 | 917-620-5371
> >> *
> >>  *
> >>
> >> *
> >> *salwen.com  <http://www.salwen.com>*
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> >
> >
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>



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Arianne Laidlaw A '58