In a message dated 6/22/03 2:45:13 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: > The Hartford Courant (www.ctnow.com) had a page one story on Friday, June > 20, about how well John Boyer made out getting stuff for the house on > Farmington Avenue. . . . including the remarkable admission that the Mark Twain House "talked to other major Twain institutions" before the sale, "hoping to avert bidding wars among themselves". No comment, Jay Dillon