Shelby Foote Estate sale this weekend

[YankeeTiger]

http://www.estatesales.net/estate-sales/150318.aspx

If any of you live in the Memphis area I would make it a point to get to this...there are some awesome CW items that will probably go for a lot less than the retail market

Wonder how SHelby would feel about this though....

[Gallo de Cielo]

Re: Shelby Foote Estate sale this weekend

I trekked out to Memphis some years back to hear Shelby give a talk at Rhodes College as he neared his dottage. His passing was a shame. Reckon there's some good items at the estate sale.

[YankeeTiger]

Re: Shelby Foote Estate sale this weekend

There are photos of some of the items for sale including tons of weapons, belt plates, knives, swords, ........and butterflies?

[Dan Wambaugh]

Re: Shelby Foote Estate sale this weekend

I had no idea that he was a lepidopterist. Knowing how private of a person he was I doubt he would like this, but knowing how rare his signed books are I would be there in a heartbeat if I were closer than 2,000 miles away!

[fortdonelsonrelics]

Re: Shelby Foote Estate sale this weekend

I had no idea that he was a lepidopterist. Knowing how private of a person he was I doubt he would like this, but knowing how rare his signed books are I would be there in a heartbeat if I were closer than 2,000 miles away!

Don't feel to bad Dan - I have read on a couple of the sites where the Estate Dealer admits that there will be other estate lots within the sale - so not all of it is Shelby Foote's - the trick will be figuring out what is and what isn't.

John Walsh

[Pumpkinslinger]

Re: Shelby Foote Estate sale this weekend

Thunderstorms coming through the area as we speak.


Mike McGee

[fortdonelsonrelics]

Re: Shelby Foote Estate sale this weekend

I had no idea that he was a lepidopteris.

Oh - and the butterflies were not his. It was somewhat of a sad ending to the end of an era.

John Walsh

[YankeeTiger]

Re: Shelby Foote Estate sale this weekend

how expensive did the CW items get....?

[fortdonelsonrelics]

Re: Shelby Foote Estate sale this weekend

how expensive did the CW items get....?

None of them were his - they were consigned according to the estate firm - they were priced at market value - it was not an auction, the items were priced and away you went.

John Walsh

[YankeeTiger]

Re: Shelby Foote Estate sale this weekend

Oddd...VERY very misleading all the way around