Treasure Trove of Content

[crazymbfarmlady]

So i have been doing alot of research and reading about leather work and I wanted to find some books but online they are quite expensive. 

 

About a week ago a very kind guy locally listed he had leather books and patterns. 

He so graciously held them while I got my money in order and I picked them up last night. 

 

When I say this Rubbermaid bin is a treasure trove I am not kidding. I don't know where he got this stuff but he asked if I only wanted some as alot of it is not that useful. 

 

I told him I wanted everything and I'd look through it and decide later what I didn't want to keep. He sold the entire bin to me and I assumed what he said was correct as I was really only after a couple books he had pictured.

 

These books and patterns surely must of been someone's prized collection. There is incredible content. Magazines organized by years and entire volume collections and so gingerly taken care of. The patterns seem unused!

 

Original al stohlman books and patterns

 

I don't wish to sell anything right yet, but I have to tell someone who understands why I am so thrilled. 

Is there any books that are rare I should keep my eyes out for? It's going to take hours to go through this! 

 

Are there resourced to upload and share content without going against copywrites? Like when you see things listed on internet archives? How does that work?

 

I want to share but I don't want to let go of this content. I feel it needs protection because it almost didn't make it! 

[Northmount]

28 minutes ago, crazymbfarmlady said:

I don't wish to sell anything right yet, but I have to tell someone who understands why I am so thrilled. 

Is there any books that are rare I should keep my eyes out for? It's going to take hours to go through this! 

That's a great buy!  I'd keep them all.  Need a succession plan to pas them on to another person when you are no longer able to use them so they get put into the hands of another person that will value them.

None of my kids or grand kids are interested in leatherwork so I need to figure out what to do with all my stuff before too long.

[chuck123wapati]

WOW, yeah, you did good, don't throw anything away, some leather books are worth hundreds of dollars, plus many of the patterns are not reproduced anymore and are valuable. That pattern set for bike bags is awesome. this older information is priceless!! 

[Mulesaw]

Great find!

Some saddlemaking books are really hard to find and expensive, 

like @chuck123wapati says, some of the patterns aren't reproduced, so I'd also just keep it.

If you find that there are patterns/books for something that you have zero interest in, you could always offer it up for sale at this forum.

Brgds Jonas

[crazymbfarmlady]

Thanks everyone. The papers and patterns and books are so beautiful. 

 

You can tell someone has looked through unused pattern envelops and not put the content back in tho, I am not sure how I'll find all the pieces but I plan to excavate and organize and mark down what I have. 

 

If there is anything I absolutely don't want I will list here and yes I will absolutely make sure these find there way to someone who loves them when I am finished !

 

 

[dikman]

You did good!!! Opportunities like this don't come along too often.  (P.s., I'm jealous).