Phatdaddy Report post Posted August 21, 2011 Here are some more of the items i've recently picked up. Some of which I've never seen before. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ferg Report post Posted August 21, 2011 You hit the mother load with this. I have the Ken Griffin book. ferg Here are some more of the items i've recently picked up. Some of which I've never seen before. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phatdaddy Report post Posted August 21, 2011 Ya it was a mother load alright. That is probably close to half of it. I wouldn't be surprised if every issue of Make it with Leather and Leather Craftsman magazines are here, a stack of doodle pages 3 inches thick, a number of unused kits, huge stack of pattern packs and the largest rubbermaid container i've ever seen full of various buckskin and lace. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ferg Report post Posted August 21, 2011 I've got to know, where in the world did you find all this? Don't have to answer that of course. LOL ferg Ya it was a mother load alright. That is probably close to half of it. I wouldn't be surprised if every issue of Make it with Leather and Leather Craftsman magazines are here, a stack of doodle pages 3 inches thick, a number of unused kits, huge stack of pattern packs and the largest rubbermaid container i've ever seen full of various buckskin and lace. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cem Report post Posted August 21, 2011 Wow what a find, I'd love to get my hands on that many old Make it with leather mags. Clair Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
roo4u Report post Posted August 21, 2011 oooh...looks like somebody hit an auction. thats a serious haul! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phatdaddy Report post Posted August 21, 2011 Thank you all for looking, it was a very fortunate find. The story is bitter-sweet. I regularly do a search for "leather tools" "leather stamp" "leather craft" etc. for local ads on classified sites, very rarely anything comes up. Last week to my surprise I got a local hit, it only read "leathercraft items for sale" so I responded. Then a short time later I got a reply with 7 attachments, which were itemized lists. I was at work and couldn't view the lists on my phone well so I waited until I got home. Once I actually got to review the lists, I immediately asked what the asking price was. I waited a day and no response so I called. During this call I learned that these items belonged to the woman's husband who had passed away 5 year prior. She went on to explain that she wasn't (mentally) able to part with them before, but now she was going to be moving to a smaller apartment and wasn't able to store them any longer. She told me that she had no idea he had so much stuff until she had to sort through it all after his passing. (I immediately related to that, as I'm sure my wife doesn't either) Long story short, we had a great chat, I gave her the asking price, and I believe we were both very happy the items were going where they were. Aside from the few tools that were in the stuff that I received, I believe his tools went to someone he had known. Kevin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phatdaddy Report post Posted August 21, 2011 Wow what a find, I'd love to get my hands on that many old Make it with leather mags. Clair The best part about them as they are all safely tucked into acid free magazine sleeves and all are in very good condition and each still have the pullouts. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
