I was recounting the appearance of the Bartholomew case of shells at the Southern SxS about 8 - 9 years ago, to some gents when the subject came up at the recent Northeast SxS at Hausmann's. I had a chance to buy the sealed case of 20 boxes for a relative pittance, as did several other Foxers who were there and also by proxy (me) to a northern collector/dealer I'd called from the tent to confer but he declined too. The gent who had them for sale knew what they were and he was also at this year's Northeast. All told, just goes to show how interest in something and value of same can escalate exponentially over just a few years. Bill was astute in recognizing and tracking down the Bartholomew case of Super-X''s when he did it right after that year's Southern.
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