Forbes Life Collecting

[Austin W Hogan]

I think everyone will find "The Rusty Report" on pages 68 - 69 of Forbes dated 28 February quite interesting.

Best, Austin

[Bill Murphy]

Do you mean I will have to make an appointment at my wife's office so I can read Forbes? Maybe I'll run down to Borders in the morning and save a bundle of money.

[Dean Romig]

For those of us who don't subscribe to Forbes - please give us the jist of the article.

[Austin W Hogan]

This is about the founder of the Robb Report; he financed his college education by selling two Confederate revolvers he bought as a boy. Mostly about collecting physical objects when financial investing is not rewarding. Makes a note about place of sale; antique firearms bring highest prices in Maine, Cars in Monterrey. Important that it is a Forbes article. Jack Puglisi told me that banks are much more likely to finance gun dealers acquisitions following articles in Forbes that mention or highlight gun collecting.

Best, Austin

[Bruce Day]

The present purchaser of the Czar gun was himself the subject of an article about his financial and business success in the same edition of Forbes that reported on the Czar gun sale and purchase by Jack Puglisi. While looking at the article about himself in Forbes, he saw the article about the Czar gun and determined that he would acquire it.

[Big D]

I think Bill Jaqua legitimized guns as an investment when he bouight the 28 Ga. Parker "Little Persuader" a number of years ago. The purchase made the front page of the WSJ.