                        ORIGINAL PIECES FROM THE

                        CY STAPLETON COLLECTION
                        3198 S. John Redditt Dr.
                          Lufkin, Texas 75904
                             (409) 637-7468
                           FAX (409) 637-1480

         Thank  you  for  your  interest in items from my "Printing History
         Collection". This list contains a few other artifacts that do  not
         relate  to  printing  that  I  have collected over the years.  All
         pieces are guaranteed to be as described.

         I am not in the business of selling documents, but  rather  am  in
         the process of disposing of my personal collection of some 100,000
         items.  I hope to do a fairly regular list and will keep your name
         on my mailing list to receive future lists.

         All printed pieces are matted and shrink wrapped unless  otherwise
         noted.  All  items  are  accompanied  by a descriptive card.  Most
         items are one-of-a-kind and are subject to prior sale.  On  a  few
         items, such as early news sheets, American Colonial Documents, and
         Civil  War documents, I may have two or more similar pieces. As an
         example, I may have 4 copies of Addison & Steele's "The Spectator"
         (different dates). If the numbered item you order has been sold, I
         will substitute a  different  date,  if  available  -  unless  the
         content of the listed item is significant.

         You  may  order  by  phone  or  FAX  me at the number above to get
         additional details, to reserve a piece, or to place an order.   In
         the case of reserved pieces, I will hold them for 14 days awaiting
         payment  before  removing them from the reserved list. Payment may
         be made by MasterCard, VISA, or check. Please add $5.00 per  order
         to  cover  packaging, shipping and insurance. Texas residents must
         add 8.25% for state sales tax.

         Please note item #000. This is not a specific item, but  rather  a
         small  group  of original pieces printed on handmade paper between
         1460 and 1499ad. These pieces were stored with my incunabula,  but
         over  the  years the descriptive labels have become separated from
         the individual pieces and I cannot identify them any more detailed
         than the fact that they are incunabula,  and  printed  within  the
         first  50  years  after Gutenberg developed the process. These are
         all priced at $25.00 each and I will  send  what  I  consider  the
         nieces of the remaining pieces as they are ordered.

         The  300  series  items  are  all what I call "trade show prints".
         These are  high  quality  prints  that  are  actually  printed  at
         graphic  arts  trade  shows  to  show  the capabilities of various
         manufacturers printing presses and pre-press equipment.  While not
         unusual or uncommon to  the  average  printer,  these  are  highly
         sought after by the general public, and many are magnificent. They
         are  "limited  editions"  in a sense in that normally a particular
         piece is printed only at one trade show - after which  the  plates
         are  discarded.  They  are not signed or numbered.  In the margins
         will normally be the information relating  to  the  press  it  was
         printed  on,  the  ink  and paper used, etc. Over the years I have
         picked up 10-20 of each of these at the various  trade  shows  and
         conventions  I  have  attended.  Most  of these are in the $10-$15
         range and the price reflects more the cost of mounting and matting
         rather than the value of the print itself.

                Cy Stapleton
                3198 S. John Redditt Dr.
                Lufkin, Texas 75904
                (409) 637-7468
                FAX (409) 637-1480




 INV#     VALUE          DATE                       DESCRIPTION
 ----     ------     ------------     ----------------------------------------

 000       25.00     15th Cen.        Incunabula - See note at the end of this
                                      list.

 101      165.00     1769             American Colonial applicaton for 300
                                      acres of land in Philadelphia area.
                                      Part printed, part handwritten.  Very
                                      rare Colonial document.

 102       65.00     1539             Leaf from 1539 Great Bible - 3rd bible
                                      printed in England and 4th English
                                      translation.  A major source for the
                                      1611 King James version.

 103       55.00     1487             Johann Amerbach imprint.  Two hand
                                      painted initial letters in red and blue.
                                      Comes with a description of the piece
                                      and the book it came from.  A very nice
                                      leaf.

 104       20.00     1986             Marque de Martin imprint on handmade
                                      paper.  A 15th century military ship

 105       60.00     1681             Addison & Steele's "The Observator", a
                                      marvelous piece dated March 1, 1681

 106       20.00     1988             Marque de Martin imprint on handmade
                                      paper.  The Ruling Planets, 1491.

 107       20.00     1988             Marque de Martin imprint on handmade
                                      paper - Venice, 1492

 108       40.00     c1480            Leaf from Guido de Mont Rochen's
                                      Manipulus Curatoum, printed in Cologne
                                      by Johann Guldenschaff c1480.

 109       10.00     1873             Full page ad for Lockwood's Directory of
                                      the Paper Trade from American Newspaper
                                      Reporter.

 110       10.00     1873             Display & word classified ads for
                                      engravings, folders, mailing eqpt.,
                                      printing companies for sale, etc.

 111       10.00     1873             Full page illustrated classified ads for
                                      Fairhauer & Acme presses and other eqpt.
                                      2 great woodcuts of presses.

 112       18.00     1870             Marvelous children's newspaper with
                                      color mast and woodcut of children at
                                      play.  The Child at Home, Sept.  1870.

 113       18.00     1926             Music interest - German imprint of
                                      Ludwig Spohr

 114       18.00     1926             Music Interest - German print of Luigi
                                      Cherubini.

 115       15.00     c1975            Printing interest.  Douglas Parrish
                                      print of Geofrey Tory, engraver, and
                                      Simon Decolines, printer.

 116       40.00     1710             Rare copy of Oct.  12, 1710 issue of The
                                      Examiner, an early news sheet.

 117      275.00     1340             Great manuscript leaf, by hand on animal
                                      skin (vellum).  From a religious work.
                                      Has red & blue initial letters plus some
                                      red text.  A cross is done in text at
                                      lower right margin.  Wide margins.

 118       15.00     1873             Illustrated front cover of Oct.  27,
                                      1875 issue of American Newspaper
                                      Reporter.  Very nice piece with 9
                                      writers illustrated, including Mark
                                      Twain and Bret Harte.

 119       10.00     1873             Printing interest.  Wood type chart.
                                      Full page ad from American Printer's
                                      Warehouse.

 120       12.00     c1930            Beautiful litho - abstract of stars,
                                      moon, clouds, etc.

 121       18.00     1926             Music interest.  German lithoo of Jgor
                                      Strawinskij.  Color.

 122       18.00     1926             Music interest.  German litho of
                                      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

 123       38.00     1782             Rare Connecticut pay receipt for
                                      Revolutionary War bills.  Part printed,
                                      part handwritten.  Endorsed on back and
                                      signed by pay table.

 124       20.00     1988             Marque de Martin imprint on handmade
                                      paper - Canterbury Tales, 1484.

 125       25.00     1773             Beautifully handwritten ledger piece
                                      from American Colonial general store -
                                      pewter, gun powder, etc.

 126      500.00     1791             Very rare signature of Isaiah Thomas.
                                      Receipt for an ad in Thomas' Mass.  Spy.
                                      Thomas was one of the most significant
                                      Colonial era printers, the author of the
                                      first history of printing in America,
                                      and one of those who stood watch in the
                                      Old North Tower to send Paul Revere and
                                      the other riders on their "midnight
                                      ride".

 127       15.00     c1975            Printing interest.  Robert Thom print of
                                      Egyptians making papyrus and doing
                                      pictography.

 128      375.00     1823             Printing interest.  Very rare
                                      handwritten letter by Sir Charles
                                      Wilkins (1749-1836?)- printer and
                                      orientalist.  Included is bio and
                                      auction description.

 129       20.00     c1850            Leaf from rare heiroglyphic bible.

 130       75.00     1760             Rare Benjamin Franklin imprint.  A leaf
                                      from An Extract from a Treatise by
                                      William Law, M.A., printed by Franklin
                                      in Philadelphia for the Quakers.
                                      American Colonial era imprints are very
                                      rare.

 131       85.00     1768             Very rare American Colonial newspaper.
                                      The Boston Chronicle, Feb.  22, 1768.
                                      News of the day.  One of the colonies'
                                      most respected newspapers.

 132       25.00     1985             Beautiful example of the ancient
                                      oriental art of paper cutting.  This
                                      piece is of two birds on a branch on a
                                      beautiful maroon paper.  I acquired this
                                      on a trip to China in 1985.

 133      950.00     1918             An incredibly rare fragment of history -
                                      a small piece of the canvas covering of
                                      Baron von Richtoven's WWI tri-wing
                                      fighter, recovered after the Baron was
                                      shot down.  Is mounted on a print
                                      illustrating the plane.  The print was
                                      done in the same style as the
                                      Smithsonian Institute did an aviation
                                      collection some years ago.  A copy of
                                      the original recovered pieces and what
                                      part of the plane they came from
                                      accompanies the fragment (approximately
                                      1" square).  This fine piece was
                                      acquired from aviation artist, Bob
                                      Carlin, from a friend of his who was the
                                      last survivor of the squadron that shot
                                      down the Baron, and is one of several
                                      fine aviation related pieces in my
                                      collection.

 134       65.00     1902             Rare bullfight broadside with one large
                                      and two small woodcuts.  Very nice.

 135       12.50     C100ad           Roman era coin dating 50bc-100ad, hand
                                      stamped.  Found in the Palistine area.

 136       20.00     -                A beautiful reproduction of the 1484
                                      woodcut, "Pilgrims at the Table" from
                                      Caxton's "Canterbury Tales".  Printed
                                      with a hand press by Marque de Martin on
                                      paper made by Robert and Suesanne
                                      Martin.

 137       20.00     -                A fine reproduction of String Musicians,
                                      a 16th century woodcut printed by Marque
                                      de Martin on a hand press using paper

 138       20.00     -                Beautiful reproduction of the 1510
                                      woodcut of London from Cronycle of
                                      Englonde.  This was printed on a
                                      handmade press by Marque de Martin on
                                      paper made by Martin.

 139      125.00     1759             A fine and very rare Benjamin Franklin
                                      imprint - a leaf from his "The Liberty
                                      of the Spirit and of the Flesh" that he
                                      printed for the Mormons in Philadelphia.
                                      This was one of the last pieces Franklin
                                      printed before he sold his shop to his
                                      partner, Hall.  It is mounted
                                      side-by-side with a fine woodcut of
                                      Franklin working in his shop.

 140        5.00     -                A small fragment off the NASA Lunar
                                      Landing Module.  This is a gold plated
                                      transistor cut from a defective circuit
                                      board, and mounted in a small coin
                                      holder.  Not rare, but an interesting
                                      conversation piece.  I acquired the
                                      board some years ago from a friend who
                                      was a support person on the mission.

 141       75.00     1759             Similar to item #139, but does not have
                                      the woodcut mounted with it.  This is
                                      the "finis" page.

 142       20.00     -                A fine reproduction of the 1493 woodcut,
                                      "Dancers", from Neuer Weltchronik
                                      (Nuremberg).  This was printed on a hand
                                      press by Marque de Martin, on handmade
                                      paper made by Robert and Suesanne
                                      Martin.

 143       25.00     -                An excellent example of the oriental art
                                      of paper cutting.  This piece, a bird on
                                      a limb, was acquired by me on a trip to
                                      China in 1985.

 144       20.00     -                A reproduction of "The Organist", from
                                      the 1492 Gafurius, Theorica Musicae
                                      (Milan).  This was printed on a handmade
                                      press by Marque de Martin on paper made
                                      by Robert and Suesanne Martin.

 145       20.00     c2-400ad         Pre Columbian fragment.  This is the
                                      small head of a "fertility" idol which
                                      was thrown into the fields praying for
                                      good crops.  It was recovered on a early
                                      1960's dig by a friend who was on a Los
                                      Angeles County Museum dig in Western
                                      Mexico.

 146       15.00     1915             Fantastic ad, though not in the best
                                      condition (with a corner and a piece out
                                      of the side affecting some text) of the
                                      grand opening of "The Birth of a Nation"
                                      - considered the first of the modern
                                      movies using pan shots, closeups, and
                                      montage.  Traveled with its own
                                      orchestra.

 147       12.50     Civil War        Lead Civil War bullet recovered in the
                                      area of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania by Erik
                                      the Flutemaker - a friend on the
                                      Renaissance Festival circuit.

 148       20.00     -                A reprint of the 1493 woodcut, "Knight
                                      with Flag", from Neuer Weltchronik,
                                      Nuremberg.  This beautiful piece was
                                      printed on a hand press by Marque de
                                      Martin on paper made by Robert and
                                      Suesanne Martin.

 149       15.00     c1840?           Mini Ball recovered from the San Jacinto
                                      River near the San Jacinto, Texas
                                      battlefield.  This was found as shell
                                      was being laid for a parking lot at Kuhn
                                      Paint Company in Houston in the early
                                      1960's.  I was making a call on the
                                      company when the shell was being laid
                                      and we found about 50 of these
                                      artifacts.  I was able to keep a few of
                                      them.  I know nothing more about them.
                                      They could be from as early as the
                                      Battle of San Jacinto, or perhaps as
                                      late as the Civil War.  Because so many
                                      were found in such a small area, we
                                      surmised that they came from a keg of
                                      bullets that were on a barge or boat
                                      that was sunk in the area.

 160       35.00     c1985            Signed & numbered limited edition
                                      embossing of John Wayne.  This is #233
                                      of 2,500.  Double matted and beautiful
                                      deep embossing of bust of Wayne in
                                      western wear.

 161       45.00     1685             The Observator, August 1, 1685.  A very
                                      nice copy of this important early news
                                      sheet.  An unusual sort of journalism in
                                      that it is done as conversation.

 162       55.00     1497             A nice 15th century imprint, this piece
                                      was printed in Lyons in 1497 by Jean
                                      Pivard.  It is a leaf from a Latin
                                      bible.  Typography is very nice.  Paper
                                      is in such fine condition because it is
                                      handmade from cotton rags.

 163       75.00     1568             A leaf from the Bishop's Bible - One of
                                      the main translations used in the 1611
                                      King James version.  This leaf is from
                                      Exodus.

 165       75.00     1711             A great copy of Addison & Steele's "The
                                      Spectator", Dec.  26, 1711 - one of
                                      journalism's finest accomplishments,
                                      their style of journalism is studied yet
                                      today.

 168       25.00     1722             The Weekly Journal and Saturday Post of
                                      August 4, 1722.  Very elaborate masthead
                                      and large initial letter on front page.
                                      News of the day includes 4-500 tons of
                                      copper being made into coins at the
                                      Tower of London, an execution, and the
                                      fact a citizen was found guilty of
                                      sodomy and sentenced to pillory.

 169       60.00     1791             Fine copy of Moses Woodward's "Middlesex
                                      Gazette" dated Dec.  10, 1791.  Front
                                      page letter from a field officer near
                                      Ft.  Washington.  His garrison of 1,700
                                      men are not looking forward to conflict
                                      with 1500 well provisioned Indians.
                                      Much other nice news and ads in this
                                      rare piece.

 170       25.00     -                A photo of Torpedo Squadron 8 - famous
                                      for the fact that the entire squadron
                                      was wiped out by the Japanese during the
                                      Battle of Midway.  The photo is
                                      personally autographied by the
                                      squadron's sole survivor and author of
                                      the book, "Sole Survivor", George Gay.

 171       15.00     -                Full color print of Queen Victoria's
                                      Imperial State Crown.  Made in 1838,
                                      then reset for King George VI in 1937.

 172       50.00     1894             Thomas Nast signature on a $3.25 check
                                      payable to F.L.  Jennings, March 10,
                                      1894.  Nast was the most famous of the
                                      19th century political cartoonists.  It
                                      was he who created the Democratic
                                      Donkey, Republican Elephant, Tammany
                                      Tiger, the image we have of Uncle Sam,
                                      and even jolly old Santa Claus.  A very
                                      nice item.

 173       10.00     -                A reprint of the Courier & Ives "Great
                                      Boston Fire".  Quality of reprint is
                                      fair.

 174       50.00     1487             A beautiful original 15th century
                                      imprint from the press of Marinus
                                      Saracenus (Venice).  A leaf from Plinius
                                      Secundius Naturalis Hystorie.  After the
                                      piece was printed, a scribe or printer's
                                      helper inked a large initial letter in
                                      color.  The paper remains in such
                                      excellent condition because it is made
                                      from pure rag with no fillers or
                                      caustics.

 175       27.50     1862             Fine Civil War quartermaster ledger for
                                      Edward Cunningham, 139th Regt.  of Penn.
                                      Volunteers.  Part handwritten, part
                                      printed.

 176       45.00     1902             Very rare Spanish bullfight broadside
                                      with 4 woodcuts and fancy borders.
                                      small piece missing out of right side
                                      not effecting type and small tear at
                                      bottom poorly repaired.

 177       65.00     c1300?           Rare early oriental woodblock print.
                                      Part of a scroll, believed to date from
                                      the late 14th century.  A very nice and
                                      scarce example of how printing was done
                                      prior to Gutenberg's introduction of
                                      movable type.

 178       35.00     1862             Quartermaster issue ledger sheet for
                                      Henry Frantz of the 143rd Regiment of
                                      the Penn.  Volunteers.  Frantz returned
                                      from being a Prisoner of War and was
                                      reissued some equipment to replace that
                                      evident lost.

 180       18.00     -                Papermaking in Fabriano - a beautiful
                                      full color print by George Parrish.

 181       18.00     -                Chinese Block Printing - a beautiful
                                      full color print by Robert Thom.

 182       18.00     -                The Roman Alphabet.  Beautiful full
                                      color print by D.M.  Parrish.

 183       18.00     -                Charlemagne and the Monastic Scribes.
                                      Beautiful full color print by Robert
                                      Thom

 184       18.00     -                Benjamin Franklin, Printer & Publisher.
                                      Beautiful full color print by Robert
                                      Thom.

 185       18.00     -                John Peter Zenger's trial.  A beautiful
                                      full color print by George Parrish.

 186       18.00     -                Shakespeares First Folio - a beautiful
                                      full color print by George Parrish.

 187       18.00     -                Nicolas Jensen, Printer & Typefounder.
                                      A beautiful full color print by Robert
                                      Thom of Jensen working at his bench.

 188       25.00     -                Johann Gutenberg and Movable Type.  A
                                      beautiful full color print by Robert
                                      Thom of Gutenberg's print shop and type
                                      foundry.

 189       55.00     1482             A very fine piece with wide margins and
                                      nice typography.  Printed by Antoniodi
                                      Bartolommeo Misconini in Florence in
                                      1482.  A leaf from Horatius Flaccus
                                      Quintus Opera.  Has marginal notes and
                                      red paragraph marks.

 193       45.00     1793             A copy of Benjamin Russell's fine 18th
                                      century American newspaper, The
                                      Columbian Centinel (Boston), dated Feb.
                                      16, 1793.  Great text and ads, including
                                      an ad for "labourers" to dig a canal
                                      linking the Schuiylkill, the
                                      Susquehanna, and the Delaware.  The
                                      generous pay is $6 per month plus food
                                      and lodging (bring your own blanket).

 194       45.00     1793             A fine copy of Benjamin Russell's fine
                                      18th century newspaper, The Columbian
                                      Centinel (Boston), dated November 4,
                                      1797.  Great ads and interesting
                                      editorial content.

 196       35.00     19th Century     Original 19th century wood engraving of
                                      the "Revisers of the Old Testamet.  This
                                      is a fantastic group portrait - a double
                                      page spread from "Harper's Weekly".
                                      Slight foxing, otherwise great.

 197       35.00     18th century     Leaf from Burmese leaf book.  Text was
                                      scribed into a dried palm leaf which was
                                      cut to size and drilled.  It was then
                                      strung together like a venetian blind.
                                      A very nice, unusual, and scarce piece.

 198       75.00     19th Century     Fantastic signature (24-pages - book
                                      trims out about 3.25x6) from the
                                      Cherokee Indian Bible - the only bible
                                      printed in the Cherokee language.  Rare.

 199       25.00     -                Excellent collection of miniature
                                      reprints of famous front pages.  Death
                                      of Kennedy, Pope, Ruby, New York
                                      Blackout, Moon flight, etc.

 200      285.00                      Gail Bordon imprint - the most famous of
                                      early Texas printers.  Official printer
                                      for the Republic of Texas.  Part
                                      printed, part handwritten, this piece is
                                      witnessed and signed on the back by his
                                      brother and partner, John Bordon.

 300       12.50     -                A very nice transportation theme "trade
                                      show" print - those high- quality prints
                                      printing equipment manufacturers produce
                                      to demonstrate the quality of work their
                                      equipment is capable of.  While common
                                      among printers, these are highly
                                      collectible by those outside the
                                      printing industry.  For the most part
                                      they are in a sense, "limited editions",
                                      but not signed and numbered.  It is
                                      seldom a manufacturer will use the same
                                      set of separations once they have been
                                      printed at one show.  This one
                                      demonstrates the Ryobi 522H run at
                                      13,000 sheets per hour.  Shown is a
                                      balloon, sailing ships, a bicycle,
                                      carriage, and a rickshaw(sp).

 301       10.00     -                Similar to #300.  Beautiful horizon
                                      scene with 4 jets streaking across the
                                      sky.  Printed on a 40" 6-color
                                      Heidelberg Speedmaster.

 302       10.00     -                Similar to #300.  This is a full color
                                      print of of playing cards, dice and
                                      poker chips.  A beautiful piece printed
                                      on a Komori Sprint at Southwestern
                                      Graphics 93.

 303       10.00     -                Similar to #300.  This was showing the
                                      quality of the Optronics Colorsetter
                                      4000 and the Ryobi press.  It is a
                                      beautiful scene of Texas bluebonnets in
                                      a blaze of color.

 304       12.50     -                Similar to #300.  Print is of a sculptor
                                      working on a casting of a bird with his
                                      welding torch.  Was printed on a
                                      Heidelberg GTOZ using Wikoff ink.

 305       10.00     -                Similar to #300.  A very nice print, not
                                      unlike the work of T.  LaTreck(sp),
                                      printed on a Hamada E47S at Southwestern
                                      Graphics 93.

 306       20.00     -                The most popular of all recent trade
                                      show prints - Newschwanstein Castle -
                                      Mad King Ludwig's extravagant 19th
                                      century castle - the one the Disney
                                      World and Land castles were modeled
                                      after.  Printed on the Heidelberg MOY-IT
                                      4-color press.

 307       25.00     -                Similar to #300.  A magnificent piece
                                      printed on the Heidelberg 72VP press.
                                      The poster is an incredible scene - "Be
                                      transformed" - a butterfly coming out of
                                      his caccoon in a field of blazing color
                                      flowers, with "Spring" dropped into the
                                      background.  An exceptionally fine
                                      piece.

 308       25.00     -                Similar to #300.  Great sports scene of
                                      Dallas Cowboy #8 - World Champions.
                                      Printed on a Komori L-628-III.

 309       12.50     -                Similar to #300.  A beautiful pair of
                                      prints of porpoise - an underwater scene
                                      full of color.  Printed on a Shinohara
                                      66IP press.

 310       20.00     -                Similar to #300.  A magnificent map of
                                      the known world from c1500ad.  Printed
                                      in Chicago in 1985 on a Miehle Roland
                                      200 press.

 311       12.50     -                Similar to #300.  A NASA photo of the
                                      Jovian System from the Voyager mission.
                                      Produced by Z-Nix to demonstrate their
                                      input system.

 312       12.50     -                Similar to #300.  A fantastic poster of
                                      a red and gold Harley Davidson bike.
                                      Printed at 11,000 sheets per hour on a
                                      Ryobi 512 press.

 313       12.50     -                Similar to #300.  What a treasure.  This
                                      is a great shot of a Persian kitty
                                      surrounded by colorful flowers.  Printed
                                      on a Ryobi 512 at Southwestern Graphics.


                        FOR THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED

         I started collecting significant items relating to the history  of
         printing  some  30  years ago. Over the years I have acquired some
         100,000 items dating from about 3,500bc to the present.

         The original purpose of this collection was to attempt to build  a
         collection  of  pieces  relating  to  the history of printing that
         could be used as a traveling  exhibit.  That  exhibit  was  culled
         down  to  about  75 pieces - the earliest being a clay tablet with
         the earliest form of handwriting on it and the latest being a copy
         of the first book printed using the phototype  process  (the  1952
         "Wonderful World of Insects").

         I  continued  to  upgrade  the collection where I could afford to.
         As an example, I might have a nice copy of Isaiah Thomas's  "Mass.
         Spy"  in the collection, then come across another copy that had an
         engraving by Paul  Revere.   I  would  replace  the  copy  in  the
         collection with the new copy - storing the older one.

         In  other  cases,  I  would have to purchase a small collection in
         order to get one or two  pieces  I  wanted.  Over  the  years  the
         collection  grew  and grew - still with only some 75 pieces in the
         "real" collection.

         As the word of my collection spread, I was offered more  and  more
         pieces  -  some having nothing to do with my collection, but since
         they were interesting, I would occasionally  purchase  them.  It's
         almost like eating peanuts - once you start it's hard to stop.

         Over  the years I traded some of my pieces with other collectors -
         some for pieces totally out of my main area  of  interest.  As  an
         example,  I traded a collection of old bible leaves to a collector
         of Roman artifacts for a number of Roman Empire related  artifacts
         -  coins,  oil  lamps,  tear vials, and other such items. I made a
         similar  trade  with  an  archeologist  for  some  Pre   Columbian
         fragments, with an aviation artist for some wonderful WWI and WWII
         limited edition prints, etc.

         I  have  also  traded  with Civil War artifact collectors and even
         artists that I work with at the various  Renaissance  Festivals  I
         participate in.

         As  time  passed and I had to move my "cache" from one area of our
         home, office, or warehouse, some of  the  pieces  started  getting
         separated from their descriptions and others began to get damaged.
         I  decided  that  it  was  time  to pull out a hundred or so of my
         absolute favorites and dispose of the remainder.

         In 1990 I started matting a few of  the  pieces  and  taking  them
         with  me to the Texas Renaissance Festival and Scarborough Faire -
         where we operate an exucational 15th century style print shop  and
         type  foundry.  The  pieces  sold  quite well. In the October 1993
         edition of Quick Printing Magazine's  "Helene's  Hotline",  Helene
         noted  that I had "prints" relating to the history of printing for
         printers to use to decorate their shops.  While most of  my  items
         are not actually prints in the way most people think of as prints,
         they  certainly  are  appropriate  to  decorate  a  print shop.  I
         started getting calls from  printers  all  over  the  country  and
         decided that it was time to put together a list.

         This  is  my  first  list,  and  the  items on this list are in no
         particular order of significance. They are simply  the  first  100
         or  so items I pulled out of the storage area. We cut mats for the
         items, wrote up descriptive cards, and placed them on this list.

         We are continuing to mat new items, and as we get  them  matted  I
         will  be  adding to this list - probably every month or two.  Each
         new list will contain the items remaining from the previous  list,
         as  well  as any new items. If you are interested in continuing to
         receive this list, let me know and I will put you  on  my  mailing
         list.

         As  far  as the pricing goes, you can use this rule of thumb... On
         items that are in the $10 - $15 range, the piece  itself  probably
         has  little true value, but rather is a nice piece to display. The
         bulk of that price is the cost of mounting and matting the  piece.
         The  higher  priced  items are priced according to what I paid for
         the piece originally, a perceived value,  or  auction  prices  for
         similar  items that I have seen. A couple of areas where my prices
         are extremely low will be in the 18th  century  American  Colonial
         and  early  years  of  the  Union  pieces  and  19th  century wood
         engravings. These pieces are priced rediculously high everywhere I
         see them  displayed  or  advertised.  As  an  example,  in  Dallas
         recently  I  saw a collection of 19th century wood engravings from
         Harper's Weekly priced at between $150 and $450.  One,  priced  at
         $250, was the same as #196 on this list - and it wasn't in as good
         a  condition  as  was  mine.  American Colonial pieces such as the
         general store ledgers I have in this list (such as #125),  I  have
         seen  in the $150 - $200 price range. Many years ago I purchased 2
         bound ledger books - in very bad condition and missing a number of
         sheets,  but  still  containing  the  transactions  of  over   500
         accounts.  Let's see, 500 X $150 = $75,000. Anyone want to make an
         offer? I will settle for  a  far  more  reasonable  price  on  the
         individual  pieces.  Finally  there are items such as the fragment
         from the Red Barron's Fokker Tri-Wing (WWII). There is no  way  to
         determine  a  price  on  something  like this because it is almost
         unique.  That sort  of  thing  is  priced  as  perceived  value  -
         probably  a  bargain  to  some  collectors, but what that piece is
         worth to me.

         You will find some interesting pieces in this  and  future  lists,
         and hopefully some of them will hit your hot button.
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