I asked for and received 50 $100 notes which he placed in my hand in the Westpac branch in Lt Collins St. He walked away with 349 cards and one 1968 A Series Scanlens wax wrapper. I walked down to Elizabeth St and deposited it straightaway in the Bendigo Bank, Max. But we're getting into etc country now.
Bill
> On 4 Mar 2015, at 5:30 pm, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> I am staggered by that number of dollars for some football memorabilia -
>
> NB aussie dollar has slumped badly against the currency of most places worth traveling to - am I right?
>
> Seattle is good to visit and on the way to - well, British Columbia… Alaska…
>
> are you sure you were paid real aussie money there, Bill?
>
> M
>
>> On Mar 3, 2015, at 22:26, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> Thanks, Max. I see what you mean about the register change but hope to get away with it.
>>
>> The overdue clean-out pays better than poetry. I only offered one haggle before walking away with $5000. I'm sure he'll make more over time but meanwhile that's two return trips for us to Europe. Or, watch out, Seattle!
>>
>> Bill
>>
>>
>>> On 4 Mar 2015, at 4:41 pm, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>> touchingly primitive, this, Bill!
>>> something comes through even to me of how it felt for the boys at school,
>>> and the evolution of those collectables…
>>>
>>> Verse four perhaps shifts to a different register
>>> with a certain clashing of gears,
>>>
>>> but then clashing of gears may be part of this sort of art.
>>>
>>> What an overdue spring cleaning of your briefcase!
>>>
>>> M
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Mar 3, 2015, at 13:12, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Ted's legacy
>>>>
>>>> Mr Football, Footscray's finest,
>>>> E J Whitten, champion of the Big V,
>>>> figured early, smiling cheekily,
>>>> in Scanlens Football Cards.
>>>>
>>>> Each year from 1964 to 68,
>>>> primary school collectors prized
>>>> Ted's kicking form and features,
>>>> decked out in banded blue, red
>>>>
>>>> and white. By 1969,
>>>> he was a dye-cut legend,
>>>> image uprightly poppable
>>>> from a folded feature card.
>>>>
>>>> Ted's death not coincidentally
>>>> marked the passing of interstate
>>>> footy. Before pegging out, he scored
>>>> one final limo lap of the MCG.
>>>>
>>>> The Herald-Sun headlined:
>>>> E J Dies.
>>>> His clean cardboard image
>>>> mouldered in my briefcase
>>>>
>>>> until 2015, when along with
>>>> 300 odd mates from the old
>>>> twelve-team comp, Ted
>>>> got traded
>>>>
>>>> to a spiky-haired collector
>>>> who knew value when he
>>>> saw it and touched it.
>>>> I'm not complaining.
>>>>
>>>> I was paid well - and Ted -
>>>> will go on paying his way
>>>> no doubt. Laughing
>>>> all the way.
>>>>
>>>> bw
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