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Hi Steve,
I very much liked your letter. Thank you for being passionate about your vocation, as am I.
By the way, just as a note, I'm Ms. not Mr., that's why I said the grandma in this business...:) My mentors were Cordelia and Tom Platt who were one of the grandparents of this business, and George Sanders before he died, even spending time at his home going through his amazing collection. I wish you could rewrite that lovely letter and put Ms. instead of Mr. Paul McCartney got a Beatles signed White album at Antiquities for his land mines auction, which he authenticated, bought for $10,000 and he sold it for $80,000. I've been jogging in the mall with Michael Jackson who was a client for 12 years and I gave the dedication speech for him at the posthumous installation of his star of fame here. I correspond with Richard Dreyfus by email from time to time, and have worked extensively with the Osmond family as both friends and clients. That is the tip of the iceberg. Historical collections from Antiquities are in major American museums and famous law offices. I've been collecting since I was 12 and ran into Fred McMurray at the Brown Derby. I am now 63, so it has been 51 years. I'm telling you something important here, Steve; my 3 children, my 6 grandchildren and anyone else who knows me and has worked with me will stand proudly at my grave. My items are excellent and even members of PSA have been in my store and bought signed books and other things. You and I are on the same side, whether you know it or not, we really are.
Kind regards,
Toby Stoffa
President
Antiquities


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Comment by kevin conway on February 21, 2013 at 4:52pm

   I was just thinking about the two nicest people I have ever met during my 30 years collecting, who happen to be mentioned above in this title's thread.  Soon after I started collecting in the 1980s I had a series of bad experiences with a few autograph dealers , primarily bizarre behavior.   I began to think the autograph collecting hobby attracted a "certain" kind of personality and as a result i was turned off for a while.   Then at a show in Boston I met Cordelia and Tom Platt.   To my delight, here were two wonderful, respectful autograph dealers whose personalities were quite contrary to my earlier experiences.    They had a positive , magnetic energy and were way above the "confrontational" side of the hobby/business we unfortunately see too often.  I sure do miss talking to them.....

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