ABANA Affiliate Liaison Letter,
February 2005
The auction will be held at Pook & Pook Auctioneers in Downingtown, Pennsylvania. Details, when available, may be viewed at the Pook & Pook auction site: www.pookandpook.com One of the Affiliate Reps, Daniel Crowther of Capital District Blacksmiths wrote to the list and suggested that ABANA and the Metal Museum in Memphis should get together and try to save the collection from being broken up. Well unfortunately our combined pockets are not that deep, however, with the volunteer effort of Brian Gilbert, LeeAnn Mitchell, Adam Hawk, Clare Yellin, Jim Wallace and others, we came up with a plan. Please visit http://www.metalmuseum.org/donations.htm The idea is to spread the word, get people to visit this site and make a donation of any size. The money collected will be used to buy select pieces from the auction of the Sorber collection. These pieces will become part of the permanent collection at the Metal Museum in Memphis, Tennessee. It is too bad that the collection is being broken up. This is one way to help save a small part of it for posterity. This project is a great example of why we have an Affiliate Rep Program in the first place. It also shows you why it is important for your group to have an Affiliate Rep and why it is important for your Rep to subscribe to the e-mail list. This letter only goes out every other month. Time is short for collecting money for the auction purchases. Please spread the word to your affiliate members. Thanks for your consideration!
 
Dave Mudge, Affiliate Liaison
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