Bruce is wondering whether I remembered to bid on his auctions.
This time, I did the immediate lowball bid approach on about 10
auctions. By the next day, I had lost the lead on most of them.
There was only one poster that I was really interested in: "Charlie
McCarthy, Detective." I thought this poster would go for about $250,
since there is a border corner missing and the economy stinks. But it
managed to fetch $562, which I think is quite good. (I didn't bother
bidding again.)
For those who don't know, Edgar Bergen was ventriloquist, and his
main dummy was Charlie McCarthy. For some inexplicable reason, they
had one of the most popular radio shows during the golden age of
radio. It makes no sense that they let a ventriloquist on the radio.
It's almost as bad as putting a mime on the radio. I think it's one
of the great mysteries of the universe that the show worked.
-rk
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