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 | | The second one, ripped down the center, but with a lion in the foreground was bought by dealer Dan Twigg, representing a Pennsylvania client. |
 | | The third fireboard went to a Roanoke, Virginia dealer, Bob Beard and after restoration it was later re-sold to a Virginia collector for the purchase price plus the cost of restoration, a total of less than $3,000. |
 | | Beard stated that, “the serious collectors for this type of merchandise are not plentiful and nothing excites buyers more than a sale at the old homeplace continuously occupied for generations.” (See the original story in MAD, September 1992, page 6-A) One down, two to go. |
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