Sunday, December 28, 2008

WWII press photos

This week I acquired more than 380 press photos from World War II.
These are photos distributed to newspapers and these particular ones
were from Acme Newspictures. Most are from the war in the Pacific,
some are from Europe and some from the homefront.

There are lots of very interesting photos here and I've stated
scanning them and putting them online at
http://homepage.mac.com/bobhudsoncom/PressPhotos/PhotoAlbum47.html -
if you see something you're interested in feel free to make an offer.
There are two types of photos: ones that were printed direct from
negatives and have a caption on a separate piece of paper, and ones
that sent from the war zones using a type of fax technology sent via
shortwave radio. Those have the captions printed on the photo and
don't have the quality of the ones made direct from negatives.
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Saturday, December 27, 2008

US Navy cruise jackets

I've been getting inquiries about Navy West Pac cruise jackets so I am going to start buying them (and other area cruise jackets) when I see them.

I acquired two today: one for the USS Elliot 1995 Arabian Gulf cruise and one for the USS Tripoli 1985 West Pac cruise.

Monday, December 15, 2008

More Oriskany items

I have acquired some more items from the estate of Capt. Iarrobino
including a portrait, his Navy retirement certificate, a letter
making him an honorary citizen of Oriskany, New York, some large
plaques, a ribbon rack and more:
http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=31950

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Wednesday, December 10, 2008

USS Orisknay Captain's items




I am selling a grouping of items from a US Navy Captain who was commanding officer of the USS Oriskany in 1966 when it had a tragic fire. There are some one-of-a-kind items in this. Cick here for more info.

Monday, December 8, 2008

Used Hohner 265 double bass harmonica

I long tried to learn to play harmonica - but never got it down. Once
in a while a I pick up one and blow a few notes and try to imagine
myself wailing the blues....

I've sold a few harmonicas over the years, but this one blew me away
when I saw it and heard it. It's the Hohner 265 chromatica bass
instrument: looking like to large harmonicas hinged together. The box
is marked in German "chromatische Bass-Harmonika."

This must be the most expensive harmonica made: New these have a list
price of over $1,300 and retail for about $950. I've placed my used
one on Ebay for less than half that:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=300278632435
- even if you have no desite to play one, you have to see the photos.
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