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My Father-in-law, Tony Sobolik, and his wife, Viola, collected this material over a fifty year period, mostly while living in the Chicago area where he was an electrical engineer with Commonwealth Edison, now Exelon. They were devoted members of ESCONI. They moved to Dallas, Oregon in 1976 when Tony retired, and he continued collecting for another 20 years. By February of 2001, both Tony and Vi had passed away, and their daughter, Nancy, and I inherited the collection. In 2004, about 20% of the collection was donated to the Field Museum. They selected only what they needed, not just all of the best material. About 75% of the crates in the current collection are labeled Mazon Creek, Pit 11, and Braidwood. There are also drawers of labeled micro-mounts, named slabs of lapidary material, a few crates of petrified wood and fossil bones, and thousands of labeled but unprocessed minerals in egg cartons and cigar boxes.
Admission to the April 11-12 sale is by invitation only. The April 18-19 sale is open to the public. No pre-sales.
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Doors will open on-time (no earlies). Material will be sold by a silent auction of whole crates, boxes or drawers with no high-grading allowed. All sales are final, no refunds, no returns, no exchanges. Please register your bid by the number on the crate, box or drawer at the sale with Martin Goebel. He is managing this event. If you have questions or comments about the sale, please direct them to Martin at ArtAndAntiquesPlus2@hotmail.com.
DEALERS PLEASE CONTACT MARTIN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND AT LEAST TWO WEEKS BEFORE APRIL 18.
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