Heh. Phil had (has? what the hell DID happen to most of his ironmongery?)
....ANYWAY, an honest to God 16th century 6 1/2 foot Flamberge greatsword. The goddamn thing was just plain scary.
Heh. Phil had (has? what the hell DID happen to most of his ironmongery?)
....ANYWAY, an honest to God 16th century 6 1/2 foot Flamberge greatsword. The goddamn thing was just plain scary.
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Yeah, I hear you. It was heartbreaking to pack up all that stuff for it to be sold, but at least I got photos of everything before it went. The two Fabrica swords were not part of what was to be sent off; I got those as a gift for my help. I also salvaged a chunk of Klaeber Court, from Phil's old office, when they tore that down.Originally Posted by Gronan of Simmerya
Oh, sigh.
That is one of the reasons why it is so important to get your book written.
While it may not fade from your mind, the context is fading from the world.
Keeping interest alive keeps this part of his life's work relevant,
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As cities are built of the ruins of those before, how much was the terracing or change in height of the street taken into account?
Was the rise in street level of the older sections of the city important to the placement of clan houses and other buildings?
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Damn, they tore down Klaeber Court? Son of a bitch!
If his collection was auctioned, may I hope that it was through a legitimate antiquitaries auction house, and that Umber got the proceeds?
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I'm positive that you may hope.
"Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place, and I don't care how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard you hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward; how much you can take and keep moving forward." - Rocky
Yep. Klaeber is now our flat lot C-59.
All of Phil's vast collection of arms and armor went on sale through Chris Poor and his company, 'Arms and Armor'; he'd built up a world-wide netowrk of collectors (He also does film and television work, in addition to his 'retail' trade), and has been slowly getting the collection sold off for Ambereen. I helped with the restoration and cleaning a bit, as well as the photography, but Chris and his guys did all the heavy lifting. He'd been getting fair market prices for her; the 1600's suit of armor that used to fit me went for $10,000.
I got the Fabricas because they have no value in today's market; I wanted them for the associations and memories.
Well, I'm glad Umbreen got a decent broker... I was worried that somebody like The Tekumel Foundation would sling it up on Ebay.
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Or the huge codpieces?
Agreed! Which is why I made sure to document everything as it passed by me. I started doing it in 1976, and kept at it. I'm still indexing and annotating Phil's work, and collating it with my own collections; it'll be my life's work, but I think it's worth it.
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