[FPSPACE] FW: [HASTRO-L] Documents Up for Bid that Ought to be Preserved

[LARRY KLAES]

>From: Thomas Hockey <Thomas.Hockey at UNI.EDU>
>Reply-To: History of Astronomy Discussion Group <HASTRO-L at LISTSERV.WVU.EDU>
>To: HASTRO-L at LISTSERV.WVU.EDU
>Subject: [HASTRO-L] Documents Up for Bid that Ought to be Preserved
>Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2006 11:38:13 -0500
>
>Dear HASTRO-L ,
>
>A local art/antiquities auction house is preparing to sell (17/18 October) 
>a collection of artifacts from an Iowa-born Yale physicist, Alois Kovarik.  
>Within the lots are such astrophysically significant materials as 
>handwritten letters from Ernest Rutherford and photographs of Viktor Hess 
>and his observatory.  Plus, there are letters from Maria Curie, Hans 
>Geiger, and Otto Hahn.
>
>All the archives these days have no funds, it seems, and rely on donations. 
>  I'm broke, of course.  However, I'd like to see this stuff go to a good 
>home, and not get razor-bladed by the autograph hounds.  Thus this message. 
>  Anybody looking for a good tax deduction?  The URL is 
>http://www.jacksonsauction.com/, and a catalog of all the items in the 
>auction is available.
>
>Thomas Hockey