I am confused as to why so much secrecy...and this all began with the accusation of shill bidding in the Yee auctions..correct?

The front page has the story...entitled "Jake Sullivan".....best regards

Thank you Leon.

I guess you went home!

Just wanted to add my 2 cents to this discussion. I have known Henry for a long time and have followed his auctions since the beginning. All of my interactions with Henry have been extremely pleasant and very informative. His knowledge about vintage photos is second to none and he has always been receptive to any of my questions regarding such.

Of all of the dealers, auction houses, etc. that I have dealt with the past 20 years or so, I would easily place Henry in the top 1% for courtesy, honesty knowledge and professional behavior.

In addition to all of the previous excellent points explained by others in this thread as to why his auctions do so well, I would simply add that Henry's auctions have filled a much needed gap in the hobby. Rather than endlessly fishing for items on Ebay or being priced out of the major auction houses, for the last decade or so, Henry has provided quality items that would never appear in REA, Legendary, Heritage or Lelands, starting at 99 cents all at one site with excellent descriptions and remarkable photo documentation.

In my opinion, he fully deserves all of the success he has worked so hard to achieve.

Craig

Very well said Craig and a beer raised to our leader Leon. A special thx to the fellow forum guys that supported my view in the last couple of days, awesome forum. Looking forward to Henry's next showing.

Rawn

I am going to be spending the better part of a week in Kennebunkport later this summer. Any must-see places to visit? Any restaurants that are not to be missed?

I don't spend much time in "Northern Mass" but can ask a few of the locals for you. Let me know when and we can meet up for a beer.

Rawn

Chris- check out Captain Lord Mansion, a wonderful bed and breakfast inn, even if you don't stay there. It's one of the nicest I've ever seen ( and I was last there in 1985).

We rent a house on the water up there every year. Fantastic place. Can't beat Kayaking with the Harbor Seals and Porpoises.

Made a dumb mistake last year climbing up "The Precipice" in Acadia in 100 degree and humid weather. That was a brutal day for me.

Barry, I just spent a few minutes looking over their website and I must say it looks incredibly quaint and charming. We are traveling with our young children and by the looks of it we probably don't want to take them there. I will see if we can get the grandparents to watch them so we can make a day trip of it.

Chris- even if you just walk in and look around, or maybe make time for a lunch, you will enjoy. It's a really beautiful place. Let us know if you go.

If anyone heads to Bar Harbor and Acadia Natl Park be sure to go to the restaurant in Acadia, it is called Jordan Pond. Be sure to order the pop overs.
Dave Bergin - you ever try this?

You mean The Tea House at Jordan Pond I think. Ended up there several times on our bikes. Don't think I've ever had the Pop Overs though. Will check them out when we're up there next month.

The restaurant is called Jordan Pond House, the only restaurant in the park.
Good food and the popovers are the real treat.

+1 on the popovers - they're to die for!!!

Graig

It's officially tourist season on the forum.

Rawn

You better believe it,, we were there for one week and wound up in that restaurant three times :).
We will be back at some point in time, too beautiful a place to not see twice.

We've been up there about 6 or 7 times now. Our goal is to hit every hiking trail on the two main sections of the park at one point or another.

I figure about 10 more trips and we'll be about halfway there. :D

Quite a turn this thread has taken :).
Kudos to Maine and kudos to Henry Yee, I was not a buyer in this auction but my consignments did very well.

I've never been to Acadia National Park (although I am an alumnus of Acadia University, Nova Scotia), but have been through Maine a number of times and always enjoyed it. The best baseball bulk book purchase I made was in the backwoods of Maine, at a cabin on the lake, with an out building in the back, and fog rolling in at night. As the owner was leading me out back, I imagined that Stephen King might be penning my epitaph in a subsequent novel. However, the books were great and I did not meet an untimely demise.

I didn't get this book on that purchase, but here's something more of Maine

http://farm1.staticflickr.com/189/50...f9d_z.jpg?zz=1

The boat harbor in Bar Harbor and Jordan Pond on a foggy day.

Maine
 

It's tough to find decent seafood out here in the boonies in Wisconsin. It's worth the trip to Maine just to find a restaurant by the water and enjoy the fresh scallops, shrimp and lobster.

Rick

You should do what we do. Buy your own lobster at about 5 bucks a lb. right off the docks and boil it up yourself and slather in butter.

If you like mussels, All you have to do is wade into the water, just about anywhere up there and you get all that you can manage to clean and steam up for free.

It really is fantastic.

$5 a pound? Check around, currently $4.49 per here 50 miles inland. There are game wardens monitoring most of the good clam flats also with video.

Rawn