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** Well- tomorrow's my big day. I'm having right shoulder surgery and will be out of commission for awhile. My right arm will be in a sling for a couple of months. I've been practicing doing things with my left hand- with little success. I never realized how "right-handed" I am. I tried shaving today with my left hand and nearly cut my ear off (what a mess). I combed my hair and came out looking like Albert Einstein. And typing- forget about it. Ordinarilly, I only use two fingers, but now my typing will really be slow. It took me 20 minutes to type my name. Oh well, I'll survive ( if my wife doesn't kill me).

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COMPANY CATALOGS

As a follow-up to last weeks Blog entry, here's another interesting thing you can collect. Company catalogs are fascinating. They sometimes picture the figural items and show their original pricing. Check out a few that we think are pretty interesting.

This is an early 60's catalog from a bobbing head distributor. Please note that the Mays doll has a green base. As far as we know, this color base was never issued.

This is a partial copy of a Hartland Plastics brochure. Check out how they picture Mantle & Ruth with white hats.

This is a partial brochure from Carter-Hoffman. the rest of the brochure lists many of the teams that were produced. This catalog was from the early 50's. These pieces were not cheap.