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We picked up 9 new members at the show, thanks largely to the efforts of Ron & Pete Gabbard. I
took some membership forms, three bound copies of the miNiZ100 Special Edition (to view) and
some back-copies of miNiZ as give-aways. Ron & Pete had two tables for the Northwest Club and
gave us some space on one end. They were active in selling memberships for both clubs, with the
NW Club discounting their membership from US$15 to US$10 if collectors joined up or renewed with
us as well. Great job guys. New members as follows:

Daniel McFarlane, 2848 Co. Road 1, Mounds View, MN 55112, USA tigerd@concast.net
Alain Gallisch, 10530 Notre Dam Ouest, Trois-Rivieres (Quebec), Canada G9B 6V7 gallo1703@yahoo.com
Jacquie Fowler, 903 S. 7th Ave., Maywood. IL, USA orcapt@aol.com
Butch Jones, 7410 NW 105th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73162, US fmjmini@aol.com
Vincent Lin, 10608 W. 144th Street, Overland Park, KS 66221, USA js-vincent@hotmail.com
Fr. Joe Molloy, 2400 S. Franklin St., Decatur, IL 62521, USA minibottles@comcast.net
Rotem Ben Sherit, 4835 Cordal Ave, Apt. 218, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA hasayeret@gmail.com
Ralph Voris, 2811 Weaver Lane, Batavia, IL 60510, USA rlvoris@sbglobal.net
Sandy Wheeler, 212 E. Norton Road, Apt. 1, Springfield, MO 65803, USA slw@ozarkshousing.com

We currently have more members than any time in the last
10 years.

I nearly forgot this cabin from Wood, Pollard & Co. of Boston.
Again, it was sold on Ebay, this time for a minimum bid of
US$100 - I'm surprised that it did not sell for more. It is filled
with A.A.A. Lexington Whiskey and was said to be pre-pro. A
search on-line seems to confirm this and, in fact, it is pre-
WW1 and possibly late 1800's.

We spent several
more weeks in the
US after the show
but did not see very
many minis and
bought even less (about 10). However, Rosie did well
finding new pieces for her frog collection. Rosie picked the
couple up in a very large antique/junk shop (don't ask
where). They were marked $10 and sold as a pair of
decanters. They were filthy and the lady has had her head
broken off and badly repaired but the man was perfect and,
hey, $10 (plus bloody state tax of course - you never know
what you are spending in the US) was a bargain for such old
pieces. When I cleaned them up I discovered that the man
is half of a salt and pepper set so not a decanter at all. It just
shows that even the best of us can be fooled! Anyone know
who made the lady?

Shortly before we went on holiday Peter Bonkovich
was driving down to Wellington on business so Erica
cadged a lift and the pair stayed for three nights.
Erica brought her laptop so I took the opportunity to
copy all her bottle photos for MBL. When I sorted
them, to my surprise, two older unlisted NZ bottles
were among them (both sides of Ti-toki shown).

I had lots of articles for this issue but do need your
contributions for 102 - HINT!

David Smith

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