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would have their exhibits of the newest and the best. The museums, such as Smithsonian, Harvard, andthe American Museum, continued to bring out great specimens that most of us had only heard rumors about.
Then there were the Mineralogical Record auctions on Saturday night. Today, the Saturday night festivities start at 5:30 and we want to be done by 9:30
or so. Back in the early 70's, all of us who were in our twenties and thirties thought it was not unreasonable to have the auction last until midnight. After all, the show closed at 8:00 or 9:00 pm on Saturday and the auction started afterwards. Arthur Montgomery was donating specimens out of his collection to benefit the MR, the bidding was usually brisk and it was standing room only. The most memorable single event was when Bill Larson
was sitting at one end of the row and his first wife Karla, was sitting at the other end and they were bidding against one another for the same item.
Life was equally interesting over at the Desert Inn. There was quite a night life over there as well. When the dealers all closed their doors sometime past 10:00 p.m. (walk down the halls of the Executive Inn and see how many doors are open past dinner time today), there were usually a couple of poker games going on somewhere. But more on these and the Desert Inn next month.
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