
How it all began
In the summer 1977 I was for the first time on a “big trip” with my uncle – a business trip to the Big Apple in New York. My uncle, then active in the world of advertising , had some business to attend there; thus I had had the great exciting opportunity to explore New York all alone. As luck would have it all of a sudden I found myself in the middle of an enormous flea market at “Canal Street”....
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My private Collection
At this flea market I discovered a button that at first only interested me because of its size and its making. A button of a kind that could not be found in Germany, to pin on or to put somewhere, made and sold for the inauguration of the then 35th President John F. Kennedy. This was “my first piece”, purchased for a dollar.
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In the summer 1977 I was for the first time on a “big trip” with my uncle – a business trip to the Big Apple in New York. My uncle, then active in the world of advertising , had some business to attend there; thus I had had the great exciting opportunity to explore New York all alone. As luck would have it all of a sudden I found myself in the middle of an enormous flea market at “Canal Street”....
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My private Collection
At this flea market I discovered a button that at first only interested me because of its size and its making. A button of a kind that could not be found in Germany, to pin on or to put somewhere, made and sold for the inauguration of the then 35th President John F. Kennedy. This was “my first piece”, purchased for a dollar.
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