Tim Johnson's Auctions
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Here's the first of seven of the earliest auction catalogs from May 1998. This one was created with Gary Kritzberg. It was very well used by an unknown participant because you'll see it contains many handwritten notes.
“Those early catalogs pale in comparison to the ones I have recently produced. Back then, I typed the text separately, and the photos were cut out from real photographs, and then arranged and glued to a separate piece of paper. The whole works was then taken to the printer, and they printed and assembled the catalogs. All the guts of the catalogs were printed in black & white. Color was an option, but was not chosen due to the expense.”—Tim Johnson
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Tim did his first solo auction in the Fall of 1998.
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Tim's second auction came in the Fall of 1999.
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Spring of 2000 featured the first Kent Gamble cover.
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This one from Fall of 2000 had over 300 lots!
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Annie Gaines opened the vault in February of 2001.
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Tim's last auction for 15 years was a huge one featuring lots more Annie Gaines merchandise in October 2001.
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