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Estate Sale - Ron Choquette, long time collector with noteworthy collection

Hello, 

I understand that Ron Choquette was an active member of this group. I am sad to say that he has recently passed and we will be liquidating his collection. I thought that it would be best to start here because he talked fondly of the members of this group.

I have not been able to take a full inventory yet, but will be doing so by the end of the month. He does have some curious pieces. He was very interested in rare finds. One example is a framed print of the Torii gate (discussed here: http://ngscollectors.ning.com/forum/topics/torii-gate?overrideMobil...) .

I am interested in hearing what people are looking for so I can keep an eye out for them as I am taking inventory. 

Thanks in advance, 

Robert Choquette

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Permalink Reply by Scott T. Shier on March 13, 2025 at 2:57pm

I am sorry to hear about Ron and the loss to your family. I was friends with him here on the 'Corner and some years back had arranged some sales to him (both off and on eBay). I had not heard from him in a while, so I wondered what was up. 

kind regards,

Scott S. 

Permalink Reply by Ron Choquette on March 15, 2025 at 4:55pm

Thank you Scott. He became quite sick in the past 6 months. He's in a better place now.

Cheers,

Rob

Permalink Reply by Richard Kennedy on March 14, 2025 at 11:24pm

Hi Robert,

I was saddened to hear of Ron’s passing. I know from experience the daunting task you have in going through his things.

When you have a list of his National Geographic collection, please email a copy to me at natgeo@whovian.name. Thank you.

Permalink Reply by Ron Choquette on March 15, 2025 at 4:56pm

Hi Richard, 

I will be starting to catalog things next week. Hopefully it won't take too long. I'll be in touch soon.

Cheers,

Rob

Permalink Reply by Ron Choquette on Tuesday

I am struggling to find a comprehensive list of what my father had in his collection, but I can say that I just finished moving almost 100 boxes of everything from post cards to 1888 issues to maps. He has a lot of everything. If anyone has a "most wanted" list, I would be happy to look through the collection to see if there is a match.

Cheers,

Rob

Permalink Reply by Scott T. Shier on Tuesday

Rob,

Did you father have any of the "School Bulletins"? 

Permalink Reply by Ron Choquette on Tuesday

Oh boy, did he.

Permalink Reply by Ron Choquette on Tuesday

If anyone wants to send me their most wanted list, you can send them to rchoquette@shaw.ca

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