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Dealer Directory
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Richard Kennedy Jan 6.

Getting Back to Collecting
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Gary Arndt replied to Gary Arndt's discussion Getting Back to Collecting
"Fairly motivated.  Give me about a month to finish sorting out my stuff. I'm taking everything out of storage after 19 years. "
yesterday
Larry Moffett replied to Gary Arndt's discussion Getting Back to Collecting
"Hi Gary,  How motivated are you to obtain the issues from 1890 - 1915 that you lack to complete your collection? I have all of the original singleton  issues from 1890-1915 if you might be interested in acquiring these. I have been…"
yesterday
Gary Arndt replied to Quinton Westbrook's discussion A Historic Opportunity for Serious Collectors – Volume I, Number 1 (Not a Reprint) - and much more.
"I'm considering getting my #1 graded. Might do it with all my 19th-century issues."
Wednesday
Gary Arndt replied to Quinton Westbrook's discussion A Historic Opportunity for Serious Collectors – Volume I, Number 1 (Not a Reprint) - and much more.
"Someone is trying to sell another one on Ebay.....I'm not sure they are aware of the market value. "
Tuesday
Richard Kennedy replied to Gary Arndt's discussion Dealer Directory
"It is not up-to-date. I am working with National Geographic to move this page from their website to NING."
Jan 6
Scott T. Shier replied to Gary Arndt's discussion Dealer Directory
"Richard Kennedy is the new/current site administrator. At this point I do not see a way of updating it without his involvement....he would also need those dealers to volunteer their information and/or updates. - Scott S. "
Jan 5
Gary Arndt posted a discussion

Dealer Directory

Does anyone know how up-to-date the dealer directory is?See More
Jan 5
Scott T. Shier replied to Gary Arndt's discussion Getting Back to Collecting
"Well, "welcome back" then, and enjoy   : - ) "
Dec 21, 2025

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About Me: (If none, make no entry):
I have an extensive collection of National Geographic books and Magazines including an original, unbound Vol. 1, No. 1 from 1888
Personal Website (If none, make no entry):
http://everything-everywhere.com
Favorite travel destination: (If none, make no entry):
Palau

Comment Wall (4 comments)

At 5:47pm on April 14, 2008, Scott T. Shier said…
Hello Gary!

Wow you do have some adventures it sounds like. I like the Easter Island profile picture you're in. There was one of the special publications from the 70's called "ancient mysteries" I believe, with those heads on the dustjacket cover.

So I saw a comment you posted that NG Legal shut down a site you made for collectors? What were there reasons? What harm in a collector's page I can't fathom.

Have a great week!

- Scott T. Shier
At 5:48pm on April 14, 2008, Scott T. Shier said…
*** their (not 'there') : )
At 10:36pm on April 14, 2008, Scott T. Shier said…
Geeze!

I don't know about that....they should have taken into consideration the "intent" and the context of your using it. Plus, when you say "nasty", I wonder how nasty it was indeed. I truly feel from the bottom of my heart that this flies in the face of the spirit of the N.G.S. as conceived by Gardiner Hubbard, Alexander G. Bell, and probably Melville Bell Grosvenor.

I am very very displeased w/ the unfortunate transformation the NGS went through inthe 1990's and into the 2000's. It became to corporate, too much of a "brand" thing. I can say alot more, but I'll hold my tongue for the moment.

They should have been happy that such devoted people support them to begin with (collector's & long-standing "members"). Nowadays all I feel like is a customer ID #.

Very sad. And to think Gilbert M. Grosvenor wrote in a 1980's column that he wanted to reinforce the aura of membership, family, home, close-nit values.

Tsk tsk tsk.

~ Scott S.
At 2:56am on April 15, 2008, Gary Arndt said…
Here is what I was able to salvage of the page from archive.org

http://gary.arndt.com/ngcollector

Remember, this was years ago. I don't think I'd have the site look so bad now. The fake text I added after I recovered it.

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