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It just keeps getting better and
better. That's what the C.O.C.A.
convention mantra will be from now
on. I will not elaborate too much
now, there are lots of great photos
inside that will cause you to regret
not being there, or bring back some
great memories. We had members
as far away as England who flew in
just to attend this event. Inside you
will find auction results and a pho-
to story of the weekend's events. I
can't say enough about the mem-
bers who volunteered their time and
efforts to make this happen. Dan
Davids spearheaded this event, all I
can say is Thank You - Thank You -
Thank You. To those members who
opened up there homes, hearts (and
kitchens.) Barry Goldfarb, Greg
McLemore and Frank and Shirley
Nix, you all went above and beyond,
it is with great respect and admira-
tion I say thank you for allowing us
into your homes. A special thanks
to Donna Goldfarb. Donna's win-
ery tours and wit (not to mention
the free jars of homemade honey
for the women) was as much fun as
the tours themselves.
At this time we currently have the
summer 2006 convention scheduled
for Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The fol-
lowing members have agreed to
share their incredible collections
with us - Frank Zygmunt, Alan Sax,
Jack Freund and Pau] Hindin. The
vast array of gambling, vending,
arcade machines and trade stimula-
tors will be worth the trip.
Due to the time change of the
Chicagoland Show the meeting will
be held at 7:30 on Friday night. Our
guest speaker is none other than Joe
Welch himself, owner of one of the
largest gambling collections in Cal-
ifornia. He will be bringing some
great stores and pictures. We will
be bringing back the silent auction,
some items will be donated for the
club and others will be auctioned
(with or without a reserve.) The re-
serve price will be sealed in an en-
velope and at the end of the meet-
ing we will match the last highest
price with the reserve price to see
if the item sold. There are still a
few discounted rooms available
for C.O.C.A. members at the St.
Charles Hilton - for reservations,
call 630-584-0700.
A special thanks to Ken Rubin
for that outstanding article on cigar
vendors. I think it should have been
called - "Everything You Wanted
to Know About Cigar Vendors, But
Were Afraid to Ask." Believe it or
not there is more - look for a "Part
II" in this issue. I hope by the time
you read this the new website will
be up and running. Spend some
time there www.coinopclub.org and
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Deadline for Next Issue: January 10, 2006
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In this Issue:
• E-Bay Watch
by Nick Carini ... ................. ...... .4
• Foreign Finds
by John Carini ........................... 5
• Khyber Pass
by John Peterson ..... ..... .... ......... 6
• Three Personal Scales ca.1930
by Jim and Merlyn Collings ...... 9
• California Convention
by Alex Warschaw .................. . 11
• Silent Cigar Sellers - Part II
by Ken Rubin .......................... . 24
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