scan: Arcadia 85 Illustrated Auction Catalogue 1985-10-05

I purchased a small stack of ephemera from a nearby collector of allwin machines and while many of the documents will be heading over to Detchibe/Joey for scanning, I am keeping this and the next item for my collection and I scanned this on my flatbed.

Arcadia 85 Illustrated Auction Catalogue 1985-10-05

This catalogue has all sorts of interesting historical tidbits (some definitely hearsay, some definitely proven untrue now) amongst the items listings.  Even if they aren't all accurate, it is interesting to see the wisdom of the day written down.  This is a source of the story that J&M wrote "Saxony" on their machines because it sounds less British.

Lots of interesting writeups in the center of the publication as well. 

 

Some pages:

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Please read: Trump Administration Targets Major LGBTQ+ Health Care Centers In Latest Legal Attack by Erin Reed

Please read: Indiana quietly bans trans residents from changing gender markers on IDs by Ryan Adamczeski

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