Posted on 05/22/2021 1:37:39 PM PDT by bgill
The $450 million Alamo revitalization effort remains very real, its centerpiece a new museum to be built around the collection of artifacts and documents that rock star Phil Collins donated to the state in 2014. Everyone involved — George P. Bush, the General Land Office, the city of San Antonio, and the Alamo itself — has a lot riding on this. Finally, they promise, the Alamo will be a “world-class destination.”
There’s just one problem. According to a dozen prominent antiquities dealers, collectors, and archaeologists, not to mention the Alamo’s longtime official historian, the Collins collection is not what it’s cracked up to be. The historian, Bruce Winders, who was the first to review the collection and its authentication papers in 2014, tells us its documentation is so sketchy he repeatedly warned his superiors about it. Asked about his level of concern, Winders replies, “There’s enough to make you think that there is some deception going on here.”
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Don't mess with Texas.
I’ve got Travis’ 8 track tape player. Works great.
I'm sure the Collins collection is more real than that in my hometown museum.
“the Collins collection is not what it’s cracked up to be”
Wow, just like his “music”.
When asked why his collection was not what it was cracked up to be, Collins said,
“There must be some misunderstanding
There must be some kind of mistake”
The way this country is heading, the artifacts are worthless and are racist for being used against the Mexican army at the time....
Remember, history that was always taught is wrong....
At least in the minds of people that hate our Country...
God Bless America 🇺🇸
No surprise. The better the item the better the story that comes with it. Caveat emptor. Buying directly from family is best but not fool proof. The problem with the Alamo items is it was so long ago that it makes provenance of privately owned items very difficult to prove.
8 Track player....
Too early for “I Dreamed I Was There In Hillbilly Heaven” on a 78 by Tex Ritter but invented in time for Melanie’s “Candles In the Rain” and the entire Barry Manilow catalog.
Sorry, it was actually called I Dreamed of a Hillbilly Heaven (1961 release). Still a fun song. Name checked the greats.
I wore out 2 copies of Eat a Peach on an 8 track.
ping
my research earlier this week indicated there is a pissing contest going on about the museum funding so thus the smear scandal
My uncle was amazingly well informed on antiques; guns, coins, stamps, furniture, you name it. His research book collection ran well over a thousand and he knew every word. He was fascinating to walk around a show with. He knew not just what something was, but the political or industrial background context in which it was made. Occasionally, he’d point out a fake antique that was well over 100 years old. The Romans had fakes from Egypt, Greece and the other empires long gone. For as long as people have collected stuff, other people created fakes. Now, some of those fakes are collector items themselves.
And, 100 years from now, most people will never know the difference. Heck, the vast majority of people don’t know the difference now.
Gosh, I love people who are so into something that they know it backwards and forwards and they can make a good tale out of what they know. Of course, it might be challenging with a topic like, say, the history of rubber bands...
Showing off your good musical taste and refinement as usual----at my expense.
I had Jimi Hendrix, Cream and Bob Dylan on 8 track to play in my Plymouth Valiant. 6 speakers.
A pop star could be a moronic dupe?
Who knew?
P. Bush can p!ss off.
They are saying it’s all been a pack of lies?
Agree, just explaining some of the source of this “controversy”
I just had a mental image of Jan Hooks saying “Tortillas!”
Meh, those “professionals” always get mad when a private guy kicks their ass. Same with all the tomb exploration in Egypt. A private guy found Troy.
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