Monday, October 19, 2020

Series Collector Obituaries

We have lost several series book collectors this year.

Collector Tim Sampson passed away back in the spring.  He was active on Facebook.  He collected many very obscure series and often shared photos of them on Facebook.  Below are a couple of pictures he shared of some of his books.



We lost Joe Slavin in May from Covid-19.  Joe was a well known collector of series books.  You can read Joe's obituary here.

In September, we lost Carolyn Stewart Dyer, who organized the first Nancy Drew conference in 1993.  Read Carolyn's obituary here.

A shocking recent death was that of Bob Williams this month.  Bob passed away from a heart attack.  Bob was actively buying and selling books and had made quite a few recent posts on Facebook about some outstanding series book finds.  Read about Bob's life here and here.

Below is a screen capture of Bob's Etsy shop from right about when he passed away.


I am saddened by these losses.  

2 comments:

Amanda from Seattle said...

The loss of Carolyn Dyer was also huge this year https://www.lensingfuneral.com/obituaries/Carolyn-Stewart-Dyer?obId=18231858

Lauren said...

Thank you for mentioning these losses. I have purchased several books from Bob's Etsy shop over the years. It was a great resource. All of these collectors will be missed.