Dean Coombs is surrounded by letters and words. In fact, publishing the only linotype-set newspaper in the country is all in a day’s work for Coombs. The Saguache (pronounced “swatch”) Crescent office in the Colorado town of the same name is seven-days-a-week, home away from home for the 70-year-old. The linotype machine is as comfortable…
Operating Antiques: A Small Town in Colorado is Still Printing Newspapers on Linotype Machines
Rare First Printing of US Constitution Sells for Record $43 Million
NEW YORK—A rare first printing of the U.S. Constitution sold at Sotheby’s in New York for $43.2 million, a record price for a document or book sold at auction. The anonymous winning bidder at Thursday night’s sale outbid a group of 17,000 cryptocurrency enthusiasts from around the world who crowdfunded to buy it over the…
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