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<p>[QUOTE="journeymagazine, post: 9556275, member: 84"]I found this trophy for the surf club & book about the surf club at a thrift store yesterday.</p><p>The surf club is located near me in Miami Beach (I am in Miami) which made me pick up the book. I know it as a hotel - and now condos - but when it first opened in the 1930's it was a private social club (This definition came from it's website talking about it's early years: <b><i>From the moment it first opened its doors on New Year’s Eve 1930 The Surf Club in Miami has hosted history. It is an institution whose reputation looms large in the imagination of so many more people than can ever have visited it, let alone been members. Legends and luminaries came to The Surf Club for its reputation as a place where proper impropriety was allowed. It was for people with good taste seeking good times).</i></b></p><p><b><i><br /></i></b></p><p>I checked and the book has sold for $150 on eBay so I took it and I was about to go pay for it, when I noticed the trophy & checked it out thinking it might be a early motorcycle or such trophy which are collectible - imagine my surprise when I saw it was for the Surf Club!</p><p><br /></p><p>But it turned out to be from Club Magazine awarding them the Best Mail Campaign! I bought it because it was connected to the surf club even though it wasn't anything exciting and I'm posting here hoping someone can tell me if this has any value? (if it was for the surf club & best dance contest I could understand, but best mail campaign...?)</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks as always for any thoughts or help.</p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]456323[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]456324[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]456325[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]456326[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]456327[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]456328[/ATTACH] </i></p><p><i></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="journeymagazine, post: 9556275, member: 84"]I found this trophy for the surf club & book about the surf club at a thrift store yesterday. The surf club is located near me in Miami Beach (I am in Miami) which made me pick up the book. I know it as a hotel - and now condos - but when it first opened in the 1930's it was a private social club (This definition came from it's website talking about it's early years: [B][I]From the moment it first opened its doors on New Year’s Eve 1930 The Surf Club in Miami has hosted history. It is an institution whose reputation looms large in the imagination of so many more people than can ever have visited it, let alone been members. Legends and luminaries came to The Surf Club for its reputation as a place where proper impropriety was allowed. It was for people with good taste seeking good times). [/I][/B] I checked and the book has sold for $150 on eBay so I took it and I was about to go pay for it, when I noticed the trophy & checked it out thinking it might be a early motorcycle or such trophy which are collectible - imagine my surprise when I saw it was for the Surf Club! But it turned out to be from Club Magazine awarding them the Best Mail Campaign! I bought it because it was connected to the surf club even though it wasn't anything exciting and I'm posting here hoping someone can tell me if this has any value? (if it was for the surf club & best dance contest I could understand, but best mail campaign...?) Thanks as always for any thoughts or help. [I] [ATTACH=full]456323[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]456324[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]456325[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]456326[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]456327[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]456328[/ATTACH] [/I][/QUOTE]
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