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Message:: [QUOTE="Paul W, post: 9464277, member: 77343"]For bosko69 and Figtree3:I put that collection together over the past 25 years, from estate sales and eBay purchases. Opium items were much more common on eBay 15-25 years ago. They were often misidentified and I only found them through clever searches. I’m selling because I am almost getting old, live in a small place, and trying to raise cash. I lived and worked in Bangkok from 1985-1998 and I saw lots of opium stuff during those years (for cheap prices), but I did not start collecting it until after I moved back to the States. I was intrigued by what I saw in Thailand (and Laos ) but never quite figured out exactly what it was or how it was used. No Internet then, nor books on the subject (at least not in Thailand). I bought Steve Martin’s books right after they came out (2007 and 2012), and I corresponded with him for several years as I was collecting and he was writing. We shared a lot in common, including having lived many years in Thailand, where he was a journalist and I worked in the editorial dept. of a newspaper in Bangkok, but we never crossed paths there. He was originally from San Diego, and we were hoping to meet up, but alas that never happened, as he died of brain cancer a few years later, age 53. Both of his opium books are very good. (click on pics to enlarge)[ATTACH=full]441013[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]