Auction of the century
Subtitle: the sale of the American Type Founders Company
By: Gregory Jackson Walters
Contributors: Driscoll, Phillip; Rehak, Theo; Hopkins, Rich
Publisher: Square Text Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Clinton, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 44
Subjects: Type and type-founding; Auctions; American Type Founders Company
Other titles: Sale of the American Type Founders Company
Notes: "Fifty copies were printed, one page at a time on a platen press, in May 2003 by Phillip Driscoll in the Village of Clinton, Michigan. Text was set on the Linotype in Weiss. The initial letters are Calligraph Initials, cast from original ATF matrices by Theo Rehak on the 72 pt. Barth caster purchased by Gregory Walters at the ATF auction. The paper is Mohawk Letterpress Text, an acid-free paper."--Colophon. [Emblem with entwined initials ATF with motto "Continuing the tradition 1994"]. "This emblem was cast by Rich Hopkins on his Monotype Supercaster using a matrix engraved by Theo Rehak on the Adcut Engraving Machine purchased at the ATF auction."--Colophon.