This story is as cool as they come. I am a little bummed to hear he wasn't a fan of Ratfink worshippers. I respected Ed Roth for his craftsmanship and creativity mostly, but the Rat Fink drawings played a M***IVE role in getting me drawing, and it shows through as an influence. Surely he had to realise that played a pretty large role in his popularity......whether he cared about the spotlight or not is a different story. He is still one of my main heroes.
What I meant to say was...the groupees. Those guys who just hang around and tell you how great you are all the time.
You know what I meant! Maybe his family donated it to the thrift store in the first place when the estate was being settled.
Maybe I haven't looked back far enough.. I mean you have a lot of post... but where are all your pics of you & Ed and the family and the cars etc... I would love to see them. Do not hold out on us...
X2. He was cool when I had the chance to talk to him. Saw him again about a year later and he even remembered my name. Not sure what I said for that to happen. Shame that the only memorabilia I have is a "rat's hole" license plate.
Ed influenced a lot of us . His art and cars are timeless. I only met him once but I am glad to have been on this earth at the same time in history with him.
awesome find, i wish i was lucky enough to come across something like that. get the personal stuff back to the family, where it belongs.
So....what's up youngster72? Did you decide to go for the money? It's been 8 days...Just curious. If you changed your mind,you could at least tell me.
Hey there youngster72, you put your word on this here for all to see. So whats the deal ? Deal breaker !
Has anyone spoke with the family? Do they have any interest in any or all of it? Maybe it got put out by mistake,maybe not. Hope this works out for everyone!.....
Yes. I spoke with Darryl,who's daughters sent Ed the cards. The personal items belonged to Ed at some point. How they ended up in a safe....who knows. He'd like to get the items,but doesn't expect to.
He should sort those out, It's only right. Then put some wild paint on that cabinet sp*? spome flake and pin stripe.
The only thing that matters,is what HE thinks is right. Obviously he has a different idea of what's right...
What's right is to return the stuff,I'm not worried though if it isn't returned the ***** that karma is will surely bite him square in the ***.this I'm sure of,someday he will look back on his wrong doing and reget it in a big way........
Bob I hope you get a reply..one way or the other...I don"t know how old you must be, to ( SOUL- SEARCH ) I would not want to be in youngster 72 or Darryl"s place right now.....
Bob maybe you should have Darryl send this young man a PM regarding these items and maybe offer some type of a perk like a photo shoot or invite to a bbq or car show ??? just my thoughts
Ed Roths son used to come into my old job for decals. I think he didn't have the equipment, so he had us do them. It's been about 8 years, I don't really remember all the details.
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