by Doug Nichols | Aug 13, 2020 | Artifact |
Plaque presented to Ferenc Marki upon his retirement. Maestro Ferenc Marki, originally from Hungary, taught in Italy and Brazil before settling in San Francisco. He assumed the post of head coach at the Pannonia Athletic Club after the passing of fellow Hungarian,...
by Doug Nichols | Aug 10, 2020 | Blog Post, Borack, Carl, Bradford, Vinnie, Coaches, Coaches A - E, Coaches K - O, Coaches P - T, Coaches U - Z, D'Asaro, Michael, De Jong, Duris, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Fencers F - J, Fencers K - O, Fencers P - T, Johnson, Stacey, Marx, Bob, Marx, Michael, Mayer, Helene, Mori, Torao, Nadi, Aldo, Northern California, Oregon, Richards, Ed, San Jose State University, Schifrin, Peter, Schools/Clubs, Vince, Joseph, Washington |
A number of things have come my way recently through various paths. Taken individually, they add to the collection in nice ways, but don’t necessarily give me the grist to crank out a full story around them. I thought it might be fun to drop them instead in a...
by Doug Nichols | Aug 6, 2020 | Artifact |
First Prize trophy for the 1953 Halberstadt Sabre tournament. Han Halberstadt would customize a sabre each year for the annual sabre event with unique engraved plates and custom badges affixed to the guard. This one bears a tiny version of the enameled pin Hans...
by Doug Nichols | Aug 3, 2020 | Blog Post, Brownlee, Laurance, Coaches, Coaches F - J, Coaches K - O, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Halberstadt, Hans, McDougall, John, Nadi, Aldo, O'Brien, William |
Serendipitous. Is that a word? Spellcheck isn’t trying to correct it, so I guess I’m on firm ground. Serendipitosity happens a lot around here. I find one piece of information, an image, a packet of photos. Time passes. I find another piece that fits...
by Doug Nichols | Jul 30, 2020 | Artifact |
Collector pin from 1978 Women’s Foil, Como, Italy. This Italian international women’s foil competition ran for decades at the Villa Olmo on the shores of Lake Como in Italy near the Swiss border. Looking at it using the 3D viewer in Google maps, Villa...
