items were on the collection but when he decided to turn it over to an auction house james finally styeded my father would want to share with other collectors. there were so many items that they had to do the auction over seven days in four separate sessions all-day sessions and while his collection was estimated at $85,000 which surprised a lot of people because he was a man, don't forget he didn't care if the stamps were bent or oiled from his fingers. the final gavel fell and they raised $225,000. everybody was furious to get a piece of fdr's

items were on the collection but when he decided to turn it over to an auction house james finally styeded, my father would want to share with other collectors. there were so many items that they had to do the auction over seven days in four separate sessions all-day sessions and while his collection was estimated at $85,000 which surprised a lot of people because he was a man, don't forget he didn't care if the stamps were bent or oiled from his fingers. the final gavel fell and they raised $225,000. everybody was furious to get a piece of fdr's collection. >> up next author susan talks about experience and surrounding river valley. >> during the last few years, i've done talks for all different age groups and they always talk about that there was really no slaves in the north. when you pick up a book they tell you the story about slavery and slavery ending with the civil war and people forget that slaves lived and were part of the economic system of new york and the north specially in new york which was a hub for slavery. if you wanted to take a look at the hudson river valley in early t