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Spending Time With Tucker C.

Andrew Tobias·Andrew Tobias·30 days ago
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LIVE LONG ENOUGH . . . . . . and anything is possible. A friend took this photo at the 6th annual Antiquarian Book Fair in New York.  If you squint at the bottom right corner of the business card, you can see they’re asking $750 for a book that sold for $5.95 in 1978.  The thing is, anyone who’s actually read that book knows that $750 not spent is like $1,500 earned (after tax). In case you’re wondering, to have grown from $5.95 to $750 in 48 years is to have appreciated at 10.6% compounded.  Not so great, especially as you’d probably have to split it with the bookseller or the auction house or whomever.  And then pay tax the “collectibles” capital gains tax. TUCKER CARLSON He dropped his press badge as he deplaned on the way to the Democratic National Convention in 2004.  I picked it up, tapped him on the shoulder, handed it to him, he said thanks, and that was the extent of our relationship . . .…

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