Alvin: The Simpson C96s with import stamps are probably from the Sturgess collection.
"Back when" the Hartford (CT) show was running a fellow set up about 32 feet of C96s in elaborate custom-made wood/glass cases with (IIRC) red cloth backgrounds and engraved brass labels with such informative text as "1st model, 3d type, SN" etc.,
pure ego trip and utterly un-informative to non-super-specialists. I recall a lot of glazed expressions but nobody reading all the labels...
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