26-02-2009, 07:08 PM
All,
As I've stated elsewhere, George Michael Evica and I dined with Mary and Oliver Curme during the Lancer conference at which Mary told us of the deal.
I am not breaking a confidence when I report that the price mentioned at the time was $1 million plus considerations for Mary's family and the funding of her stays at the health care/assisted living facilities of her choice.
Curme's story was this: As a venture capitalist, he had a proprietary interest in certain computer applications which could be put through their paces by using them to digitize and otherwise preserve the Ferrell holdings.
He evinced not the slightest knowledge of or interest in the subject of the assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy.
It is my understanding that Mary's original materials are stored in simple containers on a Curme property. Principals at the Ferrell Foundation have publicly assured interested parties that this archive is fully protected from the elements and from human predation. They also made it clear that access by anyone other than those currently allowed in would not be permitted.
While I do not question Ferrell Foundation honcho Rex Bradford's character or motives -- in my opinion he is an honorable and gifted historian -- I find the entire Curme affair to be ... how shall I phrase this to avoid a lawsuit ... stinky.
As I've stated elsewhere, George Michael Evica and I dined with Mary and Oliver Curme during the Lancer conference at which Mary told us of the deal.
I am not breaking a confidence when I report that the price mentioned at the time was $1 million plus considerations for Mary's family and the funding of her stays at the health care/assisted living facilities of her choice.
Curme's story was this: As a venture capitalist, he had a proprietary interest in certain computer applications which could be put through their paces by using them to digitize and otherwise preserve the Ferrell holdings.
He evinced not the slightest knowledge of or interest in the subject of the assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy.
It is my understanding that Mary's original materials are stored in simple containers on a Curme property. Principals at the Ferrell Foundation have publicly assured interested parties that this archive is fully protected from the elements and from human predation. They also made it clear that access by anyone other than those currently allowed in would not be permitted.
While I do not question Ferrell Foundation honcho Rex Bradford's character or motives -- in my opinion he is an honorable and gifted historian -- I find the entire Curme affair to be ... how shall I phrase this to avoid a lawsuit ... stinky.