IT’S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD —— by Steve Nadis
A big storm that hit Chicago a couple of weeks ago left a lot of homes flooded, including my parents’ place. Among the losses was a large collection of MAD magazines that my brother and I have held onto since the 1960s. A collector told my mother they were worth $5,000, but she was unable to collect anything for them after the flood and had to throw them out. I’d forgotten all about those magazines and was certainly not counting on money from their sale. Yet when I heard how much they were worth–and all that was washed away in the storm–it hit awfully close to home…
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