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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;longnine009, post: 2214670, member: 1886&quot;]Just finished reading Jack Harpster&#039;s book about Redfield. That was one amazing man. He didn&#039;t have two dimes to rub together when he started out. He made his first million during the Great Depression buying beaten up stocks. Sort of like they do today but without&nbsp; the fed&#039;s crony&nbsp; jumper cables&nbsp; twitching&nbsp; the corpses. </p><p><br /></p><p>He was also the largest individual land holder in Nevada. And he liked&nbsp; playing very high stakes roulette. He lost 100k once on a single spin of the wheel.</p><p><br /></p><p>His estate had 407k silver dollars in it. One story goes that he placed an order with a bank for 10,000 silver dollars. The bank&nbsp; had two employees lug the bags out to Redfield&#039;s truck. But when the bank manager told Redfield there was a $40 handling charge for everything, he cancelled the order. Really? How many stackers today&nbsp; would be upset with&nbsp; a .004% premium on face silver? And this was the same Redfield that gave a guy $60 because he was playing Redfield&#039;s numbers at the roulette wheel and Redfield was having a really bad night. </p><p><br /></p><p>It was a really good book.</p><p><br /></p><p>R.I.P Grandmaster Stacker LaVere.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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