1st Issue Arms Gazette September 1973 Vol. 1 No. 1 With Arnold Marcus Chernoff
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Arms Gazette September 1973 Vol.1 No. 1. Includes original subscription inserts.
Features include a personality profile of Arnold Marcus Chernoff, who passed away in July of 1985
"Arnold Marcus Chernoff, 51, an antique arms and weapons dealer, was an international consultant on old firearms and an authority on American Indian weapons and artifacts.
Services for Mr. Chernoff, a resident of Deerfield, will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the chapel at 111 N. Skokie Blvd., ...Wilmette. He died Sunday in Highland Park Hospital.
''He had a flair and a style you could never forget, '' Tribune antiques columnist Anita Gold said. ''He was everybody’s friend, an extremely knowledgeable authority when it came to antique firearms. Authorities from all over the world consulted him, and he gave out information to everyone, going out of his way to do so.''
He started collecting antique firearms when he was 13. He went to gun shows with cash and a note from his parents saying it was all right for him to purchase them. By 18, he had one of the outstanding Colt collections in the country and at 25 went into the business of selling antique guns.
Mr. Chernoff was the cover story of the first issue of Arms Gazette Magazine in September 1973. The article said that many experts considered him the No. 1 man in the business. It also called him ''the quickest wit in guns, '' telling the following anecdote: ''When asked his profession by comedian Don Rickles, Mr. Chernoff, who weighed 550 pounds, said: `I'm a jockey.`"
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Features include a personality profile of Arnold Marcus Chernoff, who passed away in July of 1985
"Arnold Marcus Chernoff, 51, an antique arms and weapons dealer, was an international consultant on old firearms and an authority on American Indian weapons and artifacts.
Services for Mr. Chernoff, a resident of Deerfield, will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the chapel at 111 N. Skokie Blvd., ...Wilmette. He died Sunday in Highland Park Hospital.
''He had a flair and a style you could never forget, '' Tribune antiques columnist Anita Gold said. ''He was everybody’s friend, an extremely knowledgeable authority when it came to antique firearms. Authorities from all over the world consulted him, and he gave out information to everyone, going out of his way to do so.''
He started collecting antique firearms when he was 13. He went to gun shows with cash and a note from his parents saying it was all right for him to purchase them. By 18, he had one of the outstanding Colt collections in the country and at 25 went into the business of selling antique guns.
Mr. Chernoff was the cover story of the first issue of Arms Gazette Magazine in September 1973. The article said that many experts considered him the No. 1 man in the business. It also called him ''the quickest wit in guns, '' telling the following anecdote: ''When asked his profession by comedian Don Rickles, Mr. Chernoff, who weighed 550 pounds, said: `I'm a jockey.`"
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