Eyesore on the B. Max Mehl building in Texas

Frankcoins

Fort Worth coin dealer B. Max Mehl's building at the corner of Henderson and West Magnolia was beautifully restored a decade ago, but the archway over his office entrance still has missing letters and rotting wood where a board covered his name and business name when the building was used as a flophouse apartment building in the 1960s. I digitally restored it and my project is getting the owner to restore it for real.

Zoins

Who owns the building now? Hope the current owner restores it!

I saw a Mehl token in MS graded by ATS a while back and didn't pick it up, something I regret now.

Rollerman

That building is historically important to the numismatic community. Glad you are working on this project.
Pete

ricko

Thanks for the pictures... let us know how the project goes... Cheers, RickO

asheland

Interesting thread.

Coinstartled

Ask the owner if he will allow you to do the work. Looks reasonably easy.

giorgio11

Go get 'em Frank, good for you! B. Max Mehl was a real Texas original! (Dallas native here.)

Kind regards,

George

Wabbit2313

All you need to come up with is a "B" and an "E" and you are in business.

JBK

@Frankcoins said:
the archway over his office entrance still has missing letters and rotting wood where a board covered his name and business name when the building was used as a flophouse apartment building in the 1960s.

That is a fantastic effort on your part and we should all be thankful that you are helping restore/preserve numismatic history.

Personally, I am glad the "flophouse apartment building" added that wood base before covering Mehl's name with their own sign. I have seen far too many historic buildings with their original name chiseled off or cemented over.

WingedLiberty1957

KellenCoin

Such a cool building, love the pictures!

TwoSides2aCoin

Thanks for sharing and posting. There is a rich history, in numismatics. Reminds me of ( CoinGuy1 ) Mark Feld. I think he's Mehl's grandson, if I recall correctly.

carabonnair

It's hard to see, but he had a similar logo on the flaps of his envelopes.

johnny9434

its nice to see stuff like that. thanks for sharing

braddick

Would this be a worthwhile "GoFundMe" project?

keyman64

Cool!

WDP

Here is a 1926-D Standing Liberty Quarter that resided in a B. Max Mehl envelope for the last 60-70 years, just like the envelope in the photo above that was posted by @carabonnair.

Dark but attractive and original deep gray and gold toning on both sides. This one cost $2.00 in February 1947 and is ex. Frederick W. Geiss Collection. It is priced a little higher these days..... Here is a photo:

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Photos courtesy of W. David Perkins Numismatics