The Emerson Auctions

"The Emerson Auctions Bid High, Bid Adieu" is the swiftly paced story of Roy Emerson, who owns Emerson Auctions, and his attempt to counterfeit one of the most famous - and valuable - baseball cards of all time: the Honus Wagner T206, worth millions of dollars. To accomplish this deed - and to make tens of millions of dollars with counterfeit cards - Roy uses arson, mob muscle, and deadly threats, many of them directed against Larry Dalton, a Philadelphia Fire Department investigator. Larry is the single father of eleven-year-old Miranda, who's dyslexic. The girl also becomes a target of Roy's violent tactics. Catherine Bertoni keeps a close eye on Roy, while reserving a romantic look for Steve Adelman, the auction house's Director of Acquisitions and Authentifications. Catherine is a smart, gorgeous red-haired young woman who recently started working for Roy. Steve has been with the company for years, long enough to have heard about the strange death - and botched murder investigation - of Roy's former business partner. There's murder, love, mystery, humor, and fascinating insights into the world of high-end collectables in "Bid High, Bid Adieu." (The business of collecting continues to grow, even in our sluggish economy, with millions of Americans now engaged in this growing pastime.)