Cover Origins: Brimfield and Herb Peck

Earlier in the 1980s, I had had the luck of finding a great Confederate tintype that I had discovered at the famous flea markets held in Brimfield, Mass., three times a year. In addition to arms for sale, there are always images. A Sheffield dagger stuck in his waist belt with a VMM plate that, fortunately, had only been tinted with gold by the photographer around the edge so the letters were still clearly visible.