Intergalactic Trading Company

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Intergalactic Trading Company was formed in 1976 by Sue Cornwell and Mike Kott. Sue had been watching Star Trek since its inception in 1966. During her college days in Maryland, majoring in Art and Sociology, she and a group of friends heard about the first ever Star Trek convention in 1972, in New York City. As they gawked around the convention, it occurred to Sue that the dealers were getting the same experience, the same enjoyment that she was, except the dealers were making money while she was spending it. After graduating, Sue began a career training horses, a love that she continues to enjoy with her own horses today. However, horse training wasn't putting a lot of food on the table, and so she ended up at a Star Trek convention as a dealer selling hand painted T-shirts in 1974. Mike, on the other hand, was busily pursuing a career in Geological Engineering (a fancy name for digging holes in a swamp)! He was also an avid comic book collector, and supplemented his income as a part time comic book dealer, primarily at Star Trek conventions. In those days, comics comprised the largest category of Star Trek convention merchandise. Mike started selling comics out of the back of his car at a flea market and making more money in a weekend than his 50-hour-a-week Master's degree job was earning him. In 1975, he became a full time comic book dealer. Mike and Sue met in 1976, and for a short time engaged in a partnership with a now defunct Star Trek memorabilia company...

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