I believe Patelson's will be a fond memory of mine by the ed of the week since I think they will officially close doors on either Friday or Saturday.
I did buy three orchestra scores: Handel's oratorios SAUL and ISRAEL IN EGYPT and Haydn's THERIESSENMESSE. The three scores came to around $100 and I got a 40% discount so I'm very happy. It was sure slim pickings in terms of stock I'd be interested in, and I'm very sad to see a store, like the now-defunct Librarie de France at Rockefeller Center, that I've loved to visit biting the dust. I remember applying for work at Patelson's in 1979, and again in 1983, and Mr and Mrs Patelson were lovely, kind people. I liked them very much and I'm sorry to see the store and their building, in which they lived on the third floor, become a memory.