Randy -
Living here in Mississippi is in the middle of Nash Buckingham country and I am definitely a big fan here. I will look up your references to Buck's pals and see if they correspond to known friends. I think McAllen is one of Buck's long time hunting partners, but I will double check that. Wapanoca is one of Buck's famous duck camps in North Mississippi.
The rarity of personalized notes in Buck's signed copies of his books depend on the edition of the book and the date of the personalization. His limited edition books were limited publication and largely sold via word of mouth to friends and friends of friends and Buck personalized alot of these.
However, in the last few years of his life when he lived in Knoxville (or Nashville, I can never remember which) near his daughter, he did sign alot of books for people who would write, requesting personalizations from him. These tended to be more mass published editions, but were usually from the mid to late 1960's until his death.
As for value, well as with guns it depends alot on condition and the particular edition. Send me that information and I will price it for you.
Hope that helps,
Brad
