[Phono-L] Why hasn't anyone bid?

2007-05-17 Thread Jeffry Young, D.O.
By the way, has anyone noticed that the seller used thumb tacks to support his priceless decal in order to photograph it Each of those holes should knock the value down at least a couple thousand dollars per hole! ;-) Jeff Wisconsin -Original Message- From:

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2007-05-17 Thread Walt
Ah, but, it was (after being rolled up) dutifully stored in a basement since the sixties which should easily offset the depreciation from the tack holes. Somehow, a basement just doesn't ring consistent with how one would store a top-shelf collectible that they thought to be worth a relative

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2007-05-17 Thread Mgraziano1
But didn't you all read that the tacks don't penetrate the decal, only the surrounding paper? So the intrinsic vale of the decal is not impacted. Puh-lease. -Mike -Original Message- From: Walt [mailto:waltsomm...@comcast.net] Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 11:50 AM To: 'Antique

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2007-05-17 Thread Andrew Baron
The original paper that protected the decal all these years is assuredly rarer to find still in place than the decal itself. Rarer yet to find in the relatively undisturbed condition it was in before this guy got a hold of it. Andy On May 17, 2007, at 11:20 AM, Mgraziano1 wrote: But

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2007-05-17 Thread Bruce Mercer
Fortunately for me I have recently learned that I am heir to a fortune in a diamond mine and also tin mines in Bolivia. (some thirty seven million dollars) The transaction to liquify these assets is being carried out for me by an nice man in Indonesia. I have already wired him the $37,000.

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2007-05-17 Thread Bob
Bruce, The guy in Indonesia is a fraud. I only deal with guys from Lyberia, paarticularly if they are ex government officials. RMV - Original Message - From: Bruce Mercer maxbu...@sigecom.net To: phono-l@oldcrank.org Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 6:15 PM Subject: [Phono-L] Decal

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2007-05-17 Thread clockworkh...@aol.com
Clarence Ferguson had a fair number of these decals back in 1965. I bought one for the outrageous price of $25. Little did I know that with inflation it would now be worth $100,000 or I would have bought two, one for keeps and one for speculation! BTW - these were stored flat and looked a

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2007-05-17 Thread bruce78rpm
wow, what a coincidence, I got a similar email the other day form a gentleman who claimed he was the Crown Prince of Ghana!! He had a similar offer for me, but I turned it down, telling him I was next in line to the thrown of Luxemborg, and I really didn't need any more wealth, and that he