Google is your friend. Found stuff like this: http://www.historyforsale.com/html/prodetails.asp?documentid=55580&start=2&page=15
Just because this person confused Franklin as a president could simply be his fine, public school education showing. The real value of the item is the Edison signature - and I agree, $13k is way out of line. Loran On Jul 29, 2010, at 6:48 AM, john robles wrote: > Possibly. But if he were willing to meet somewhere neutral it could work. But > that's a good observation. > > --- On Thu, 7/29/10, Bob V. <rvu...@comcast.net> wrote: > > From: Bob V. <rvu...@comcast.net> > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Edison Document for sale - stolen?? > To: "Antique Phonograph List" <phono-l@oldcrank.org> > Date: Thursday, July 29, 2010, 5:56 AM > > This is a total scam. I doubt the perpetrator even has the documents he is > claiming to sell. I don't think this is even an American scammer. He lists > Benjamin Franklyn as a former US president. Also he wants the transaction to > be completed electronically which means the buyer will never see the > documents before purchase. > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "john robles" <john9...@pacbell.net> > Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 1:23 AM > To: <phono-l@oldcrank.org> > Subject: [Phono-L] Edison Document for sale - stolen?? > >> Hi all >> A local listing on Craigslist is offering an Edison signed document for >> $12,995. Ridiculous price, but my concern is if it is a stolen item. They >> appear to be pages cut from a corporate journal of meeting minutes or >> something. Signed by both Thomas and Charles Edison, as well as other >> officers, it raises a flag. How would something like this get into public >> hands? >> I wrote to the seller and he sent me the following explanation (which really >> doesn't explain anything): "Thanks for your interest in the signed Thomas >> Edison notes. When my grandparents first came to the United States, they >> held Franklin Roosevelt >> in the greatest esteem, so they would write letters to him every once >> in a while. In the years that followed, Roosevelt corresponded on more >> than one occasion, and my grandparents began collecting these letters. >> Later on, they also attained signatures from a number of presidents, >> Benjamin Franklin, Abraham Lincoln, >> and plenty of other folks. I can't trace each of the items back to the >> source; fortunately, PSA DNA uses a plethora of methods to determine the >> authenticity of each of the documents and signatures. I know that the >> company measures ink pressures, aging, signature characteristics, and a >> number of factors before determining the legitimacy of each autograph. >> Upon confirming that a signature is real, they'll swab some sort of DNA >> marker on the sheet, as a method to permanently label the piece of >> memorabilia as being authentic. " >> Anyone else have an opinion on this? Here is the Craigslist link: >> http://santabarbara.craigslist.org/clt/1853328747.html >> For good measure I wrote to Leonard DeGraaf, Archivist at the Edison >> Historic Site, and to Gerald Fabris, curator forwarding them a copy of the >> link and asking their opinion. It just doesn't seem right that pages form a >> corporate book would be in public hands. I have made no accusations and I am >> not saying they are stolen, I am just curious about this. >> John Robles _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
