Hi Eric and Walt, It is very nice to have such knowledgeable people on the list, thanks I appreciated your explanations. With regards to the high prices for items you can tell, the mean, rude ones think they have a goldmine and when you tell them the truth they think you are trying to cheat them. I wrote to a guy who was selling two Golden & Hughes cylinders for $1500, he was nice and said an antique dealer appraised them and thanked me. Greed blinds and people get angry, you can tell they really believe what they are writing.Steve> > Is it possible that these folks REALLY believe their descriptions? Perhaps> it is some kind of gold-fever euphoria gone haywire. I just can't (or> perhaps don't want to) believe that the such things are egregious fraud in> hopes of getting that spare $50,000 out of the pocket of a passer-by.> > Weird....