i was preparing to bid, had sold off some of my properties to raise the capital, and was doing some last minute spot-financing when i also noticed the thumbtacks. so i'll not be bidding, after all. On May 17, 2007, at 7:55 AM, Andrew Baron wrote: > This truly annoyed me as well. The same flattening of the artifact > for the photo could have easily been accomplished without puncture > wounds by trapping the top under the edge of the thumb tacks, with > two thumbtacks to retain it at the top and one or two at the > bottom, and no holes required. > > You have to wonder about someone who thinks he has something so > valuable, an amazing survivor of a century's time, having come > along all those years intact, and he puts two holes in it. > > Woof. > > Andy Baron > > > On May 17, 2007, at 8:36 AM, Jeffry Young, D.O. wrote: > >> 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 > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org