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Blessed and lucky! Find of a century? For me... it was.

I had it for sale in other places. A buyer contacted me with a price that was good to pass up - if you remember the last ebay price, it was on the order of 4x that price. In addition, I had shown it to two people in Scottsdale (who didn't mind meeting me at one of the police stations!) and had...
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- Post #12
- Jan 9, 2016
- Forum: Current Auctions and Sales
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Blessed and lucky! Find of a century? For me... it was.

Thank you. I was darn lucky to find it and have it returned to me.
- JohnB
- Post #10
- Jan 8, 2016
- Forum: Current Auctions and Sales
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Blessed and lucky! Find of a century? For me... it was.

Agreed - I've offered enough pictures to help show it's condition. Hopefully, that'll help someone with the buying process. My wife's job was eliminated in Sept - while we're doing ok, it'll be a small boost for the household budget! If not for that, I might simply keep it and send it off...
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- Post #8
- Jan 7, 2016
- Forum: Current Auctions and Sales
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Blessed and lucky! Find of a century? For me... it was.

You bet I will. I'm not sure about competition - mine doesn't appear to have sustained any damage. I found that one when researching mine. Here's my ebay link. I attempted to clean it up a bit but frankly, I'm worried that I may drop it...
- JohnB
- Post #6
- Jan 7, 2016
- Forum: Current Auctions and Sales
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Blessed and lucky! Find of a century? For me... it was.

In 1981, I was a poor college student working his way through college. While I had served in the Air Force, the GI Bill, all of $324 a month, wasn't enough to make ends meet. I co-opted for a utility plant in south Georgia. One day, while exploring an old house being torn down outside of...
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- Jan 6, 2016
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- Forum: Current Auctions and Sales