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plunk111 · Post by **plunk111** » Wed Dec 22, 2010 8:36 pm

Don't know how many of you followed "Capt John Hamilton's" flute on eBay a while back, but it's back, with a substantially reduced starting price (don't know the reserve, though). You can find it here.

crookedtune · Post by **crookedtune** » Wed Dec 22, 2010 8:47 pm

I've been tracking it. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=78672&hilit=hammy

It's only interesting because I have too much time on my hands.

an seanduine · Post by **an seanduine** » Thu Dec 23, 2010 4:00 am

I have some serious reservations about the authenticity of some of the documents given to attest to the age and ownership of this flute. Somehow a handwritten letter in what for all the world looks like a Palmer-method script and purporting to be from the early eighteen hundreds just doesn't look quite right to me. I'd want a expert to look over the documentation. . .paper, ink and writing.

Bob

tucson_whistler · Post by **tucson_whistler** » Thu Dec 23, 2010 10:14 am

it's probably worth $130, even if all the documents are crap.

might make a nice late xmas present for a faux history buff somewhere...

mutepointe · Post by **mutepointe** » Thu Dec 23, 2010 11:25 am

Well, in future generations, there will be plenty of documentation that this flute was once owned by authentictradingpost (maybe).

Skinty · Post by **Skinty** » Thu Dec 23, 2010 11:36 am

Maybe someone's just trying a novel way to get rid of a Pakistani flute that they bought earlier on ebay ...

Ceili_whistle_man · Post by **Ceili_whistle_man** » Thu Dec 23, 2010 11:13 pm

and be confidence, I have an excellent track record

Mmmmmm, be confidence, well I'm not.

Post by **benhall.1** » Fri Dec 24, 2010 1:42 am

I read out the whole listing to my son. I recommend trying that. Reading that e-Bay listing out loud really brings out the comic and almost poetical absurdity of the posting. It starts on a real cracker: "If you want this flute do not hesitate, this is the first time it has ever been offered for sale".

Ho ho ho

crookedtune · Post by **crookedtune** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 7:36 pm

Geez, $300.52 is the best offer?

I mean, even if it wasn't John Hamilton's, it could have been from someone else famous. Maybe Hamilton Beach, or something.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... K:MEWAX:IT

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 8:51 pm

an' back at http://cgi.ebay.com/Revolutionary-War-W ... 230d0c2a3d

note: this is still the first time....
kinda drags out, dunnit?

crookedtune · Post by **crookedtune** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 9:10 pm

I'm definitely down with the seller, but I'm still on the fence: flute, bobblehead; bobblehead, flute.....

http://cgi.ebay.com/Ichiro-Bobblehead-F ... 230d0c251f

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 9:22 pm

obviously a fan of diversity

Skinty · Post by **Skinty** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 7:16 am

Just out of curiosity, who is John Hamilton?

pflipp · Post by **pflipp** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 7:38 am

In spite of it all, it does look like it could be a reasonably nice flute for some of us.

I'm just a tad scared that at the very instant Lisa Simpson puts here whole mouth over the embouchure and blows it saxophone style, it will produce the "missing" part of the certificate, where it says that this Capt John Hamilton was actually a murderous pirate named Hans Sprungfeld, that's all.

Oh noes!! Too Late!!

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