It's BAAAACCCCKKK!
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It's BAAAACCCCKKK!
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.
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Re: It's BAAAACCCCKKK!
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.
It's only interesting because I have too much time on my hands.
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Re: It's BAAAACCCCKKK!
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.
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Re: It's BAAAACCCCKKK!
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...
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Re: It's BAAAACCCCKKK!
Well, in future generations, there will be plenty of documentation that this flute was once owned by authentictradingpost (maybe).
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Re: It's BAAAACCCCKKK!
Maybe someone's just trying a novel way to get rid of a Pakistani flute that they bought earlier on ebay ...
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Mmmmmm, be confidence, well I'm not.and be confidence, I have an excellent track record
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Re: It's BAAAACCCCKKK!
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".
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Re: It's BAAAACCCCKKK!
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
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
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Re: It's BAAAACCCCKKK!
an' back at http://cgi.ebay.com/Revolutionary-War-W ... 230d0c2a3d
note: this is still the first time....
kinda drags out, dunnit?
note: this is still the first time....
kinda drags out, dunnit?
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Re: It's BAAAACCCCKKK!
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
http://cgi.ebay.com/Ichiro-Bobblehead-F ... 230d0c251f
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Re: It's BAAAACCCCKKK!
obviously a fan of diversity
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Re: It's BAAAACCCCKKK!
Just out of curiosity, who is John Hamilton?
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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!!
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!!