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Title: have a look at this...
Post by: bigwull on October 16, 2012, 12:16:11 PM
Hi guys/and Ladies,...i was watching this from the start...thinking jeezus...this will never sell..what .with all that damage....but...sel l it did....i,m now wondering ,what would it have fetched if it was in one piece.... ;D

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/180988842516?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649
Title: Re: have a look at this...
Post by: KC on October 16, 2012, 01:58:25 PM
I can't even begin to fathom....
Title: Re: have a look at this...
Post by: bigwull on October 16, 2012, 05:12:11 PM
Quote from: KC on October 16, 2012, 01:58:25 PM
I can't even begin to fathom....
You can,t join the club....but somebody liked it enough to spend nigh on $1300 for it...
Title: Re: have a look at this...
Post by: bigwull on October 16, 2012, 05:15:51 PM
Quote from: KC on October 16, 2012, 01:58:25 PM
I can't even begin to fathom....
...Here,s the reason why.....


http://www.antiquestradegazette.com/news/2012/apr/16/staunton-s-first-chessbox-takes-%C2%A35800-in-carlisle/
Title: Re: have a look at this...
Post by: mart on October 16, 2012, 05:19:07 PM
Its hard to believe someone would spend that much !!
Title: Re: have a look at this...
Post by: bigwull on October 16, 2012, 06:26:09 PM
if you,ve got the money....why not....no pockets in a shroud.....
Title: Re: have a look at this...
Post by: greenacres on October 16, 2012, 06:44:44 PM
So true! Enjoy it while you living! Or the nursing home will get it! ;D
Title: Re: have a look at this...
Post by: talesofthesevenseas on October 16, 2012, 07:02:26 PM
Wow! Congrats on that sale!
Title: Re: have a look at this...
Post by: bigwull on October 16, 2012, 07:11:42 PM
Quote from: greenacres on October 16, 2012, 06:44:44 PM
So true! Enjoy it while you living! Or the nursing home will get it! ;D
well not in my case...i,m 62 and Avril,s only 49...and there,s a lot of life left in her yet.... ;D
Title: Re: have a look at this...
Post by: greenacres on October 16, 2012, 07:18:04 PM
 ;D ;D ;D Age is a "state of mind"!
Title: Re: have a look at this...
Post by: bigwull on October 16, 2012, 07:38:20 PM
Quote from: greenacres on October 16, 2012, 07:18:04 PM
;D ;D ;D Age is a "state of mind"!
yeah i know... Avril sometimes says ...i never grew up...after i,ve thrown all my teddies out of my pram...when i throw a strop..... ;D.
Title: Re: have a look at this...
Post by: Copper01 on October 16, 2012, 08:19:47 PM
WOW!!!!! I can only dream.......
Title: Re: have a look at this...
Post by: sapphire on October 16, 2012, 08:27:07 PM
Quote from: greenacres on October 16, 2012, 07:18:04 PM
;D ;D ;D Age is a "state of mind"!

That was my mom's favorite saying...........to which I would reply, "yup.......and I lost my mind when I hit 40"  ;)
Title: Re: have a look at this...
Post by: bigwull on October 17, 2012, 03:21:25 AM
Quote from: sapphire on October 16, 2012, 08:27:07 PM
Quote from: greenacres on October 16, 2012, 07:18:04 PM
;D ;D ;D Age is a "state of mind"!

That was my mom's favorite saying...........to which I would reply, "yup.......and I lost my mind when I hit 40"  ;)
40!...i would never have thought it!...it must be that diet of ...Pepsi and Mars Bars....that does it.....oh,....and them coffin nails.... ;D....
Title: Re: have a look at this...
Post by: cogar on October 17, 2012, 08:11:40 AM
Quote from: sapphire on October 16, 2012, 08:27:07 PM
Quote from: greenacres on October 16, 2012, 07:18:04 PM
;D ;D ;D Age is a "state of mind"!

That was my mom's favorite saying...........to which I would reply, "yup.......and I lost my mind when I hit 40"  ;)

My buddy gave me an 8"x12" sign to hang on the wall that reads ......

"Of all the things I've lost, ..... I miss my mind the most".