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Antiques! => Antique Questions Forum => Topic started by: cyclopticxander on March 21, 2013, 11:19:56 PM
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I got this a while back from a pretty trustworthy source, although I'm certainly not an appraiser of things like this so I can't be 100% sure about it. I also haven't the slightest clue where to start to get it looked at and where I could possible sell it if it does have some value. Any help would be greatly appreciated, even if it is simply directing me to a better place to ask.
Thanks in advance for taking a look!
- Christopher
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Well I was able to find some more of these around online and they don't seem to be worth much. I suppose I can just Ebay it for around $20, unless anyone thinks it is worth a little more.
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What's the subject matter ?
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My pics aren't clear enough to read and my neck is getting a crick in it from trying to read sideways.
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Pics clear enough for me..and right way up when i turn my laptop the wrong way...
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My pics aren't clear enough to read and my neck is getting a crick in it from trying to read sideways.
Me too, KC !!
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When I click on it, it turns right side up. Unfortunately I have no clue about it.
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its interesting to see the f ..used as an s...
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The Straight Dope:
"what you take to be an f is actually the so-called long s, also known as the medial s, to be differentiated from the terminal or short or round s, which we regard today as the conventional form. Throughout its history, the long s has always looked a lot like the lowercase f, to the extent of having a little nubbin vaguely reminiscent of a crossbar appended to its middle sometimes. But the two letters are not otherwise related.
As one might deduce from the nomenclature, the long/medial s was supposed to be used in the middle of a word, while the terminal s was used to finish one off. (In practice this rule was somewhat haphazardly adhered to.) The two versions were phonetically equivalent and derived from the same Roman letterform. Why folks figured they needed two varieties when they could have scraped by with one is beyond me, but we might note that having terminal and middle letterforms is not inherently any nuttier than having every sentence start with a capital letter, a comparatively recent invention"
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The Straight Dope:
"what you take to be an f is actually the so-called long s, also known as the medial s, to be differentiated from the terminal or short or round s, which we regard today as the conventional form. Throughout its history, the long s has always looked a lot like the lowercase f, to the extent of having a little nubbin vaguely reminiscent of a crossbar appended to its middle sometimes. But the two letters are not otherwise related.
As one might deduce from the nomenclature, the long/medial s was supposed to be used in the middle of a word, while the terminal s was used to finish one off. (In practice this rule was somewhat haphazardly adhered to.) The two versions were phonetically equivalent and derived from the same Roman letterform. Why folks figured they needed two varieties when they could have scraped by with one is beyond me, but we might note that having terminal and middle letterforms is not inherently any nuttier than having every sentence start with a capital letter, a comparatively recent invention"
Are you sure you never took Dope....you and Cogar...should team up..his Gobbledygook..is .on par with this.... ;D
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Just throwing a little light on the f/s thing! ;)
And as for dope....perish the thought. Now where's that Hawkwind album?? ;D
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Just throwing a little light on the f/s thing! ;)
And as for dope....perish the thought. Now where's that Hawkwind album?? ;D
I,ve got this if you want......Dopey Germans ;D ;D
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