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I live 40 miles away from nashville. Guess I need to get out more often.link

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  • holeinone1972holeinone1972 Posts: 5,368 ✭✭✭
    Dork, he would get much more on ebay or a real auction house.

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  • Dork, he would get much more on ebay or a real auction house.

    Why don't you buy it and flip? (mr. expert)
  • STONESTONE Posts: 15,275
    It's pretty amazing that it was found in a regular old thrift store. Probably been there for years too!!!

    A nice chunk of change turnover I'd say.
  • I just saw read that, amazing!
    Want to buy an auction catalog for the William Hesslein Sale (December 2, 1926). Thanks to all those who have helped us obtain the others!!!

  • pb2ypb2y Posts: 1,461
    Can the seller sue for a cut???
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  • KentuckyJKentuckyJ Posts: 1,871 ✭✭✭

    > Dork, he would get much more on ebay or a real auction house


    The consignor is doing the right thing. Raynor's is a respected auction house for that type of item. You would never get equal money sending it to a venue like ebay.

    KJ

  • Sure wish I knew the source of that document!! My family lived and was very political in the area during the 1700 and 1800's...My Great Great GrandFather built the original roads down there.
  • Definitely deserves the official "YOU SUCK!!"
  • holeinone1972holeinone1972 Posts: 5,368 ✭✭✭


    << <i>> Dork, he would get much more on ebay or a real auction house


    The consignor is doing the right thing. Raynor's is a respected auction house for that type of item. You would never get equal money sending it to a venue like ebay.

    KJ >>



    OOOps my bad, I was wrong. I thought it may be just a small time auction house, more of a local venue.

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  • DUIGUYDUIGUY Posts: 7,252 ✭✭✭
    CHA - CHING !! image
    “A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly."



    - Marcus Tullius Cicero, 106-43 BC
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It is amazing what is occasionally found at places such as this... One of my favorite 'treats' is to find an occasional free 2-3 hours and browse these shops. I have never found something like this, but frequently acquire a few minor 'treasures' that make me smile. Cheers, RickO
  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,615 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Junk dealers deal junk
  • If the sellers of that document have a shred of humanity, they'll give
    them folks some of the profits. At least 20 percent.
  • jmski52jmski52 Posts: 23,266 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I bought an old picture of Clark Gable at a farm auction, and I keep it in my attic. Somehow, I don't think it will ever amount to anything like this.
    Q: Are You Printing Money? Bernanke: Not Literally

    I knew it would happen.
  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭


    << <i>"Hello, I'm the idiot who donated that Declaration you wrote about.'' >>



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    Russ, NCNE
  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Caffy and his wife, Linda, married a little over a year ago, and as part of the ritual of combining households, she pushed him to clean out the garage, which had filled up with all sorts of extraneous things.

    "I used to be a pack rat but now I am trying to get rid of things. The best I can recall, we had a little debate about whether to keep it (the Declaration) or donate it, and she won.'' >>



    You guys with wives who grumble about your collecting habits need to print that and pin it on the fridge. image

    Russ, NCNE
  • BlindedByEgoBlindedByEgo Posts: 10,754 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>If the sellers of that document have a shred of humanity, they'll give
    them folks some of the profits. At least 20 percent. >>



    Uncharacteristically, I started to think the same thing... 'Til I read about the donation to the Jehovas Witnesses.image
  • ArtistArtist Posts: 2,013 ✭✭✭


    << <i>"I used to be a pack rat but now I am trying to get rid of things. The best I can recall, we had a little debate about whether to keep it (the Declaration) or donate it, and she won.'' >>



    Sounds like this guy doesn't walk away empty handed - he has a "Honey, the last time you made me get rid of something..." card in his deck that should be good for life, and as collector that is a very valuable thing.


  • << <i>

    << <i>If the sellers of that document have a shred of humanity, they'll give
    them folks some of the profits. At least 20 percent. >>



    Uncharacteristically, I started to think the same thing... 'Til I read about the donation to the Jehovas Witnesses.image >>



    Ha! That is excatly what I thought too!
  • garsmithgarsmith Posts: 5,894 ✭✭
    <<Dork, he would get much more on ebay or a real auction house.>>

    <<Why don't you buy it and flip? (mr. expert)>>

    Ouch!!!
  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,615 ✭✭✭✭✭
    an official copy image

    it's like anything, ... it's only worth what someone is willing to pay. The donation turned into $2.48

    As for now, it's only worth $2.48 from what I am reading.



    << <i>NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A rare, 184-year-old copy of the Declaration of Independence found by a bargain hunter at a Nashville thrift shop is being valued by experts at about 100,000 times the $2.48 purchase price. >>

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