Carl wrote:
> Fools and their money are soon parted should be the mantra for all obsessed
> collectors. Who in their right mind would pay millions for a hunk of canvas
> with a bunch of oil impregnated mud thrown on by a demented pervert? Or a
> French or Italian vintage auto? Maybe the latter are worth it since they
> didnt use Lucas
>
College English 111 and 112 was mainly read from "Norton's Anthology of
Great Masterpieces". All the old masters were dirty old men! <:-))
Actually those mud covered canvases have continued to gain in value so
they might just be a good investment. Certainly better than US dollars
which are worth about a third less than they were two years ago.
73
Roger (K8RI)
> Electrics....
>
> Carl
> KM1H
>
>
>
> SOLD...I CANNOT TELL A LIE!
>
>>
>>> But what do you do with an unbuilt kit? Look at it? Keep it as an
>>> investment? Build it and lose half the value? If it's the last option
>>> then do you regard it as paying $xx per hour for entertainment? A
>>> premiership soccer game here in the UK probably costs about GBP40 -
>>> perhaps GBP80 in London (Londoners typically have more money than sense)
>>> and that's for 90 minutes' entertainment. Building the vintage SB220
>>> would probably cost less per hour...
>>>
>>> What would motivate you to buy such a thing? I'm not being judgemental,
>>> just interested.
>>>
>>> Perhaps the building is the fun....
>>>
>>> Dave G0OIL
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: "Jeff Blaine AC0C" <keepwalking188@yahoo.com>
>>> To: "Van K7VS" <wa7fab@cdsnet.net>; "AMPS" <amps@contesting.com>; "Bill
>>> Fuqua" <wlfuqu00@uky.edu>
>>> Sent: 31/03/2010 20:43
>>> Subject: Re: [Amps] UNBUILT SB 220 SOLD...I CANNOT TELL A LIE!
>>>
>>> You will get it Van, I believe. New unbuilt kits are nearly non-existent
>>> as
>>> Bill says.
>>>
>>> 73/jeff/ac0c
>>>
>>>
>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>> From: "Bill Fuqua" <wlfuqu00@uky.edu>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 1:17 PM
>>> To: "Van K7VS" <wa7fab@cdsnet.net>; "AMPS" <amps@contesting.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [Amps] UNBUILT SB 220 SOLD...I CANNOT TELL A LIE!
>>>
>>>
>>>> There are some people that want a new antique. I have spent more than
>>>>
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