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For those of U who are interested in the Battle of the Little Big Horn. A man by the name of Glenwood Swanson has written a book called the Life and Times of George Armstrong Custer. There is only going to be the ONE PRINTING and he is nearly sold out of the book. THe book is EXCELLENT in that it shows Glenwoods 25 year collection of 7th Cav memorabilia and well as the museum collections of the same. U trace the course of history through the text and captions to the pictures. If you want a book that is going to APPRECIATE once it is sold out, this is the one. I can say enough for the book, I have told several friends about the book and once they got it have been happy.
BTW: Glenwood is the man who sold 3 Rifles that were proven forensically to have been at the battle...Those 3 guns sold for over $1M. So we are not dealing with a mamby pamby BS subject here.
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Well today I bid on a M1 Garand National Match Type 2..it sold at $1800 + 15% commish and various other taxes and/or shipping fees. This was the 2nd one this month that went for exactly the same money in 2 different parts of the USA. To have gone higher would have brought my cost up to $2200 on a $2500 gun. Hmmmm
Anyway one of the leading Springfield Trapdoor guys lives here in LV. I have talked to him about buying any Trapdoors that I might come across cheap. Well today I picked up a nice 1873 Rifle for $650 out the door...lets see if I can sell it to him for $850.00.
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Very nice Tabs!
Course now with your house getting more and more full, you need to bring the overflow down to Phoenix (on the way to Tucson to see Mother) and we can store it for you safely!  If you ever get a lead on any more rugs like that, pls let me know. Joe
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A Man of Wealth and Taste
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Joe the house is allready full, Mother in Tucson pulls her hair out every time I bring something home.
One look at the picture of the Oriental rug I bought and U can tell it is handmade. It looks to be in good shape, it does show some sun fading on one side. For $234 out the door...thats beyond cheap unless its falling apart. Take a good look at that desk and how nice the Ball and Claw feet are, along with the figure in the Mahogany...pssf...$1150 out the door. Come on... Next on the plate is a Webley mdl 1896 Target Revolver, an 1870 Trapdoor and a P-38 with Holster and GI Bring Back Certificate among a host of other things. Now if U boyz are look for anythin and your serious..let me know. From Double Shotguns to M1 Garands, to Dueling Pistols I can find em. Modern stuff is a bit more hassle as I have to get an FFL Dealer involved, and it adds a coupla dollars to the cost.
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Well the Desk finally arrived. It is an Antique Desk, that was made before 1840. I really don't know if it is English or American..lets say American, as the Drawer Pulls have American Eagles on them. The top is made out of a SINGLE SOLID piece of Mahogany. The Ball and Claw Feet are hand carved. It was an expensive Desk when made as most of it is solid Mahogany.
The BAD news is that the Desk was restored sometime before 1974 as there is a Calender from 1974 in the Desk. It also wasn't a first class restoration either. What is interesting is that the top of the desk split and the restorer matched and fit a piece of Mahogany in the crack to repair it. But it looks nice and will serve my purpose of being a Library Table. I paid $1150 plus $700 shipping...OUCH...if I had known it would be so expensive to ship I probably would have passed on the Desk. However it probably is worth the money. I would guess that the closer to 1800 that the desk was made would bring the value of it up. I have to admit that I am NO EXPERT when it comes to furniture, nor rugs really. I just have an eye for something of quality.
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then again ,you'de have to be a crack shot to take down a flake at top speed with anything other then buckshot.
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