Need Help Identifying These Door Handles - Collecting Tiki

K Kono Member Orlando Joined: Oct 08, 2003 Posts: 1266	K Kono Posted posted on Fri, Sep 9, 2005 2:21 AM On 2005-09-08 23:28, Sabu The Coconut Boy wrote: What do you think? Legit? I'd say semi-legit. I'm sure he didn't ask the owner: "Say, you guys don't mind if I sell these on ebay do you?" "Sure Tom, go ahead, knock yourself out! That'll be your bonus for this quarter." If it was 100% legit then I'd think that he'd put where they came from in the auction listing. Anybody that's got PBS knows the importance of provenance to the value of an antique. Plus, the mere fact that he has a shill account and then the odd manner in which he handled the transaction (quickly dropping the asking price from $400 to $56) tells me that he is a shady character. I'm sure that he feels that if he were to be caught, that he has some room to weasel out of trouble ("I thought you were just going to through them away") but would probably rather not have that confrontation with the owner occur.

On 2005-09-08 23:28, Sabu The Coconut Boy wrote:
What do you think? Legit?

I'd say semi-legit.

I'm sure he didn't ask the owner: "Say, you guys don't mind if I sell these on ebay do you?"

"Sure Tom, go ahead, knock yourself out! That'll be your bonus for this quarter."

If it was 100% legit then I'd think that he'd put where they came from in the auction listing. Anybody that's got PBS knows the importance of provenance to the value of an antique. Plus, the mere fact that he has a shill account and then the odd manner in which he handled the transaction (quickly dropping the asking price from $400 to $56) tells me that he is a shady character. I'm sure that he feels that if he were to be caught, that he has some room to weasel out of trouble ("I thought you were just going to through them away") but would probably rather not have that confrontation with the owner occur.

Post #185475 by Kono on Fri, Sep 9, 2005 2:21 AM