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• The E-Sylum: Volume 4, Number 9, February 25, 2001, Article 11
  

  DYE'S COUNTERFEIT DETECTOR FOLLOWUP
  

  Being naturally curious, your Editor decided to assign a
  staff reporter to follow up on the recent eBay sale of an
  1850 Dye's Counterfeit Detector and Universal Bank Note
  Gazetteer" (reported in the February 4, 2001 E-Sylum,
  v4, no. 06).
  

  Then I realized, "Hey, I don't have a staff!" So playing
  beat reporter, your Editor contacted the seller seller himself,
  asking how he acquired the item and what he thought of the
  bidding which took it from a $9 opening bid to a final
  $1225 hammer price. The gentleman wrote:
  

  "I found the item while browsing an upstate NY antique
  co-op looking for photographs to add to my collection.
  I stopped at one booth, and the photos were terrible, so I
  started looking at the paper items available. The detector
  was priced at the reasonable sum of $15.
  

  After looking through it, I decided it was worth that much
  as an interesting diversion to read, and then resell. As to
  its value, I felt sure someone who collected paper money
  would be interested in it for more then I paid for it, but to
  be honest, I thought it likely that the amount it would resell
  for was in the $50 to $100 range. I was surprised by, and
  don't pretend to understand the reason for the final bid.
  Needless to say, if I ever see another, I've learnt something
  useful here."
  

URL source

• http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v04n09a11.html

Date publiée

• 2001-02-25

Volume

• 4

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Auteur NNP

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