Re: [ARSCLIST] bargain du jour

[Aaron Levinson <aaron.levinson@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Actually, unless I am mistaken the price is six Million dollars not six 
thousand. That seems a bit on the high side if you ask me and the 
"provenance" is basically laughable. There is not a single shred of
evidence to suggest a chain of ownership that leads to Robert Johnson
or anyone associated with him or his estate. Wishful thinking seems
to weak a term to describe this absurd assertion.

Aaron Levinson


Roger and Allison Kulp wrote:
>   Experienced eBay watchers,know sellers will try anything.$6000.00 seems awfully cheap,if this were genuine.Look at the prices,of some of the other items on the site,like the Hitler Mercedes-Benz documents,which do appear genuine.This is just wishful thinking on thier part.
>   Roger Kulp
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> andy kolovos <akolovos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>   Dick Spottswood wrote:
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> > http://www.rjguitar.com/index.html
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> This has got to be some sort of weird joke or Art Project, right? 
> That's the only way I can think about it without my head exploding.
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> For my "Exhibit A" I present what seems to be the meat of their 
> discussion on the instrument's provenance:
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> "How Can We Prove This Is The Holy Grail?
> It was when the Complete Recordings Box Set was released
> in 1990 that it really hit home.
> It is unquestionably a picture of our guitar."
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> Bingo!
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> And here I am thinking that establishing provenance might mean actually 
> tracing a line of ownership back to Robert Johnson...silly me!
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> It is a joke, right?
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