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(...) eBay (...) It looks like it is just a test post, hence its astronomical opening bid. 'Course, I could be wrong. Jeff (24 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yeah, but either way she's gotta pay the *fee* on the damnable thing! ...I'll bet the Queen Amidala one of us LUGNETters build would not only be more impressive an item in auction, but might actually fetch that much! best Lindsay (24 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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Also, consider the fact of how EASY it would be to recreate this thing form parts we all have laying around. I would guesstimate only 2000 pieces in the work. If you printed a nice quality copy of the auction list, I think it would be easy enough to (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Ah. Interesting. When does something shade over from being a design or decoration to a work of art? Theoretically, if I copy a work of art, even if I get it exactly right, it's a forgery... If Lego Bricks are the medium, is that still true? Is (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I was curious, so I looked it up. Insertion Fee: $2.00 Final Value Fee: $153.52 (based on the opening bid) The Final Value Fee only applies if she gets a bid. Otherwise, its the $2 listing fee. A Reserve Price AUction would have been (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I would say any MOC could be considered a work of art. It is the "artist" who puts the pieces in a certain arrangement, creating a new piece out of other smaller pieces. (...) True a person's reproduction would be a forgery, but unless someone (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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The lister wrote me back. It was just a MOC by the average fan of the brick. The listing was to test Auctionwatch.com. They really didn't plan on selling the item. Although if that minimum bid is met, who could turn down the cash!?! (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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