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Re: Samsonite Parts Packs on EBAY
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 20 Nov 2000 20:15:51 GMT
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In the auction I can see 6 boxes for 48 part packs each. The seller have 23
for auction so maybe...................in the next days we will see more
litle boxes in auction and with better prices.
Sorry for ESC1 if that will happen.
Manuel
In lugnet.general, Gary Istok writes:
> Last week someone was selling Samsonite Parts Packs from 1963-65 era on
> EBAY. There were 22 of them for sale individually, and I bid on one.
> There were about 10 people that wanted an example of these, and I saw
> people from Germany, UK, and Belgium bidding on them. I was going to
> bid on a few, but I really only needed that one, so I thought I would
> let other folks get a chance at some. I was away from my PC this
> weekend, so I didn't check until this morning, when I noticed that one
> person ESC1 bid up all 22 of these parts packs, some for the outrageous
> price of nearly $50 each (I buy these on sale for as little as $6 when
> I get the chance). Check it out:
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> http://search-completed.ebay.com/cgi-bin/texis/ebaycomplete/results.html?query=samsonite&srchdesc=y&SortProperty=MetaEndSort&ebaytag1=ebayreg&ht=1&maxRecordsPerPage=100&category2=1186
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> Does anyone know who ESC1 is? He does appear to be rather selfish, by
> not letting others have at least a few of these. He outbid everyone on
> all 22 of them. Must have cost him about $1000.
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> Anyway, so that I don't get chided for bringing an off-topic LEGO item
> to lugnet.general, check out a few of these parts packs (all Cellulose
> Acetate) and checkout the Samsonite cardboard cases (pictured in the
> EBAY item) that these came in back in the 1960's. Very Interesting.
>
> Gary Istok
> (A not-so-sore loser, because misery loves company!)
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