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arkessianIn an idle moment, I thought I would check the prices realised in the auction of "adult toys" that I posted about a week or so ago.
The wire-guided anti-tank missile went for £36 — presumably it would have been more if it hadn't been used.
The Sinclair C5 went for £288. These cost something like £400 new in 1985, so were clearly not a good investment as well as totally un-roadworthy.
The "cast iron pull-along grasshopper" went for £84 — too much for me to contemplate, although I do lust after it mightily.
The"Bjorn Borg" advertising display tennis racquet for £60. I'm surprised it sold at all; does Bjorn Borg still have fanboys and fangirls?
The full size photographic replica of the Bayeux tapestry went for £6,000.
The selection of used telegraph cable sections fetchingly mounted in a display case went for £60 — something else I would have been very happy to own, but not at that price.
The 1870 medical shock machine went for £156 — not, I trust, to somebody intending to use it.
And the 19th century Chinese acupuncturist's figurine went for £16,800.
The wire-guided anti-tank missile went for £36 — presumably it would have been more if it hadn't been used.
The Sinclair C5 went for £288. These cost something like £400 new in 1985, so were clearly not a good investment as well as totally un-roadworthy.
The "cast iron pull-along grasshopper" went for £84 — too much for me to contemplate, although I do lust after it mightily.
The"Bjorn Borg" advertising display tennis racquet for £60. I'm surprised it sold at all; does Bjorn Borg still have fanboys and fangirls?
The full size photographic replica of the Bayeux tapestry went for £6,000.
The selection of used telegraph cable sections fetchingly mounted in a display case went for £60 — something else I would have been very happy to own, but not at that price.
The 1870 medical shock machine went for £156 — not, I trust, to somebody intending to use it.
And the 19th century Chinese acupuncturist's figurine went for £16,800.
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