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Originally Posted by Hankphenom
I can't argue with a word you wrote, Doug, and never would. The plaque is of some interest, but I believe that any kind of direct provenance to Harwood would have elevated the REA auction results by some multiple. I suppose it IS a baseball stitching bench, though, and if you could see the wood construction and the iron and leather pieces that make up the working parts of the contraption, it screams old, old, old. Other than that, pick your cliche of choice, starting with "it is what it is" through "find another one," etc. I appreciate your expertise and your reality check!
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I don't have any expertise, I just get annoyed by misleading (to be polite) descriptions.
I think they're both super cool, and while I myself wouldn't buy one at the REA price, you seem to have paid an amount that I probably would have.
I think the one you bought may have been a prototype for the REA one, which would of course would give yours more value IF it had a plaque stating that "fact", hint hint. How's 1837 sound to you as a date?
And I'm perfectly happy for my points to be argued and TO SOME EXTENT completely change my mind when my points are shown to be incorrect.