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From: Rick Emerson
Date: 1999 Feb 15, 5:41 AM
From: Rick Emerson
Date: 1999 Feb 15, 5:41 AM
Gordon Talge writes: > Wonder if anyone else saw this on the web. > > At http://www.stanleylondon.com they are selling nice looking=20 > repoductions of original Stanley Sextants. They say that they > are fully functional, but not intended for navigation. > > They sell pretty cheap compared to what you would think a=20 > brass sextant would sell for. > > I wonder if certain antique stores buy these sextants and > sell them for inflated prices, leading people to think that > they are original Stanley antique sextants that can be used for navigation, > at inflated prices. > They're also a glut on eBay (www.ebay.com) where people seem to have more money than sense. The same thing is true of reproduction pocket sextants. Rick S/V One With The Wind, Baba 35 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-= =-= TO UNSUBSCRIBE, send this message to majordomo@roninhouse.com: =-= =-= navigation =-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=
