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Value and Beauty are in the eye of the beholder
From: Guy Schwartz
Date: 2006 Mar 30, 23:17 -0800

I have been pondering the purchase of a sextant and I think the ASTRA IIIB Sextant

seems to be a good value. However I have been tracking some used models that

have sold recently on E-bay. They have been selling for around $400.00. It seem that

I might as well buy a new one. For the 20% differential I get to choose the type I want

and they is no question about how the instrument has been handled or it's condition.

Am I missing something? I understand the laws of supply and demand. Having tried

to purchase something on E-bay a while back and getting burned, I'm still gun shy.

Comments, thoughts. Are there other sources for used sextants I should be looking at?

Thank you,

Guy

we will get to the whole mirror VS. the traditional mirror next.

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