Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/23

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Subject: [Leica] Cheesy Collectables
From: jefferys at gmail.com (Jeffery Smith)
Date: Tue Nov 23 13:06:16 2004
References: <76ba89b304112310463fa83dc7@mail.gmail.com> <200411231855.iANIt96d066448@server1.waverley.reid.org>

We had a similar Virgin Mary sighting in Chalmette Louisiana. Someone
had a new bathtub enclosure put in his house with that fake swirly
marble slab stuff enclosing it. In the swirlys of the fake marble was
the Virgin Mary. There were pilgrimages to this dude's bathroom.

Jeffery


On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 13:54:32 -0500, Jim Shulman <jshul@comcast.net> wrote:
> A casino made the purchase; they intend to use it as a tourist draw.  The
> thing will probably pay for itself inside of fifteen minutes.
> 
> This reminds me of a similar story: about a decade ago the owners of the
> Franklin Mint paid more than $230,000 for Jackie Kennedy's Kenneth Lane
> costume pearls.  Mind you this was for costume jewelry, worth at most $100.
> However, these pearls were in several famous LEICA-MADE photographs*,
> notably with John-John grabbing at Mommy's necklace.  Many were aghast that
> the Resnicks spent that much for fake jewelry.
> 
> About five months after the auction I noticed ads for "Jackie's Pearls! 
> Only
> ten zillion payments (totaling $200) and you can have the authorized 
> replica
> of the ORIGINAL, owned by the Franklin Mint."  During a walk through the
> local mall, I saw a Franklin Mint store and went inside.  I asked the clerk
> if they had "Jackie's Pearls".  He said no; the first production run of
> 50,000 sold out immediately, and they were waiting for more.
> 
> You do the math.  Guess the damn things were actually quite cheap, in the
> scheme of things.
> 
> Best,
> Jim Shulman
> Bryn Mawr, PA
> 
> *note the sly introduction of Leica to keep this blather on topic.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Jeffery
> Smith
> Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 1:47 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: Subject: Re: [Leica] I love looking at other people's
> grilledcheese sandwiches
> 
> Well, the Virgin Mary grilled cheese sandwich sold for a reported $28,000.
> 
> http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,139331,00.html
> 
> Jeffery
> 
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