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Bill Palmer Eternal Order Only Jonathan Townsend has more than 24312 Posts |
Somehow some data got left out of the previous post. I was pretty tired when I posted it. I saw some of these sets at the Magic Collectors Association Weekend in Washington, DC. Bob Little had them for $48 a set. They were in nice silver plated jewelry boxes, along with a lot of extra balls. The cups had been highly polished, as in the ones on eBay. I asked Bob if they were the MM cups. He said that they were. When I told him about the guy that had them on eBay, he was floored!
Bob also had some nice sets of Khin of Cambodia mini cups in display cases. I'll have pix in the museum later.
"The Swatter"
Founder of CODBAMMC My Chickasaw name is "Throws Money at Cups." www.cupsandballsmuseum.com |
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Magic.J.Manuel Special user I have danced upon 663 Posts |
Down to $79.95 Cheep! Cheep!
Nothing would get done at all, if man waited so long that no one could find fault with it.
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Bill Palmer Eternal Order Only Jonathan Townsend has more than 24312 Posts |
Yes. Did you notice that nobody has bought them yet?
Another victory for "The Swatter!"
"The Swatter"
Founder of CODBAMMC My Chickasaw name is "Throws Money at Cups." www.cupsandballsmuseum.com |
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Josh the Superfluous Inner circle The man of 1881 Posts |
That first guy should package his translucent plastic cups and paper clip thing, in a silver collector's box. (shoe box w/silver spray paint of course)
What do you want in a site? "Honesty, integrity and decency." -Mike Doogan
"I hate it, I hate my ironic lovechild. I didn't even have anything to do with it" Josh #2 |
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Mr. Muggle Special user 999 Posts |
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On 2006-03-30 17:14, Josh the Superfluous wrote: I bought a set of these last year and the quality was horrible; there's a lot of crap out there for sale right now. Buyer beware!
"Now you're looking for the secret... but you won't find it because you're not really looking. You don't really want to know the secret... You want to be fooled." - The Prestige (2006)
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quickhands Regular user 132 Posts |
Going down again, only $69.95. A REAL bargain ;-)
QH. |
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Bill Palmer Eternal Order Only Jonathan Townsend has more than 24312 Posts |
He may finally get them down to list price!
"The Swatter"
Founder of CODBAMMC My Chickasaw name is "Throws Money at Cups." www.cupsandballsmuseum.com |
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Daniel Faith Inner circle Neenah, Wisconsin 1526 Posts |
You can report sellers to ebay that you suspect is making fradulent claims.
Don't know how much good it does but they say they investigate.
Daniel Faith
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Magic.J.Manuel Special user I have danced upon 663 Posts |
Who knows? He might have really bought them from France.
They are nicely polished, that's worth something. After reading Mad Jake's tail of cups gone wild, I can see one of these little brass cups would be a virtual bullet coming off a buffing wheel. Did you see the other set of plastic cups and dice? It had a better story anyway.
Nothing would get done at all, if man waited so long that no one could find fault with it.
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Magic.J.Manuel Special user I have danced upon 663 Posts |
Now Gazzo's are going for over $600 on ebay! Really tall animals.
FYI, Magicpitch.com web site has a few sets left for only $325.
Nothing would get done at all, if man waited so long that no one could find fault with it.
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geemack Loyal user Greg McNeil Peoria,Illinois 296 Posts |
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On 2006-06-04 21:55, Magic.J.Manuel wrote... Those particular cups are the Mega Thick Tall Animals, and were originally sold directly by the manufacturer, Gary Animal, in his eBay auctions. They are an inch taller than the regular Gazzos or Animals, are made from almost twice as thick of copper, and are over twice as heavy. A set of them weighs more than 2-1/2 pounds. When they were first available, just before Gary moved from England to New Zealand, he sold a few sets on the Buy-It-Now deal for over $400. Several more were sold at auction prices. Gary sold a couple sets directly, not on the auction, to a couple lucky owners. Only about 15 sets of these were made, and at least one set was badly damaged during shipping to the purchaser in the US. They actually are quite rare. This same set of cups was on auction a week ago with an opening bid of $149, and surprisingly the auction closed with no bids at all. The current bid price of over $600 might seem a little high, but these are possibly the thickest, heaviest, sturdiest, chick sized street cups ever made. They are certainly competitive with Michael Lee's Millennium Cups, the Paul Fox Chick Cups, and Pete Biro's Galli-Galli Cups. So for someone wanting to use these as working tools, $600 isn't really all that unreasonable. Greg |
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Chessmann Inner circle 4242 Posts |
A set of Riser Jumbos recently went for over $600, as well. I was surprised, as new sets (not currently available, I believe) went for $325.
But all it takes is 2 people who REALLY want something.
My ex-cat was named "Muffin". "Vomit" would be a better name for her. AKA "The Evil Ball of Fur".
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Ragiv New user Prince George, BC 95 Posts |
I'm actually amazed with all of the garbage one can put on eBay, AND STILL SELL IT. It is almost the best trick in the world. Hehe
Jodie - SOCTV
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Bill Palmer Eternal Order Only Jonathan Townsend has more than 24312 Posts |
My all time favorites are the various food products with the images of various religious characters on them. I may list a set of pieces of toast with various Biblical characters -- collect 'em all! Trade them with your friends!
"The Swatter"
Founder of CODBAMMC My Chickasaw name is "Throws Money at Cups." www.cupsandballsmuseum.com |
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swtrocks Loyal user Los Angeles 206 Posts |
Reminds me of that McDonalds commercial with the "Lincoln Fry," a french fry in the shape of Lincoln's head.
http://www.lincolnfry.com People do become fascinated by the weirdest things... Steven |
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Dave V Inner circle Las Vegas, NV 4824 Posts |
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On 2006-06-10 00:31, Bill Palmer wrote: You can now buy a "Jesus" fry pan with the image embossed into the metal. It's perfect for mass producing those "one of a kind" eBay sandwiches!
No trees were killed in the making of this message, but a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
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Josh Riel Inner circle of hell 1995 Posts |
MMM. Jesus cakes..... Sacrilicious!
Magic is doing improbable things with odd items that, under normal circumstances, would be unnessecary and quite often undesirable.
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Ragiv New user Prince George, BC 95 Posts |
Are you serious, Dave? That's unbelievable. Oddly enough, that doesn't sound that far fetched though.
Jodie - SOCTV
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Dave V Inner circle Las Vegas, NV 4824 Posts |
Yes, unfortunately I'm serious. Here's a link
No trees were killed in the making of this message, but a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
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Ragiv New user Prince George, BC 95 Posts |
THAT is hilarious. Oh my ...person. Now I wonder how much money he (they?) make.
Jodie - SOCTV
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