The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 14, April 8, 2007, Article 32

GOD SPARE ME FROM THESE SORTS OF MORONS

Also this week on the Collector's Universe coin forum, user Longacre 
writes: "I don't know how often people here buy books from Charles Davis, 
but I always enjoy his eBay listings because he always has interesting 
books to offer. Initially, I thought his listings were a little odd, 
because he ends every listing with the following blurb:

'And finally, not to insult the intelligence of the reader, please note 
that there are no coins included with this lot. Any coins illustrated 
are just that - illustrations. Please do not ask for a refund (or provide 
negative feedback) if all you receive is a printed work. That is all that 
is being offered.'

"I figured that no one could be so foolish to think that a bookseller 
that is selling books with coins pictured on the covers, etc., would 
actually be getting the coins themselves. But then, I noticed a listing 
that Davis put up today, which included the following:

"'The F. R. Alvord Collection of United States Half Cents, sale by S. H. 
Chapman, June 9, 1924, undated reprint c1975, 255 lots, 20 pages, 5 
plates of coins, prices realized list, glossy white covers. New. Adams 
"A" 'Arguably the best collection of half cents ever.' .............. 
........................ ..............Note: This is a relisting of an 
item sold several weeks ago where the boneheaded winning bidder backed 
out as he thought he was getting $2 million worth of half cents for his 
$27.00 bid. God spare me from these sorts of morons in the future.."

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  Wayne Homren, Editor

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