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 Post subject: Letter by Lady Nelson for sale
PostPosted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 5:08 pm 
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There is a letter by Lady Nelson for sale on ebay. She's referred to as 'Francis', not 'Frances.'


http://tinyurl.com/mg3v5vg

The asking price seems way over the top to me, though the seller invites offers also. An invitation, or a refusal of an invitation, written in the third person by someone as distinguished as the Duke of Wellington can be had for a few hundred. Maybe the rarity value has upped the price?

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 Post subject: Re: Letter by Lady Nelson for sale
PostPosted: Sat Mar 29, 2014 4:02 pm 
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I would agree that this item is way overpriced. But it looks like this is the way this guy operates.

You will see his name on the right of the page (theantiquesstorehouse) and a number alongside it. If you click on the number it will give you his recent sales and by far the majority say Best Offer Price Accepted. So he obviously prices everything high - I suppose in the hope that it will drag any offer price up a bit.

The ad is pretty poor though, with errors, assumptions etc. Good luck to him if he gets more than the low hundreds for it.

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 Post subject: Re: Letter by Lady Nelson for sale
PostPosted: Sat Mar 29, 2014 4:26 pm 
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I think the seller is probably the rather pricey Antiques Storehouse in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. I dare say he has a high rent to cover!

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