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Stewart Pinkerton
 
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On 15 Jul 2005 22:36:48 -0700, wrote:

The value is not in the sound but the originality of the part as a
1957 Gibson Les Paul Standard is now "worth" a six figure sum. It's
idiotic, but so are Stradivarius violins, Ferraris, Purdey shotguns,
and Marilyn Monroe's phone book. (Especially the phone book-everyone in
it is now dead!)


Excuse me? What's 'idiotic' about a Ferrari, or a pair of Purdeys? Or
indeed the distinctive sound of Stradivari?

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