Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/17

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Subject: [Leica] I love looking at other people's photographs ...
From: alaxsxaq at gmail.com (Glen Staufer)
Date: Wed Nov 17 12:41:40 2004
References: <LNBBLBNFHNEHGFKFMALGAEOKNFAB.timatherton@theedge.ca> <003101c4cce4$596b98d0$6401a8c0@ccapr.com>

On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 15:30:58 -0500, B. D. Colen <bdcolen@earthlink.net> 
wrote:
> SIXTY-NINE THOUSAND DOLLARS?!?!?!?! HOLY MOOLY!!! Imagine if the
> Christians bidding on that 10 years old sandwich used that money to feed
> the hungry, house the homeless, or vaccinate some kids. Nah, better to
> preserve the face of the Virgin Mary in the sandwich under glass beneath
> an altar somewhere.

Take a look at the bidding history.  Lots of bid retractions on this
one.  I'd be really surprised if any money changes hands or even if
the auction completes and doesn't just get canceled somewhere along
the line.

In reply to: Message from timatherton at theedge.ca (Tim Atherton) ([Leica] I love looking at other people's photographs ...)
Message from bdcolen at earthlink.net (B. D. Colen) ([Leica] I love looking at other people's photographs ...)