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Subject: [Nml] Stanley Sextants
From: Rick Emerson (rick@XXX.XXX)
Date: Mon Feb 15 1999 - 07:40:34 EST
Gordon Talge writes:
> Wonder if anyone else saw this on the web.
>
> At http://www.stanleylondon.com they are selling nice looking=20
> repoductions of original Stanley Sextants. They say that they
> are fully functional, but not intended for navigation.
>
> They sell pretty cheap compared to what you would think a=20
> brass sextant would sell for.
>
> I wonder if certain antique stores buy these sextants and
> sell them for inflated prices, leading people to think that
> they are original Stanley antique sextants that can be used for navigation,
> at inflated prices.
>
They're also a glut on eBay (www.ebay.com) where people seem to have
more money than sense. The same thing is true of reproduction pocket
sextants.
Rick
S/V One With The Wind, Baba 35
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