as I've mentioned already, this reel has become a sought after collectors item by now and if you ever tried to buy a Henry Toulouse Lautrec sketch on a piece of Moulin Roughe tissue or a Beethoven hand-script note on mouldy wallpaper in an auction it doesn't really matter how imperfect or riddled with flaws it might be
The hype dictates the price in this perverted world we live in.
If I were your mate I'll put it up on fleabay immediately - "Everyone lives by selling something." And to stress another quote "I have never worked a day in my life without selling. If I believe in something, I sell it, and I sell it hard."
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