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| another green demo box | |
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| murff Joined: 27 Oct 2009 Posts: 620 |  Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 7:24 pm Post subject: another green demo box |
| Pete Joined: 04 Mar 2010 Posts: 203 | Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 12:41 pm Now if they could only come up when I have large chunks of money free... |
| murff Joined: 27 Oct 2009 Posts: 620 | Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2011 9:27 pm ...and sold for 6,407 Euro (approximately US $8,705.19) Curta Type I Nr. 26197 Demonstration Box |
| murff Joined: 27 Oct 2009 Posts: 620 | Posted: Tue May 26, 2015 8:33 pm |
| aterren Joined: 08 May 2015 Posts: 26 | Posted: Tue May 26, 2015 11:53 pm Murff, I'm new to the Curta world. How does the condition of the one on ebay now compare to the one that sold a few years ago? |
| murff Joined: 27 Oct 2009 Posts: 620 | Posted: Wed May 27, 2015 2:16 pm Hi It's a difficult question... The Curta 26197 was not (or as described: was never) working. The visual state was nice. All demo parts were complete (except two missing steel balls in the carriage). The demo box was sold for EUR 6,407 About the Curta 26563 no statement is done about the working state. The visual state is a bit dusty. One setting shaft/knob and a transmission shaft is missing, the spider spring of the carriage is slightly bent (missing steel balls?)... The cosmetic state of the green box is OK. So it's one of ***29*** known genuine demo Curtas from Contina (no fake, no selfmade cut away thing...). In any case this is a high value collectors item  After a deep cleaning and some maintenance this box is similar to the other boxes. |
| aterren Joined: 08 May 2015 Posts: 26 | Posted: Thu May 28, 2015 2:47 am You have a very good eye! Thank you for taking the time to reply. |
| Pete Joined: 04 Mar 2010 Posts: 203 | Posted: Fri May 29, 2015 12:49 am With only an hour and fifteen minutes to go, and this collector a couple of Scotches towards recklessness, how will this auction go, I wonder. GUYS IF ANY OF YOU ARE BIDDING LET ME KNOW |
| murff Joined: 27 Oct 2009 Posts: 620 | Posted: Fri May 29, 2015 10:41 am a bargain! |
| aterren Joined: 08 May 2015 Posts: 26 | Posted: Fri May 29, 2015 5:55 pm And it is mine. Hopefully no buyers remorse will set in when i have it in hand and can see its true condition. |
| murff Joined: 27 Oct 2009 Posts: 620 | Posted: Fri May 29, 2015 6:10 pm congratulation |
| aterren Joined: 08 May 2015 Posts: 26 | Posted: Fri May 29, 2015 8:05 pm Thanks! I will need to find a few mixing pieces now... Any ideas?  |
| murff Joined: 27 Oct 2009 Posts: 620 | Posted: Fri May 29, 2015 8:20 pm mixing or missing  |
| aterren Joined: 08 May 2015 Posts: 26 | Posted: Fri May 29, 2015 9:26 pm Darn typing on the ipad! Missing not mixing, of course. |
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