Everyone seems to be ragging on this, but aside from the most humanitarian use of your funds, let me ask a few questions; How much is the Mona Lisa worth?
(right click save, or $30 in the gift shop)
How about a first edition shakespeare?
(available on your kindle so so what.)
How about a hand written letter from Mark Twain to a contemporary?
(check your schoolbooks)
A mint copy of Action Comincs #1.
(also available in a trade or download.) so, why? These things exist. To better understand the historical significance or context of this, what if we had an audio recording of Abraham Lincoln, or knew exactly what a real southern 'Rebel Yell' sounded like. If we did have these two things that existed a blink in time before audio recording became available, it might dwindle their accessible significance as we might have heard them a million times or sampled them in a hundred songs. Chance are though, the most original copies still would reside within our national registry. Paper film did not enter the public market until 1901. At this point the only fail becomes that what this man has paid for is not the original metal plates that were used to capture the tintype. If you had and sold any of these, how much would you sell them for? How would you judge the person you sold it to? and what would you do with your earnings? peace.
