Indian Blanket Auction

this is amazing.

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1987 300TD 311,000M Stolen. Presumed destroyed

I am glad for LT but I cannot help but wish that the Navajo nation could profit from their history as well.

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I've always liked the Eastern blanket dance.

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1994 GMC Jimmy - 203000

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My family has collected Navajo, Pueblo and Hispanic textiles for generations. I don't actively collect any more but am still conservator for our rugs and blankets. The evidence of folding (creases) in that chief's is a serious negative for most collectors. Depending on how long the blanket was stored, those creases may be permanent. Lord only knows what it would have sold for if it had been properly rolled for storage.

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84 Euro 240D 4spd. 220.5k sold
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1993 Toyota 4wd Pickup 226K and counting

He said that originally, the blanket fetched about 4 times an army officer's yearly salary. I imagine that amount of money changed the lives of the tribe where it originated.

I could do some good if someone gave me $250,000 right now for something I made...

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wow just finished watching the piece while waiting on some raster files to process for a meeting tomorrow morning, getting late, real late and needed a quick break....

I was reduced to tears or rather uplifted to tears of joy. What a great story. "Good things happen to good people"

Not to take anything away from the story or the poor dude who changed his life, it makes me wonder about bidder #110 who had $1.5M to toss away on that. How many jobs did he outsource to make the kind of money needed to buy that?

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80 300SD (129k mi) 82 240D stick (193k mi)77 240D auto - stick to be (153k mi) 85 380SL (145k mi) 89 BMW 535i 82 Diesel Rabbit Pickup (374k mi) 91 Jetta IDI Diesel (155k mi) 81 VW Rabbit Convertible Diesel 70 Triumph Spitfire Mk III (63kmi)66 Triumph TR4a IRS (90k mi)67 Ford F-100 (??)

Hopefully and perhaps none.

There are folks who drop 30M on Ferrari GTOs too. I always wonder how they got that much too but don't go to the step of making specific negative thoughts about it.

Ralph Lauren for example owns a raft of expensive cars and I believe he offers quality products. (Made in China with child labor?)

Then there is Leno and Seinfeldt who make their money honestly even if it is in staggeringly huge quantities.

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

I wonder what he actually put in the bank. Maybe 750K.

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84 Euro 240D 4spd. 220.5k sold
04 Honda Element AWD
1985 F150 XLT 4x4, 351W with 270k miles, hay hauler
1997 Suzuki Sidekick 4x4
1993 Toyota 4wd Pickup 226K and counting

OR How many jobs did he create in order to build that wealth?

I'd like to believe that, but does that really happen now? Or are you talking about offshore jobs?

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80 300SD (129k mi) 82 240D stick (193k mi)77 240D auto - stick to be (153k mi) 85 380SL (145k mi) 89 BMW 535i 82 Diesel Rabbit Pickup (374k mi) 91 Jetta IDI Diesel (155k mi) 81 VW Rabbit Convertible Diesel 70 Triumph Spitfire Mk III (63kmi)66 Triumph TR4a IRS (90k mi)67 Ford F-100 (??)

.... Why cant a story be left with just a story... why cant it just be nice. not questioning how many jobs were displaced of politicizing it....I posted this with the intention that this not happen. there is FAR too many threads that have this happen to..

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hum.....
1987 300TD 311,000M Stolen. Presumed destroyed

20000 Chinese children.......

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On some nights I still believe that a car with the fuel gauge on empty can run about fifty more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. - HST

1983 300SD - 305000
1984 Toyota Landcruiser - 190000
1994 GMC Jimmy - 203000

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On some nights I still believe that a car with the fuel gauge on empty can run about fifty more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. - HST

1983 300SD - 305000
1984 Toyota Landcruiser - 190000
1994 GMC Jimmy - 203000

https://media.giphy.com/media/X3nnss8PAj5aU/giphy.gif

And I thank you very much for posting it Aquaticedge! I enjoyed it thoroughly.

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