I was in an antique store today and saw a framed picture of George Washington with a little piece of paper at the bottom about the size of a dollar bill with hand writing on it. I looked at it closer and thought it might be a hand written check by GW. The paper was an odd color and looked a lot like cloth, the fountain pen ink was sepia colored and some what faded.

then i noticed next to it in fairly small letters the document all spelled out in modern block letters.

It appeared to be a hand written check written and signed by GW himself.

Thinking it couldn't be real I passed. I am thinking I should go back and get it.

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

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

You need some of those friendly experts who apparently get called into pawn shops on those reality TV shows...

...my advice => buy low!

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

I have an autographed Bible for sale.

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1991 560 SEC AMG, 199k <---- 300 hp 10:1 ECE euro HV ...

1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)

2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp

1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k

2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive (sold)

I already have one, maybe you can sell that one to Larry.

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

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

hahahaha !!!

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1991 560 SEC AMG, 199k <---- 300 hp 10:1 ECE euro HV ...

1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)

2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp

1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k

2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive (sold)

I'll take the redhead.

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

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

No way could the check be real. Someone as important as the POTUS would have done electronic banking.

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2001 SLK 320 six speed manual
2014 Porsche Cayenne six speed manual

Annoy a Liberal, Read the Constitution

...Still at least you didn't ask for the Bishop! (Or the queen or the rook...)

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

I'm showing my age but is that some sort of mechanical clickety clack banking Larry?

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

Sorry 'bout that misspell. I was answering that post on my IPhone very early this morning.

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2001 SLK 320 six speed manual
2014 Porsche Cayenne six speed manual

Annoy a Liberal, Read the Constitution

If its cheap it would be kinda cool but I wonder how hard it would be to verify some authenticity?

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1984 300SD Orient Red/ Palomino
1989 560SEC
2016 Mazda 6 6 speed manual
1995 Ford F-150 reg cab 4.9 5speed manual

I dunno. I am going to call the store and see if they will ship it to me though. I think its real and worth a lot more than the asking price, but its a 90 mile drive one way so I'm a little reluctant to make the trip not knowing for sure.

I can call the redhead from pawn stars though.

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

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

Sorry Tom - we probably get more American TV here than you do - I wasn't sure which show you were talking about...

...so I got all wrapped up in other ideas...

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

NOT PORN STARS!

You're getting as bad as Aklim!

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

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

Even if fake some fakes are so old now that they have real value. I will be keeping an eye open for you standing in long lines in antique appraisal shows.

You never know sometimes has been my experience. There were four framed really nice watercolors at a yard sale for like 5-10.00 for the lot in the last few years.. I was visually examining them to see if they were prints or not. When a woman reached over my shoulder and grabbed them. What had held me back was that the high quality watercolors if real should not be at the asking price.

I got a chance to examine them again after she brought them. As luck would have it they were authentic original very high quality watercolors. Value was probably at least a few hundred apiece. I actually knew that when I first laid eyes on them and just made the misteak of feeling they had to be prints at the asking price. You snooze you lose I suppose sometimes.

I am not always totally asleep though. Having pissed off some people by just approaching a vendor and paying for an item someone may be examining and I felt they were going to purchase it. Then walking up to them and stating that unfortunatly I had already purchased it.

I do have limits though at the same time. An aquaintance of mine when attending auction sales of vehicles would swap some spark plug wires on a vehicle he was seriously interested in buying as late as he could before the auction. The car would go across the block sounding bad and he usually got it for far less. Too unethical for me unfortunatly but it sure worked for him.