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Signed Mein Kampf for sale

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  1. LRusso216

    LRusso216 Graybeard Staff Member

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    I have no idea of its value, but I question its authenticity. Do you have any provenance? As you can see from the original post, such items are not common. As others have indicated, I am suspicious of such things, and would need documented proof of its authenticity.
     
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    LRusso216 Graybeard Staff Member

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    Boy, Clint, that is some scenario. If I was a writer, that would be the foundation of a great story. Imagining the two of them seeing each other regularly, as their paths cross in the park. I see an intermediary (perhaps a disgruntled royalist who speaks German) being the bridge between them. Imagine the conversations and possibilities.
     
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    I seem to have that strange effect on you carl. :rofl:

    Heck Richard has posted better put the drink down. :lol:
     
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    Yeah, welllll, while I don’t think much of "Wiki", I do think they have this right;

    When Barnum's biographer tried to track down when Barnum had uttered this phrase, all of Barnum's friends and acquaintances told him it was out of character. Barnum's     credo was more along the lines of "there's a customer born every minute" — he wanted to find ways to draw new customers in all the time because competition was fierce and people could become bored easily.

    While some sources claim the quote is most likely from famous con-man Joseph ("Paper Collar Joe") Bessimer,    [1] it was actually uttered by David Hannum, spoken in reference to Barnum's part in the Cardiff Giant hoax.

    Hannum, who was exhibiting the "original" giant and had unsuccessfully sued Barnum for exhibiting a copy and claiming it was the original, was referring to the crowds continuing to pay to see Barnum's exhibit even after both it and the original had been proven to be fakes.

    In turn, Barnum's fellow     circus owner and arch-rival Adam Forepaugh attributed the quote to Barnum in a newspaper interview in an attempt to discredit him. However, Barnum never denied making the quote. It is said that he thanked Forepaugh for the free publicity he had given him.

    Yet another source credits late 1860s     Chicago "bounty broker, saloon and gambling-house keeper, eminent politician, and dispenser of cheating privileges..." Michael Cassius McDonald as the originator of the aphorism. According to the book Gem of the Prairie: Chicago Underworld (1940) by Herbert Asbury, when McDonald was equipping his gambling house known as The Store (at Clark and Monroe Streets in Chicago) his partner Harry Lawrence expressed concern over the large number of roulette wheels and faro tables being installed and their ability to get enough players to play the games. McDonald then allegedly said, "Don't worry about that, there's a sucker born every minute."

    See:

    There's a sucker born every minute - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    That said, my favorite in this vein is from W.C. Fields; "you can't cheat an honest man." Of course I'm a huge Fields fan, and never figured he got the credit he deserved for comedy on film.
     
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