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Busy weekend so not been about muchness

Took Jenna into town today and she drags me into the new Sue Ryder charity shop (used to be in the TK Max premises in the Brunel)

Whilst Jens is looking at the various forms of tat for 50p I has a walk over to the back of the shop to where there are numerous paintings hanging up.

To my fucking surprise there hanging almost out of view inthe far corner is an ORIGINAL promotional poster for Micheal Caine's "Get Carter"

I tell you I can't believe my fucking eyes !!!!!

I ask the old bint behind the counter how much it is and she says "how does £10 sound ?"

I says "that sounds pretty good to me, i'll take it !"

On the way out I stuffed £40 into the collecting pot.

I tell thee its a fucking gem

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n70/FredElliot_2006/IMGP0328.jpg

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n70/FredElliot_2006/IMGP0329.jpg

Remember to laminate it before you get even more carried away!

Only messing with you Fred old chap. That's mint.

Thats quite cool. Fair play on the 40 notes.

It's a fake!

Fuck me, if thats the original its not hundreds its probably thousands.
Fair play you soft bugger but  why give away £40 they were happy with a tenner???? :beers:

Fake sign it and put it on E Bay :king:

You were ripped off

http://eu.movieposter.com/poster/A70-2605/Get_Carter.html

 :wink:

Did yo purposefully search that out Sam ?

If you did then you really need to get out more !

I stumped up £50 for something that I adore, have no intention nor bought to sell on, the money goes to a cancer charity, that, as you know has touched my life dramatically.

I am a happy bunny

With the frame it's probably worth that anyway, assuming it is a reprint.

to me its worth double that Si

I love it that much !

and Caine is fucking God anyways

Easy fella, I was just winding you up!

[pedant]Actually it's worth £50 to you[/pedant]

I'm only messing. Good that you found something you like in amongst all the tat.

An item is only worth as much as someone will pay.

As a vinyl collector i'm with you on this Fred, i've stumped money up for vinyl some consider worthless. I honestly couldn't give a fuck if something i've spent £50 on is only worth 50p, i pay what it's worth to me, not what the market states. I often simply have to own it, i don't buy it as an investment, i buy it because i love it, i need it, appreciate it ten times more than someone else and wouldn't part with it for anything. Put simply, it gives me pleasure.

Good on you.

I like it, quite quirky  :D

I really need to find that artist who paints the Hendrix pictures I saw pictures of

 I've got some interesting vinyl......do you buy for the music or covers?

  I'm open to offers starting at 50 quid an item.

A man after my own heart

I cant wait to get it up on the wall

its different, as Lady says quirky, will promote comments and chat when people come to mine

I love it and would have paid double

 You're just trying to get Lady round to yours   :wink:

She could do the ironing while she's there.

Sue Ryder is a Cancer charity and for a survivor of bowel cancer then £40 is fuck all really

Already offered and got the big "fuck off"

 :wink:  8)

Puts life in context really then Fred!!  Well done.

If you put your clothes in a hot enough dryer you can get away without ironing  8)

Plus, I hate it!!!

completely

thanks Ronnie

:D

My taste is "acquired" shall we say!

I do have some old Beatles tat, some which is actually worth a few bob, but that was given to me as a gift and lives in my old dears garage, because the beatles mean nothing to me.

I'm sure you're only joking, but i used to pretty much pick stuff up for no reason at all, often not even liking it, i believe years ago, i was a true "vinyl junkie". Fortunately i have kicked the bulk habit and now only have my finer, loved items.

I sold about 1000 pieces on eBay a year or so ago for about £60 because i needed to have a clear out. It seems silly now, but i seemed to childishly believe everyone loved vinyl as much as me, so used to buy collections for £5 at jumble sales and stuff, and then just let it rot!

Crazy thing is, the bloke who bought the collection i sold on eBay, said he buys more than 20000 records a year on eBay and has 2 rooms in his house full of vinyl most of which he's never heard. I didn't believe him until i looked at his eBay feedback which was entirely massive record collections purchased from eBay. It made me realise i'm but a child in comparison! :D

Jesus, i'm a bit like a bird, why use 2 words, when you can use 5 minutes, a story and find 15 points to digress upon?  :D

Lazy tart

 :mrgreen:

Thats brill would love that,i started going into charity shops abit more last year,dont usually buy stuff but its good looking around for bargains.

I used to often pop into the big one by the post office at the top of Vic Hill. You get some mint stuff in there. Star Trek IV, VI and VIII on DVD, a Master System with a couple of games, some cook books, Ally even bought a rug. I wound him up and told him somebody had probably died on it. I was only winding him up, it was a good rug.

Yes it does, all there is to say really, good on you Fred.

ages ago i bought a sin city-"that yellow bastard" print off ebay

it's limited to 100 and i've got one, i paid £6 for it. i get it and next time my mate is round he looks at me and asks where i got it. "ebay". "you twat, you could've gotten it a lot cheaper, i was trying to outbid you"

£6 for a 100 run of a print, of an ace comic (was part of the sin city film).

i might put it on ebay just to see how much i could get for it now the film is cool

wow - what a great story! you must be so chuffed - really nice you gave extra money too

I feel kinda warm and fuzzy inside  :soapy tit wank:

or pay 5xs its worth.Fair play mate