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speedenforcer

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« on: August 19, 2012, 01:15:42 AM »
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Re: ebay item
« Reply #1 on: August 19, 2012, 04:28:58 AM »
In my opinion that is just to easy to conterfeit. There are alot of people that will do thier best to part you from your money, trust me I know. This one just seems to much to the not so sure side.
If it is real I would not like having that in my home, just too much like a wrong thing to have considering how many Southern's died there.
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Re: ebay item
« Reply #2 on: August 19, 2012, 09:36:08 AM »
That was my opinion about it being fake also. If real i wouldnt mind having something like that in my house. I love having anything with a connection to a historical event or historical place.
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« Reply #3 on: March 28, 2013, 09:50:07 PM »
The seller has some more of these up. I'm 99.9% sure these are legit as I really did some homework on this one. As seen here http://www.chemungriverfriends.org/pdf/assessment_masterplan.pdf (on actual, not adobe, page 15) There were, in fact, 4 houses built (in a row) in 1866 on the 600 block of West Gray St. in Elmira, NY with wood from the Confederate Officers Quarters of Elmira Prison. This seller includes a page (with citations) showing info for this house, you can see 3/4 (but not the relevent) part of this page in his current listing. The seller is, in fact, the man named on this page as owner, as confirmed by paypal reciept. I looked a little deeper too and here http://chemung.sdgnys.com/report.aspx?file=&swiscode=070400&printkey=09900600010260000000&sitetype=res&siteNum=1 is the Chemung County, NY property records for this house. Confirmed as built in 1866 and owner (at one time) confirmed as the seller of these pieces of wood. I know this thread is old but I figured Id post what Ive learned in case anyone else was interested in these. Everything matches up.
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Re: ebay item
« Reply #4 on: March 29, 2013, 06:56:58 AM »
   just bored,                    some nice detective work there !!       If I ever need any sleuthing done, I'll contact you !!
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