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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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What did W.C. Fields say?????
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Studly
Trad climber
WA
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Are you saying the price is to low?
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Jan
Mountain climber
Okinawa, Japan
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I wouldn't mind having an ice axe like that again.
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mwatsonphoto
Trad climber
los angeles, ca
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Gotta pay those xmas bills I guess...
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H
Mountain climber
there and back again
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Not worth it even if you throw in the ice axe!
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Steve,
are you thinking of P. T. Barnum?
W. C. Fields said that he doesn't drink water because phish phuck in it.
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Spider Savage
Mountain climber
The shaggy fringe of Los Angeles
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Actually the price is good.
It's a wall-hanger. Compare to the price of a painting or wall art (check your local Pier-One or Target store) then throw in that it is antique rope. You can't just go down to Home Depot and pick up some.
Obviously those posting above do not have a budget of $250 to decorate a blank section of their wall. However, those of us in the 1% wanna-be circles consider it pocket change.
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k-man
Gym climber
SCruz
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Dang, my buddy gave me a stretch of goldline that he scored off of Higher Cat Spire, most likely used as an anchor by Royal Robbins during an obscure early 60's ascent.
I wonder what that sucker is worth...
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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I'd want to know a helluva lot more about the provenance of those ropes before I peeled $250.00 outta my craggin gas money budget.
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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For a little bit more he can get you one signed by Ghastly Rabbitfat.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Ron. . .
My bad. . . P.T. Barnum is who I meant!
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Bldrjac
Ice climber
Boulder
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Ron,
common man. The name is Ghastly Rubberfat!!.................
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Ghastly Rubberface. Saw him speak, once. Very suave and debonair.
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bookie
climber
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Chessler here,
I find it amusing that when my name apppears on this list it's usually because somebody who is not a collector thinks my price on something is too high. Especially on something that nobody else in the world has for sale! So how does he know the price is too high?
Go into a shopping mall (do they still exist?) and look at prices on better men's or women's clothes. Jewelry. Art. Shoes for God's sake.
Not everybody who climbs or had the good fortune to be able to do first ascents or big walls in the Valley. Thousands of people appreciate climbing in different ways, usually by reading about it. And not by criticizing how others appreciate it.
I liked climbing before I even started climbing in 1962, by reading books. And I always liked old things. My father had an old fashioned drugstore in Brooklyn and I loved the old ornate wooden shelves, the rolling ladder, the old wood phone booths with folding doors. So now I can sell that old stuff for a living. I feel so lucky to be doing this!
If I told you how many antique nailed climbing boots I sold you would be amazed; how many wood handled ice axes, you would think I was lying; how many Chouinard Pitons that are signed by Kor, RR, Beckey etc you would think I was hallucinating. (In the last two years I have given Kor over $5000 for signing stuff, for those who are concerned that I am exploiting him. Ask RR what I do for him, etc.)
In fact, after I opened the box with these manila ropes yesterday, the first thing I did was send an e-mail to my European supplier and tell him to find me more of them!
It's called nostalgia. It's a reaction to ipads and ipods and twitter and super fast editing of films and commercials. It's called real verus phony.
Michael Chessler
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Ihateplastic
Trad climber
It ain't El Cap, Oregon
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 1, 2012 - 09:52pm PT
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Micahel...
I find it amusing that when my name apppears on this list it's usually because somebody who is not a collector thinks my price on something is too high. E
careful lad... You have not been in my library, You have not seen inside the countless boxes stored under beds. You do not know if I am a collector or not.
I fully understand your pricing on pins, books, ice axes, etc. as these items will be here 150-200 years from now. But that piece of cord?... come on now!
I have an idea, tell us what your cost was and let the market decide if $250 is a fair collector's markup! Come on, show us the invoice!!!
I know this won't happen...
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cintune
climber
Midvale School for the Gifted
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It was not brought, and should not have been employed, for the purpose for which it was used. It was old rope, and, compared with the others, was feeble. It was intended as a reserve, in case we had to leave much rope behind, attached to rocks.
But then pecuniary interest asserted itself, and I beckoned to old Peter: "Come, let us take this remnant and see if we can sell it, as a piquant wall ornament!"
He turned with an ashy face and faltering limbs, and said, with terrible emphasis, "I cannot!"
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Again, the quesion revolves around provenance. If these ropes were truely and uniquely manufactured for climbing, $250.00 is a screaming deal, IMHO. I've spent way more on that for specific books I wanted and works of art I coveted. (I paid $3500 for a painting that a very minor artist created. I just wanted that painting, and was willing to pay for it.)
However, if they are merely old strands of period manila cord that were mass-manufactured merely to be strong, were commenly available at the time of manufacture, and were intended for applications in, say, industry, construction, sailing, pulling stumps, or hoisting stuff around in warehouses, well they would be of little interest to me.
Were specialized, application-specific "Cllimbing Ropes" being manufactured in the 40's?
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jogill
climber
Colorado
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Careful, don't denigrate my first climbing rope, 1953! Still have tiny scars where the fibers got under the skin while rappeling.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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How much do you want to sell it for, Jogill????
hee hee hee. . .
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