Big Mon Relic

[mandophil(e)]

Came across this and thought I'd pass it along. Very cool historical piece, and I'm guessing it isn't the kind of thing that comes along too often.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws....14&rd=1 (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=52472&item=3880350914&rd=1)

[bjc]

That'd be great for a museum, but I'm not sure that I'd want to OWN it...

[futrconslr]

not for 1200.00 bucks....besides...and I may need correction but it wasnt that hard to get Monroe's autograph was it?

[bluegrasssboy]

I got a Monroe written and signed check a couple of years ago off Ebay.

Has BILL MONROE PO BOX 132 Grand Ole Opry House, Nashville TN. in the upper left. Written for $460 in Dec. of 1980. I think I paid close to $30 for it. Which isn't exactly cheap, but now it's mine and I can go look at it whenever I want! I can visualize Bill sitting at the kitchen table with his glasses on writing out bills etc.. and writing out this check. That's the thing I like about celebrity checks compared to an autographed picture or program etc... A check is something that hung out with them in their check book for perhaps weeks until it got used.

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[garyblanchard]

What I find interesting is the $25.00 shipping charge. After sinking $1000.00, that seems like a lot to ship pieces of paper. It isn't like shipping a heavy instrument, after all. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

I would love to own it being a big Monroe fan. But that price is kind of crazy. That extra shipping that high is also not neccesary. It kind of sounds a little like a rip off. A museum could afford it, not me.

[krishna]

I'd give the guy five bucks for it. People are sooooo goofy and money hungry...Kerry

[TommyK]

What I find interesting is the $25.00 shipping charge. After sinking $1000.00, that seems like a lot to ship pieces of paper. It isn't like shipping a heavy instrument, after all. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif
How does one ship a document of that historic value? I don't suppose they fold it in thirds and stuff it in a #10 envelope with 37¢ stamp. However it's packaged, it should be able to prevent folding, spindling, mutilation and wetting. Not to mention insurance.
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[mrbook]

I ship similar items all the time in my business, and insurance is the biggest expense. Once at the post office, I was asked the contents of an envelope I was insuring for $300. "A letter," I said, and was told, "You can't insure a letter." "My mistake - I meant to say 'historical document.'"

Such items are worth what someone is willing to pay. If all those things were really worth that much, I would have many more mandolins and fewer other worries.

[f5loar]

Your $30 Monroe cancelled check has already doubled in value. That's a pretty good way to get it. This thing has run on ebay several times before at this price and still no takers. These are one of kind signed receipts. I can see the rarity in it but asking 10 times the signture price is a bit much. Earl Scruggs signed one too in the early 60's and I got his for $40 but then he is still signing but not those things. At $1000 you would be hard pressed to find a museum to take it. There are only 5 museums open with Monroe stuff that I know of.