One of a kind photo of Abe and Mary Lincoln on Ebay (Deluded seller alert)

Ebay ^ | 2-2-04 | na

[flying Elvis]

If that is the Lincolns I have a Van Gogh I'll sell you.

[martin_fierro]

That's Dennis Kucinich and a date at one of those carnival "Civil War" photo booths.

[Consort]

It doesn't look like Abe, honest.

[squarebarb]

No way. Ni modo.

[woofie]

How much for the Van Gogh?

[mabelkitty]

We need somebody to email him, "I have the exact same picture! In fact, it fell out of a cookbook I bought from a garage sale."

[freedom4ever]

The man in the photo really kind of looks like Kirk Douglas?

[woofie]

It was done on Halloween 1893 at the "Lets Look like Lincoln Ball"

[clintonh8r]

Damn! I spent my last $50MM on that damn Beanie Baby collection! Double-damn!

[the invisib1e hand]

what's that they're holding?

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

Not even close.

[Semi Civil Servant]

A TOTAL OF TWO INDIVIDUALS HAVE EXAMINED THE ORIGINAL DAGUERREOTYPE SINCE IT’S DISCOVERY IN 1996. One was a representative of the National Portrait Gallery, and her literal two minute examination without the benefit of magnification at the Smithsonian in July 1998 resulted in the following statement;......” We all know what our family members, relatives, friends, and famous people look like, and this does not look like Abraham and Mary Lincoln.” And that was that.

The other individual who examined the original daguerreotype was Lloyd Ostendorf, who was generally recognized as the leading authority in the world on Lincoln photographs. At a meeting at his home in Dec. 1996, he spent all of ten seconds looking at a three inch by four inch mirrored image held at arms length without the benefit of magnification, before uttering his trademark reply.... “close, but no cigar.”

Denial from two Lincoln experts is definitive proof that the seller is the victim of a conspiracy.

Other than the fact that the faces are wrong and Mary seems to have dropped about 70 pounds from every other picture ever taken of her, IT JUST COULD BE THEM!

Caling Mulder and Scully. Someone has replaced the faces of Abe and Mary in this genuine photograph with these imposters.

[NautiNurse]

LOL--no bids to date on the $50,000,000.00 asking price.

[ABG(anybody but Gore)]

Weren't those two in "Blazing Saddles"?

[flying Elvis]

Yeah, it looks like the most self-deluded person in America is seeking someone even more gullible.

[woofie]

The conspiracy continues ...this was sent to "Chat"

[Godebert]

$50,000,000.00....no problemo. I've already been pre-approved to bid. I told the seller I'm a rich Nigerian diplomat/banker.

[xp38]

The date given would have been Lincoln's first inaugural. Anyone know if any photos were taken of the Abe and Mary that day? That would be the obvious thing to compare this to.

[South40]

The real Abe Lincoln.

[beckysueb]

The scam here operates like this. When you email the seller to get approved, the seller will email you and offer to sell item straight to you without going through ebay. Of course much cheaper. Then they will ask for a western union money transfer. Then you will get an email claiming to be from Ebay supposedly vouching for the seller and assuring you that everything is on the up and up and you can trust the seller. They tell you your money is 100% gaurunteed by ebay. So when you wire the money, they pick it up and disappear and your money is untraceable.