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Fairy hoax photographs expected to fetch £2,000 at auction
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| 09/27/2018
| Rod Minchin
Posted on 09/27/2018 7:05:53 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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All I can say is....people must have really wanted to believe:
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posted on
09/27/2018 7:05:53 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
More than Dianne Feinstein’s fairy hoax will be worth on Monday.
To: BenLurkin
I’ve always wondered about that. Maybe it was a mix of the spirit of the times, when there was a great interest in the ‘supernatural’ and in alternative spiritual ideas, and the fact that photography was relatively new and many people didn’t know much about it (though the father should have been less credulous...)
It seems to me those photos would go for more than that...
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posted on
09/27/2018 7:11:16 PM PDT
by
Jamestown1630
("A Republic, if you can keep it")
To: BenLurkin
They did! Those are VERY famous photos!
Heck, they believed in the PILTDOWN MAN, around the same time, as well.
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posted on
09/27/2018 7:12:16 PM PDT
by
nopardons
To: BenLurkin
Photography was new in those days, and people didn’t have the concept of its being manipulated. Also, they did want to believe. “Real life” was World War I, and it was horrible. That’s why Arthur Conan Doyle wanted to believe.
I’m surprised the Doyle connection didn’t drive the price higher. Where were the Sherlock Holmes enthusiasts?
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posted on
09/27/2018 7:12:50 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("Kindness and truth shall meet." Ps. 85:10)
The existence of fairies in the mainstream media is no hoax.
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posted on
09/27/2018 7:13:33 PM PDT
by
Olog-hai
("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
09/27/2018 7:14:10 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
we have our own fairies in West Hollywood..
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posted on
09/27/2018 7:17:07 PM PDT
by
max americana
(Fired libtard employees 9 consecutive times at every election since 08'. I hope all liberals die.)
To: BenLurkin
They wear boots man, you gotta believe me...
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posted on
09/27/2018 7:26:14 PM PDT
by
Mathews
(Ecclesiastes 10:2 (NIV), Luke 22:36 (NIV))
To: BenLurkin
You can go to New Orleans or San Francisco and get lots of pictures of Fairies.
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posted on
09/27/2018 7:27:57 PM PDT
by
PAR35
To: BenLurkin
One of them appears daily at noon on Fox News.
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posted on
09/27/2018 7:34:36 PM PDT
by
beethovenfan
(I always try to maximize my carbon footprint.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
09/27/2018 7:45:36 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(The MSM is in the business of creating a fake version of reality for political reasons.)
To: Mathews; PAR35; ClearCase_guy; beethovenfan
This kind of fairy, gentlemen....
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posted on
09/27/2018 7:58:58 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
09/27/2018 8:03:59 PM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(Consensus isn't science.)
To: BenLurkin
She can tinker bell me anytime.
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posted on
09/27/2018 8:04:57 PM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(Consensus isn't science.)
To: BenLurkin
Dakwanda will sell you real pictures for a fraction of that.
To: BenLurkin
To: nopardons
You’re right, those photos were taken as authentic at the time. I often wonder if people then had a different sense of evidence than we do today. Perhaps we are more sceptical generally, but then I think about all of our modern conceits which require us to believe in things just as ridiculous as fairys.
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posted on
09/27/2018 8:45:13 PM PDT
by
PUGACHEV
To: Tax-chick
“I’m surprised the Doyle connection didn’t drive the price higher. Where were the Sherlock Holmes enthusiasts?”
Yes, “Sherlock Holmes and the Fairy Photographer” would be ripe for a reboot movie.
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posted on
09/27/2018 8:50:08 PM PDT
by
PLMerite
("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest)
To: BenLurkin
Just as long as she’s 5’8”, send her over to my house. I’m ronery. :-(
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posted on
09/27/2018 8:57:11 PM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
("It's Slappin' Time !")
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