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Post by Bryan on Nov 15, 2004 18:42:46 GMT -8
I hate to post E-bay stuff but I was wondering if anyone had any more details or information other than what the seller has posted about the mask that is up for auction ?
Item number: 2284652598
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Post by Linda on Nov 15, 2004 19:14:05 GMT -8
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Post by mike gray on Nov 17, 2004 13:08:37 GMT -8
Blow up the foto. There's a picture on the box. The current bid looks pretty unrealistic to me.
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Post by seakrakken on Nov 17, 2004 19:32:05 GMT -8
We've all seen stranger things peg the meter on Ebay. I recall another mask on ebay that went for hundreds of dollars not long ago. I guess the thing here is the WWII Frogman tag.
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Post by TENNESSEE DIVER on Nov 20, 2004 12:02:36 GMT -8
THIS IS AN ORGINAL, MILTARY ISSUE, WWII EARLY UDT,(BEFORE SCUBA) MASK. NATURALLY THEY ARE EXTREMELY HARD TO FIND IN ANY CONDITION, AND THIS IS THE FIRST I HAVE EVER SEEN IN THE WARP. THE RUBBER IS HARD ON THE EDGES. THE UDT MEN TRIMED OR SANDED THE EDGES TO FLARE FIT THEIR FACES. THESE WERE USUALLY BOUGHT FROM SPORTING GOODS STORES BY THE MILTARY AND ISSUED ALONG WITH THE BLACK CHURCHILL FINS, AND A MARK II OR MARK IV KNIFE. MY DIVING PARTNER, NEWMAN SMITH USED THESE IN UDT, IN THE 1940'S. I HAVE ONE STILL IN THE BOX WITH THE WHITE PRESERVITIVE ON IT, ALONG WITH THE TISSUE PAPER AND THE INSTRUCTIONS TO HOW TO FLARE OR FEATHER THE EDGES. THE COST IS A LITTLE ABOVE AVERAGE AT THE $405 POINT, BUT THERE AGAIN I HAVE NEVER SEEN ONE IN THE MILTARY ISSUE WRAP. THE LAST TIME WE WERE AT THE UDT/SEAL MUSEUM, THEY DID NOT HAVE ONE FOR DISPLAY.-- I WAS TOLD A FEW YEARS A GO BY THE MAN I GOT MINE FROM, THAT THEY WERE VERY HARD TO FIND AND COULD ONLY GO UP IN PRICE TO MILTARY COLLECTORS. I THOUGHT I HAD PAID A HIGH PRICE THEN, BUT HE WAS CORRECT. THAT IS WHAT I KNOW AND I AM SURE DOC CAN GIVE YOU MORE INFO ON THESE WHEN HE GETS BACK HOME IN DEC. I THINK, I REMEMBER HIM TELLING ME THERE WERE TWO TYPES, THIS TYPE, AND ONE WITH A FLARED EDGE THAT WAS A MUCH BETTER MASK AND FIT MORE PEOPLE, BUT I COULD BE WRONG.---RON MILLER
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Post by T on Nov 21, 2004 14:34:06 GMT -8
MAN O' MAN---CAN YOU BELIEVE $560.00---THAT OUGHT TO BE A RECORD OF SOME KIND...RON
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