There is a show on the History Channel called "Pawn Stars". People bring in things to pawn at this downtown Las Vegas pawn shop. They like unusual things with historic significance. Well, I got a call from the show's producer asking if I wanted to put the 5-0 Pantera on it. It seems that they look for things to "fill" the shows airtime. Obviously they weren't going to pay my asking price and after some questioning, I found out that a lot of the items that don't sell on the show are actually "staged" to make the show interesting. I thought it would be great free advertising but my wife didn't like the idea so we declined.
The recessive economy has made the auto market very interesting. I keep the 5-0 Pushbutton constantly advertised on Ebay and Craig's List basically to see what offers comes in. I have been offered trades for lake front land in Washington, various muscle cars, and even a Rolls Royce here in Vegas. A German concert pianist didn't have all the money and offered me cash and to dedicate an upcoming Buckingham Palace CD recording to me as trade!I am currently negotiating two possible sales, one in the UK and one in Mass., we'll see.
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