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Send me your gold bars for my 'gold bar museum'

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  • 14-12-2010 6:58pm
    #1
    Morlar
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    I am wondering does anyone know which museum this advert is in relation to ?

    http://www.buyandsell.ie/search/for-sale/hobbies-and-collectables/dublin/-/urgently-required-irish-republican
    URGENTLY REQUIRED IRISH REPUBLICAN
    County : Dublin
    Contact : 087-0924116
    Description

    MEMORABILIA Required for Museum Display: Fenian, Rising, War of Independence, Long Kesh, Recent Troubles etc Letters, Newspapers, Posters, Photos, Prints, Medals etc Pay above market value for special items. Courier Collection. Ph 087 0924116

    I have heard of a scam in use in america where a collector advertises to ww2 widows about his private museum and then approaches them and says 'I would be honoured to show your dead husbands items in my museum' this person then gets the items and puts them on display in his basement/garage for a week or two before selling them.

    So as regards the above 'for my museum' does anyone know if this is a legitimate museum ? If so which one - if it is not a legitimate museum does anyone know the collector behind it ?


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    arnhem44
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    You would think if it is legitimate he would at least put the name of the museum in the advert,anyone know where this place is suppose to be?


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    Dr Strange
    Registered Users Posts: 3,427 ✭✭✭Dr Strange


    Ah finally.

    I've got loads of gold bars just never knew what to do with them. Where do I send them to? Thanks.

    :p


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    citizen_p
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    if the guy is a collector and intended to just gain stuff for his own collection and pay a fair price, his ad would get the same amount of views. if he is a collector scamming he is only doing so to buy things at much lower than market price, or asking the owner to "donate" the items to his museum.


    why not ring him up and inquire what museum he works for, then just ring the museum to cross check it.


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    Morlar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,273 ✭✭✭Morlar


    Mousey- wrote: »
    if the guy is a collector and intended to just gain stuff for his own collection and pay a fair price, his ad would get the same amount of views. if he is a collector scamming he is only doing so to buy things at much lower than market price, or asking the owner to "donate" the items to his museum.


    why not ring him up and inquire what museum he works for, then just ring the museum to cross check it.

    Yeah, where's the fun in that though ?

    I had already sent an email specifically asking which museum and that got no reply, also at the time I started the thread I didn't feel like giving this person a call. It was more to warn others of what was going on & find out if anyone would know who is behind this. Plus it's not like the militaria forum was running out of space for new threads at the time.


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