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Offline skylab

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Very large shipwreck wrench
« on: March 09, 2015, 04:19:35 PM »
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Re: Very large shipwreck wrench
« Reply #1 on: March 09, 2015, 04:48:52 PM »
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Remembering the war in Cuba and who gave me this as a relic in the port of Kingston Jamaica the day July 20, 1898 vowing to be the Viscaya after going under in Santiago Cuba ".

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"This wrench was picked up the next day the bombing expressed Cruise ship Viscaya July 3, 1898.
The Vapor Wanda correspondents. who witnessed the destruction of the fleet of Admiral Cervera "

Wonder if this is real. A good story, anyway.



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Re: Very large shipwreck wrench
« Reply #2 on: March 09, 2015, 07:35:46 PM »
In Portland Oregon  The Museum Of Science and Industry OMSI has a large blacksmith wrench made from a meteorite. i would love to have that.

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Re: Very large shipwreck wrench
« Reply #3 on: March 09, 2015, 09:27:21 PM »
Papaw,  I also have thoughts on story.  why ?

(1) he offered no paper work for provenance. I think that is the word I want to use.

(2) I went to his listings, he has two of them listed, they look the same and the price is the same.
      ebay item # 171713495724
         "      "    # 171713426533

and the seller is not in the U.S.A.
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Offline Bill Houghton

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Re: Very large shipwreck wrench
« Reply #4 on: March 10, 2015, 10:25:48 AM »
I like the case.
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Offline Plyerman

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Re: Very large shipwreck wrench
« Reply #5 on: March 10, 2015, 05:15:44 PM »
As an aside, I googled Cruiser Viscaya (also spelled Vizcaya) and read up on it a little. Very interesting history, back in the Spanish-American War days. Back when this country didn't take no crap from nobody.
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Re: Very large shipwreck wrench
« Reply #6 on: March 13, 2015, 01:35:06 PM »
Price reduced to $1499!
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