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He's got 2 of them!!

Started by HarrySmith, October 10, 2014, 08:57:44 PM

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HarrySmith

OMG, this guy has 2 lobster phones! They are both on sale!! 15% off and free shipping!! Get them now ;D

http://www.ebay.com/itm/111352208932

http://www.ebay.com/itm/111352147137
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Harry Smith
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there is only
do or do not"

Fabius

Do they come with cocktail sauce and drawn butter?
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Kenton K


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#3
Quote from: Kenton K on October 10, 2014, 10:36:41 PM
But wait, theres more!

Another Lobster Phone:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/121340339782

The seller in this listing claims the item is "LIMITED" which must mean more than rare but less than plentiful based on what we were in this topic.

Actually, I do believe these are knock offs. Dali did his work well before the 500 was released (1936).



The Dali lobster phone was the very first post of the forum's "hideous telephones" topic.

http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=1351.msg17210#msg17210

One of the 10 original Dali phones (that's all he created then) would still for ten times what these knock off's are listed at on eBay.


HarrySmith

#4
Quote from: Kenton K on October 10, 2014, 10:36:41 PM
But wait, theres more!

Another Lobster Phone:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/121340339782

Same guy. I thought that was the same one I posted, did not look careful enough I guess.

He states in the description "I created these as works of art". To each his own!
Harry Smith
ATCA 4434
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"There is no try,
there is only
do or do not"

twocvbloke

Quote from: HarrySmith on October 11, 2014, 02:12:38 AM"I created these as works of art"

No he didn't, he plagiarised someone else's work and claimed them as his own, but that said, a lobster glued to the phone is about as arty as David Milliband holding a banana... ???

Fabius

I had to Google "David Milliband" to find out who he is. A British politician it appears. I recognized the banana so I didn't have to Google it.

Does David Milliband  look somewhat like Mr. Bean?
Tom Vaughn
La Porte, Indiana
ATCA Past President
ATCA #765
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twocvbloke

I don't think Mr Bean's too sure about that one.... ;D