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KenC Admin 
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http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/offbeat/ariz-man-buys-watch-for-dollar6-sells-it-for-dollar35000/ar-BBhHiKP?ocid=U305DHP It had taken a licking and was ripe for the picking. But only if you knew the real value of a 1959 Jaeger-LeCoultre diving watch. And Zach Norris of Phoenix knows his watches. He saw the rare timepiece, sans wrist band, at his local Goodwill store. The price tag said $5.99. "I didn't even want to give it to her scan," he says of his rock bottom-priced purchase. "I was like, 'You can scan it in my hand if your want to.' I just didn't want to let it go," he told KTVK-TV. When he did let it go, it was for $35,000. Less than 1,000 of the diving watches were ever made. "I knew I didn't want to keep it because it's kind of above my means to have a piece like that," he said. "I had a couple of good offers." After seeing the Jaeger-LeCoultre on Hodinkee.com, a collectors' website, an aficionado in San Francisco offered $35,000 and a $4,000 Mega Speed Master watch. Norris was only too happy to take the offer. "We're planning a wedding," he said. "We've been a planning a wedding for a while, but now that we have the extra funds, we're going to go ahead and start taking care of everything. "We're excited," he said.  |
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Gregger 3T WIS 
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WOW.....what a find....Wonder if any of my old invictas will have a resale like that? |
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stew77 Admin 
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Great to see you posting Ken! Wow, it's been a while! Awesome link...  ...I've dreamed of stumbling across a find like that. |
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watchdaddy1 3T WIS 
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& in my town no less & a place I frequent quite often |
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