re: Tigerdroppings Antique Roadshow - show us what you got, we'll give you an appraisal.

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Other than it’s a telescope, I’m guessing it’s one of the first home version of a computer driven telescope.

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You're not even close.

Edit: This one is a bit of a needle in a haystack, so I'll just tell you. It's an OTI Quantum 6. Less than 300 ever made and HIGHLY collectable. It's piece of astronomical history, which is why it's so collectable.

I found in the shop of the widow's deceased husband. She was selling their old cabin, which is/was a total gut job. I don't know who built the property, but 99.999% of the people would have trashed the scope. I made here what we both thought was a fair offer. I had no idea what I had bought until much later. I just knew it was a quality item. Some experts in the field help me ID it. Honestly regardless of price, give the rarity of the item, I'm just glad I saved if from the junkyard.

FWIW, the base alone weighs about 25-30lbs.

Dennis Clark 30” x 40”, “Self Side Pose Portrait”. We contacted him years ago and he verified that it was an only original from 1977. Bed Midler and Reggie Jackson collected his art work. It needs some restoring. An art restoration place in NOLA said to insure it for $50k….. so what you got?

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I beg to differ: Chinese Bandit Tommy Lott, a 5’9” 188 lbs. DT from Texarkana, AR was Mangham’s LSU roommate.

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Cool. I figured that was Tommy Lott but didn’t know for sure they were roommates.

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Dennis Clark 30” x 40”, “Self Side Pose Portrait”. We contacted him years ago and he verified that it was an only original from 1977. Bed Midler and Reggie Jackson collected his art work. It needs some restoring. An art restoration place in NOLA said to insure it for $50k….. so what you got?

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Art is what you can get for it. I own an original Aldo Luongo. The gallery valued it at $10,000, I got two offers of $1000 on it. Now value for insurance reasons, you gotta show where it will take $50,000 to replace it.

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I don't have pics because it is being preserved (not cleaned or rebuilt), but:

What would a m1911 A1, all original parts, Ithica Arms serial # clearly visible, never rebuilt by the army rebuild centers, never cleaned for at least 35 years that we know of, used in deployment in the Pacific theater of WW2?

Any idea what that could be worth? The internet has wild valuation ranges.

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You probably have the one I carried in the national guard in the 80’s. It was old and a POS, but easy to break down.
I would think it’s not too valuable because they were mass produced. They made a ton of them. I’m guessing what ever the mean value is for a military 1911, not associated with a Colonel or General, is the value ($300-$400, just a guess)

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the value ($300-$400, just a guess)


Makes my decision to preserve it the right one if this holds. The gunsmith I sent it to really seemed to like it though.

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. Without doing any research I would add a zero to ‘antiques’ estimate. CMP is selling old 1911’s now, highest value i see is “Service Grade.” Check Gunbroker for the retail markup on the CMP guns.

Yours, complete, with known history would be worth much more than an average CMP gun imo.

“Service Grade $1050. Pistol may exhibit minor pitting and wear on exterior surfaces and friction surfaces. Grips are complete with no cracks. Pistol is in issuable condition. Pistols may contain commercial parts.”

CMP 1911A1Info

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“Service Grade $1050. Pistol may exhibit minor pitting and wear on exterior surfaces and friction surfaces. Grips are complete with no cracks. Pistol is in issuable condition. Pistols may contain commercial parts.”

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Mine has all original parts and known history (one owner ever), full patina but still in great condition and I was told it looks to be ready to fire if I wanted to do so.

Appreciate your additional info. Close to zero chance I sell it, but if I was sitting on $10k+ or something I'd like to know about it lol.

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US Government 1911 A1's start at $1,500 and go up to about $2,500. That is your usual gunshow/militaria show prices.

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Wow, wouldn’t have believed this. I just remember the one I carried, probably Vietnam era (if not older). It was a POS.
Guns are one area I don’t know.
I kick myself every time I think about it, but I once saw an over/under 12 gauge, super ornate, nickel plated. They wanted $300 for it.
I find out later it was a $2500 shotgun.

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An 1866 English Version Polyglott Bible.

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I don’t know. As you already know, that’s not very old for a book. The Bible has been printed more than any other book. Unless there is some special thing with that Polyglott, I do see it too valuable, $100-$200 (just guessing)