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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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Maybe if they could track down Anton Salathe, they could just get him to say he made the pin. (yeah, sarcasm, but the bungling of the name is clear evidence to me that the seller doesn't have a clue)
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Healy, no kidding they will find better uses for their cash. No one is going to buy this item as it is presently offered.
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Owning a piece of Marstri's compressor is like owning Oswald's 6.5mm Carcano.
Curiously, a guy paid six figures for the .38 Ruby used to kill Oswald and then got it confiscated for carrying concealed in Washington D.C.
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k-man
Gym climber
SCruz
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My buddy Toby was visiting from the UK not too long ago. He apparently got off route on the East Butt of Middle. Guess Salathe also got off route in about the same area.
100 bucks for the shipping? I think GDavis is right on the money.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 5, 2011 - 03:37pm PT
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Ken could certainly ID this piton whenever he comes on. No JS ptions in my collection.
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JEleazarian
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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I think we will have to get either Tom Robbins or Royal Frost to verify the authenticity of this offering.
Guido, when I was in college, one of my non-climbing roommates invented Royal Chouinard, the Famous Carabiner, as an all-inclusive climbing personality. It looks like he was only a little over 40 years ahead of his time.
John
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MTucker
Ice climber
Arizona
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Fine, I took the auction down. Had a private buyer by email.
Live on Salathe'!!
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 5, 2011 - 07:08pm PT
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How did you come by this piton?
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Lambone
Ice climber
Ashland, Or
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MTucker may be the best taco troller ever...
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 5, 2011 - 07:52pm PT
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You mean he's not really in Arizona like he says...
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nutstory
climber
Ajaccio, Corsica, France
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Don't worry Joseph; very fortunately, I don't collect pitons...
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philo
Trad climber
Somewhere halfway over the rainbow
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Well, as I know who has Maestri's regulator and how they came by it I'd say it's provenance is well established. $800.00 seems reasonable for such a significant piece of climbing history, particularly since the proceeds benefited the AAC. But 10 grand for an unknown and unverified (Anton) Salathe piton seems absurd.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 6, 2011 - 03:56pm PT
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Seems like it works pretty well for the folks that walk away with $700...
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karabin museum
Trad climber
phoenix, az
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I believe that it is probably a real Salathe piton.
I also believe that somebody out there with cash would pay the price.
Didn't a cornflake in the shape of Texas sell for $75,000 years ago? Did Post products or Kellogs products write the buyer an authenticity paper for it? This absurd value if sold could ruin museums if people truly valued it at that price. Ken has many Salathe items and if he has them insured at that absurd value, he then is paying a big cost for his insurance plan every year. Stephane Pennequin once told me that his collection was worth $175.00. He stated that this is all you would received if you cashed it in as scrap aluminum. What a beautiful statement!
All of my Jim Bridwell items, Yosemite bolt hangers and many Dolt items I have have authentic authenticity papers for them. Of course this is because I created the paperwork myself and chased the heros down for the their signature.
If this piton sells for $10,000, then my one of a kind Dolt stamp is probably worth 10 times that! Salathe Piton depending who is looking on Ebay that week should fetch between $300-$500. If it was signed by Bridwell or had paperwork or something it may double that. Other than that I am hungry, I am going back to my cornflake box to look for a Half Dome shaped cornflake.
Rock on!
Marty
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couchmaster
climber
pdx
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Marty! You can buy Bill Gates house now! You're rich:-)
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philo
Trad climber
Somewhere halfway over the rainbow
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The guy should take it to Pawn Stars and ask $10,000.00 for it. That's an episode I would want to catch.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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^^^^^^ HaHaHaHa! I'd love to see Chumlee's (or all of theirs) look of bewilderment.
"10,000 dollars? Yeah, not gonna happen. Bye!"
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philo
Trad climber
Somewhere halfway over the rainbow
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Security!
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Studly
Trad climber
WA
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Dingus, you are way wrong dude. Paying $200- for a old gas station sign is cheap. and its fun. Don't knock it, just because you don't do it. Lots of old gas station signs sell in the thousands. and they are beautiful works of art, back when signs were made of porcelain enamel, and they were built to last. I love the old Mobil Winged pegasus signs, so cool.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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An old Mobil sign is arguably as valuable as a chunk of gold.
Now, rare earth metals or real estate is really where it is at.
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