Way OT: E-Bay item of interest. *LINK*

I like that

Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA, the rain's here

>"beer memorabilia" indeed. That would be a challenge to fit in your den, next to the collector's-edition Bud cans.

You ruined it for me.

Jack Guzman from Maine

>I was going to bid on that and you posted it here. Now the bidding will go nuts.thanks:-} Jack

Re: I like that

Don Thompson - Cutler Ridge, Florida

>Just break it up, and sell each brick as a collectible.

Re: Way OT: E-Bay item of interest.

Gary Smyth

>I'm thinking it has to be a joke or scam of some sort. I wrote to them.

You asked:

"Seriously, I do not understand. This item will require teardown in a modern world. At $1.5 million why would you anticipate a buyer willing to pay more than it will cost to build a new chimney to code given the costs of the purchase, move, teardown, and rebuild. I understand that this is an antique item but also a reasonably useless item. How did you arrive at the price? Did you expect a city to buy it? Given the costs of exploding the thing and your costs for removal I would have thought that the cost of demolition and carting it away would have favored you pricing it at rubble cost to start. Your prospects for selling seem remote at the price, what happens afterwards if no bids?"

THEIR REPLY

Thanks for your interest but once again this auction is for serious bidders ONLY. Questions will only be answered that are pertinent to the sale of this item.

Re: Little Kings memorabilia

mike hamilton

>As a 35 year fan of Little Kings Cream Ale, I'd love to have a brick or two from that smoke stack. No way there are enough like me to warrant 'parting it out.'

Regards,

Mike Hamilton

Plainfield, IN

(where Little Kings is STILL the house brand)