Item 01: Oliver Hogue letters, November 1914-29 December 1915 - Page 97
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U.A. "Yes, too old. Show me a new one"
D. "You no understand. Very old very valuable"
U.A. ""Looks a bit motheaten don't it"
D. "Not so. Very very old. Out of tombs in pyramid"
U.A. "Any more there?"
D. "No more. All gone"
U.A. "Oh well I ought'nt to take them from you"
D. "Yes I sell you for 5 pounds"
U.A. "I'll bet you dont"
D. "Well this one 4 pounds"
U.A. "Try Try Try again"
D. Well I sell you 3 pound ten"
U.A. "You might but I dont think so"
D. What you say"
U.A. "Im trying to say no"
D. "Well, 3 pound. Cheap"
U.A. Say you're great at reductions, aint you"
D. Three pound . Finish"
U.A. Finish, my bonnie brown eyed liar, but no business this time"
Would you believe it the old fool went away muttering angrily in his beard. He wanted me to give him 3 good golden quid for a little stone like a petrified beetle. Perhaps it was genuine perhaps not. If genuine it was