Up for sale is my mint condition 24" x 36" Think Different poster set, the most prized possession of my entire collection! As a seasoned collector, I'm very well aware of all the fake reproductions floating around the Internet, particularly eBay. May I offer you a little background on how I acquired my set.
Back in 1998 an Apple employee from Cupertino, CA by the name of Michael Garrison posted all 14 posters listed below for auction on eBay, which I won. The address below contains a picture of the original mailing tubes as they were sent to me, with his return address written on both. The postage stamp (not shown) reads 1998 as well. All 14 posters remained in these tubes over the past 12 years and were never hung on a wall or exposed to sunlight. They are in mint condition as evidenced by the individual photos of each poster. These larger size posters, as opposed to the smaller educator set, were sold from the Apple store in Cupertino in a rolled up fashion. They were only sold from this single store on the Apple campus and I recall doing a background check on Michael Garrison to verify he truly was an Apple employee at the time, which he was. I am absolutely confident these are authentic, original posters directly from Apple. The following address will take you to the Public folder of my iDisk. Click on the Think Different Posters folder to download pictures of all 14 posters and the mailing tubes. http://public.me.com/mjaneczek In order to offer a fair and reasonable price, I didn't turn to eBay since even today there are still a multitude of fake posters that skew the prices of the authentic ones. The Missing Bite is an online store that sells all types of Apple memorabilia, including most of the Think Different posters. The list below gives the retail price of each poster from their website (first price) along with my asking price for each poster (second price). I feel this is a fair valuation and offers a competitive edge over the prices from The Missing Bite. As you can see in the grand total row, there is a difference of $1350 between the two for all 14 posters. Bob Dylan, $700, $600 Jim Henson, $500, $400 Maria Callas, $300, $200 Pablo Picasso, $400, $300 Martha Graham, $300, $200 Thomas Edison, $300, $200 Miles Davis, $500, $400 Ted Turner, $150, $100 Alfred Hitchcock, $400, $300 Albert Einstein, $700, $600 Gandhi, $400, $300 Ansel Adams, $400, $300 Lucy and Desi, $400, $300 Joan Baez, $400, $300 Grand Total, $5850, $4500 As every good collector feels deep down inside, I really would hate to break up this complete set. So as an added incentive to keep the set intact, I am willing to sell all 14 posters for $4000 to a single buyer. If, over time, I can not find a single buyer, I will consider the option of selling individually. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks for looking! Matthew Janeczek Indianapolis, IN 46204 -- You received this message because you are a member of the LEM Swap group. To post to this group, send email to lemswap@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe, send an email *from your subscribed address* to lemswap+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com LEM-Swap is not a discussion list; it is for buying & selling Mac stuff. Reply directly to the person who posted, never to the list. Software piracy is illegal and not allowed on LEM Swap. Except for freeware and software originally provided with computers, no software is to be left on hard drives unless the original installer (not a burned copy) is included, along with any required registration number, password, etc. Shipments valued at US$100 or more should be insured, and shipments valued at US$25 or more should be shipped so they can be tracked. See the list FAQ http://lowendmac.com/lists/swap.html for guidelines on postings, feedback, and dispute resolution. Seller feedback at http://groups.google.com/group/swap-feedback
