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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Shangas, post: 30482, member: 360&quot;]I&#039;m familiar with abused words, I&#039;m just not sure about the bluntness of it all. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve been collecting and researching antiques ever since highschool, and &#039;rare&#039; is a frustrating term. Especially when it&#039;s used to describe items that clearly aren&#039;t rare. </p><p><br /></p><p>Would I call my campaign desk or writing slope rare? Yes I would. Why? Because in 20 years of searching, the only ones I&#039;ve seen which come CLOSE to looking like mine are all in Museums. </p><p><br /></p><p>Would I call my silver belts rare? yes I would. Because I know where they were manufactured, in what time-period and how many survive - which ain&#039;t many, given what usually happened to them upon the death of the owners.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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