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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TWG, post: 9964474, member: 88674&quot;]Many thanks [USER=360]@Shangas[/USER] for your thoughtful reply. &quot;What the market will bear&quot; certainly seems applicable. I too was thinking of the slopes as the Victorian version of today&#039;s laptops, which is perhaps why I am drawn to them (I&#039;m a career IT consultant). </p><p><br /></p><p>Their position in today&#039;s world seems not unlike that of parlor organs (something else I&#039;m drawn to) - the complete rage here in the US at the latter half of the 19th century, now you literally cannot give them away, no matter the condition. Some were and still are gorgeous ornate carved beasts. I had a heart-breaking dialog just last week with someone who gave up trying to sell a stunning fully restored beauty, that ultimately met its end under a sledgehammer at the local rage room.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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