Bought: $1.12 Sold: $120 Fees: $9.34 Profit: $109.54
This is a Japanese-made bamboo and metal "Sun Hemmi Slide Rule No 255D." Chris saw this at VV for a dollar, and when I looked up the company - Sun Hemmi - I saw that they sold for $20-30 and told him to get it. When I went to list it, I looked up the part number, and realized the company made a whole selection of slide rules, each with different calculations on them. This one was one of the more complex ones, used for electrical engineering and fetches over $100. I listed it for $150, but when I got an offer of $120 I had to accept considering how little I paid. I have no idea who uses slide rules anymore, but I am not complaining at all. I have another slide rule, but it is plastic and more basic and will maybe fetch $20 if I am lucky. This was just one of those finds that make this so worth doing. Paid $1 for a random thing, and make over $100. Chris gets all the credit for this one.
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