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Old School Duluth Pack - *really old school*
Nov 7th, 2010 at 3:54am
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Check out this ebay auction

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The seller claims this is a bag from 1882, within a month of the original patent being approved.  Asking price: $46,775.   He says it's in usable condition Smiley Worth a read if you're into this sort of thing...
  
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Reply #1 - Nov 7th, 2010 at 8:16pm
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That lunacy has been floating around for a few years now.

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Reply #2 - Nov 8th, 2010 at 4:40pm
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The real question is, would you drop a $50,000 pack on a site to "hold" it, while you scouted around for another one??  Grin
  
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Reply #3 - Nov 8th, 2010 at 5:35pm
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The real question is, would you drop a $50,000 pack on a site to "hold" it, while you scouted around for another one??  Grin

Awesome.   Cheesy

That looks like a museum purchase to me.  Heck, if I owned it I'd consider donating it for a $50k tax receipt.  Perhaps a deal that provides a $10k tax receipt every year for 5 years.
  
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Reply #4 - Nov 8th, 2010 at 11:47pm
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The real question is, would you drop a $50,000 pack on a site to "hold" it, while you scouted around for another one??  Grin


Yep, that's the first thing that came to my mind as well.
  
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Reply #5 - Nov 9th, 2010 at 6:03pm
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Seems like the age provenance on the piece is pretty weak - seems all based on the Nov 10 1882 stamp on the buckle.

Didn't know you could get a patent in 2 months back then (now its often years).  And he didn't invent the tumpline - that was used by everyone all over the world to carry heavy loads.

Even if there was a period of time that they put Nov on instead of Dec - seems pretty easy to fake. 

Lots of $$ for an old pack. Cool and all, but not $50K cool.
  
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Reply #6 - Nov 10th, 2010 at 6:26pm
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Someone thinks the tump was invented 100 years ago?  That's pretty gullible.  It's been around since pre-history.
  
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