[SEL] RARE BESSEMER GAS ENGINE CATALOG - Deja Vu All Over Again

[fero_ah at city-net.com]

OK Brother OFES,

Maybe I'm just getting suspicious in my old age.

I was stunned a couple of weeks ago when this MINT CONDITION 86 page 1915
Bessemer catalog appeared on eBay from a seller in California.  Brings a nice
price too, $495!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6946850489

Now what is that old wheeze about lightning not striking twice in the same
place?  Shazam!!

Here's ANOTHER mint condition 86 page 1915 Bessemer catalog, just exactly like
the last one.  Only the seller is in Kansas this time.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3879876902

The seller sez that he's had it for 30 years and as far as he knows it's an
original.

So Brother OFES, you've studied oil field engines for ages and like me you've
probably hunted for the paper as well.  What do you reckon the odds are that
two rare mint condition catalogs turn up on eBay just weeks apart?  Am I just
way too suspicious?

See ya,  Arnie

Arnie Fero
Pittsburgh, PA
fero_ah at city-net.com