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An eBay treasure…
Buying used books is one luxury that I choose to pursue in good times and bad. Used books can be obtained quite cheaply. I’m always seeking out little treasures, first editions, autographed books, out of print gems, and what have you.
I haunt garage sales, bookstores, auctions, and curbside trash piles to obtain these little treasures. Then there’s the on-line used book world. Millions of books are available on sites like eBay and Amazon.com.
Books are my main focus but on occasion I stray. Last week I was on eBay and I wandered into some bizarre on-line region where I spotted an item that I simply could not resist. The auction was ending and nobody was bidding on this item. So I bid. And I won.
It just arrived in the mail. I’m a huge Dick Nixon fan. Our disgraced president has always had a powerful appeal for me. His story of monumental success and immense failure has always struck me as a gigantic metaphor for life.
I could not pass up this board game. I’m so pleased to have this little treasure. It cost me six dollars.
Vick Mickunas
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By irishguy
March 24, 2010 10:31 AM | Link to this
Edo, love the Checkers reference. As a kid, my neighbors, whose mom was active in the county’s Repub party, had a little black dog named checkers. She also collected elephants, the little ceramic kind that is.
By Buckeye4Life
March 24, 2010 9:11 AM | Link to this
That is the beauty of eBay. Finding little treasures. I love finding little items from my childhood or things like this, that I’ve never seen before. Enjoy it!
By edo
March 23, 2010 10:44 AM | Link to this
Go directly to jail, do not pass GO, do not collect $200… I thought a Nixon game would be Checkers… or Chutes and Ladders… I guess I don’t have a Clue, I thought it was Colson in the Office with a plumber’s helper…
By Mark from St Paul
March 22, 2010 3:17 PM | Link to this
Bag it for 2013. I’m sure it will be worth more when the centennial of Tricky Dick’s birth is “celebrated.”
By vick
March 22, 2010 1:19 PM | Link to this
From a design standpoint I can see why they left his first name out-the layout looks better with just NIXON. I just got the game so I have not played it yet. It appears to be a bit like Monopoly? It looks like 2 to 4 players can play.
By YankeeDoodle
March 22, 2010 12:39 PM | Link to this
Wonder why they didn’t put his first name on there. How many players does it take?