Comments on: Daguerreotype of Joseph Smith Wearing The Urim and Thummim: Caution, This Will Disturb You

By: Jared T

Jared T — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:37:01 +0000

All right, I think this has played out well enough.

The moral of the story is, you can’t always help what someone puts up on ebay, but you sure as hell can consider the logic of what is being claimed and avoid draining money into sketchy items.

Comments, closed.

By: Ardis Parshall

Ardis Parshall — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:13:34 +0000

That’s too bad. I’m the one who had a bid in for $9.32 — I wanted to present the CDV to Jared as a souvenir of good times.

By: David G.

David G. — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:00:04 +0000

I have asked you church to attend to the matter

Maybe there are Danites still today? Watch out, Jared (and J, the owner of the server).

By: Overtherainbow

Overtherainbow — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 06:15:31 +0000

Well, Mr. So and So just took the listing down, so I hope you got to save a copy of the page while you could.

That was quite an adventure, thanks JI.

By: Rick Grunder

Rick Grunder — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 04:19:27 +0000

Indeed, Jared (#34), moderation is advised while the Daguelillies are in bloom. It’s like rich food. I suggest only one dag before breakfast for the first two weeks, perhaps another just before dinner; but no more until your system becomes fortified against the excitement.

When I was a kid (on the dairy farm in Boise, Idaho), it occurred to me suddenly one day that maybe there were old books which a person could have. So I went to the Boise Book Shop on Main St., and came home with an acidic-page, yellowing novel from the mid-second half of the nineteenth century called The Frozen Pirate. It has to start somewhere, eh?

Does anyone out there in Mormonland have a *real* daguerreotype of the Nauvoo Temple kicking around in the bureau drawer? I think it would pay for a top-notch college education or two, at least.

By: Jared T

Jared T — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 02:14:07 +0000

But Rick, are you sure us Westerners could handle seeing all those old daguerreotypes growing on trees over there as they do?

By: Rick Grunder

Rick Grunder — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 02:09:13 +0000

Come out anytime, Ardis, and we’ll do the historical sites and look at old pictures together. The guest room is still here – if you don’t mind a hide-a-bed surrounded by tons of old Mormon reference books . . .

By: Ardis Parshall

Ardis Parshall — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 02:01:17 +0000

Outstanding picture and description, Rick. I’ve always loved your catalog entries and your generous sharing of images that most of us will never see as originals.

By: Rick Grunder

Rick Grunder — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 01:41:05 +0000

I stand (er, sit) appropriately chastised, o Prophetess P. You said this would happen, and you were so right. Since I take it for granted that grad students don't have thousands of $$$ to fling to the Eastern winds, I don't expect that anyone will think me self-serving or trying to promote any sale - if I share, for the sheer joy of it, an actual legitimate Smith family photo which I did buy on eBay a few years ago . . . David Hyrum Smith photograph

By: Christopher

Christopher — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 01:37:53 +0000

Oh yeah, and I’m not a woman. Of course, you’re not a “sir,” either.