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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Juan Blanco, post: 1585095, member: 41665&quot;]No, nothing you can afford LOL It&#039;s currently &#039;property of Old South Church&#039; held at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston and now to be auctioned by Sotheby&#039;s or Christie&#039;s in all likelihood (not HA or another premier coin brokers.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s yesterday&#039;s news item... and &#039;selling the Silver&#039; isn&#039;t even worth a single comment by Haaahrald readers (FauxNews dittoheads).</p><p><a href="http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1061178913&amp;srvc=rss" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1061178913&amp;srvc=rss" rel="nofollow">http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1061178913&amp;srvc=rss</a></p><p><br /></p><p>There were two votes. One, about selling ONE of the Church&#039;s <i>two copies </i>of an ultra-rare Colonial era book. The second vote was on the Church Silver. The possible sale was been described as a contentious debate because the Church already has a &#039;secure&#039; $18 million endowment.... in Paper investments. </p><p><br /></p><p>In 1911, there were 29 pieces (described &amp; photographed here); recent news items say 19 pieces will be sold. Not sure IF they&#039;re selling the Paul Revere Chalice. </p><p><a href="http://oldsouth.org/sites/default/files/OSC_MFA_Silver.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://oldsouth.org/sites/default/files/OSC_MFA_Silver.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://oldsouth.org/sites/default/files/OSC_MFA_Silver.pdf</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I was not in attendance for the discussion/debate (about the portfolio allocation) and do wonder how the debate was framed, but it&#039;s pretty clear: </p><p><br /></p><p>Among a sample of affluent well-educated Bostonians, 79% favor liquidating the heirloom Silver <i>instead of selling any stocks or bonds or other non-material assets</i>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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