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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;doug444, post: 2640276, member: 38849&quot;]Listed a collection of <i>almost&#039;s</i> on eBay, and it almost sold. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>By the way, Steve in Tampa, your note full of 8&#039;s would command a HUGE price in China.&nbsp; In Chinese culture, the number &quot;4&quot; is unlucky, and the number &quot;8&quot; is lucky, and the &quot;triple 8&quot; is unbelievably lucky.&nbsp; No, I&#039;m not making this up;</p><p>no telling what you &quot;might&quot; get for it, in the right auction.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you ever offer that note in China, be sure it&#039;s by auction, not fixed price.&nbsp; I&#039;ve seen 8888+ license plates sell for $2500.</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000">&quot;In <b>Chinese</b> numerology, <b>888</b> has a different meaning, triple fortune, a strengthening of the meaning of the digit 8. For this reason, addresses and phone <b>numbers</b> containing the digit sequence <b>888</b> are considered particularly <b>lucky</b>, and may command a premium because of it.&quot;&nbsp; [Wikipedia]</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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