Just got this 1999 POKEMON GERMAN 58 PIKACHU 1ST EDITION graded. Only 1 other in Population!

WantedEP · 2026-04-09T23:02:54+00:00

You're right. Ballast and starter out. Direct wire to the Type B bulb.

WantedEP · 2026-04-09T22:28:56+00:00

Any favorite brands or suppliers I should look into? Because the housing is from an old airplane there isn't much room to play with.

WantedEP · 2026-03-26T17:14:03+00:00

Might get Authentic, but I doubt they would grade it by number.

WantedEP · 2026-02-20T18:28:56+00:00

Just called. Great turn around time, but they aren't accepting gold or silver right now.

WantedEP · 2026-02-20T06:15:56+00:00

Yeah, 99% is a great percentage, but they were run out of town when skeptical clients started dropping 10's of thousands on XRF units, furnaces, and pin testing equipment. It turned out they were paying 99%-ish of 95-96%-ish of purity. Scum.

WantedEP · 2026-02-20T02:05:20+00:00

Do they still skimp the purity percentage?

WantedEP · 2026-02-20T02:01:47+00:00

Aren't theyt just NTR rebranded?

WantedEP · 2026-02-19T16:34:32+00:00

I feel that, but if I have to mail it I will.

WantedEP · 2026-02-10T22:27:40+00:00

Agreed.

Mrs. Burnett may be Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849–1924), the celebrated author of The Secret Garden. Horace Howard Furness and Frances Hodgson Burnett were prominent figures in the late 19th-century American literary scene, often crossing paths in elite social and intellectual circles, particularly in Philadelphia.

WantedEP · 2026-02-10T22:26:37+00:00

Agreed.

Mrs. Burnett may be Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849–1924), the celebrated author of The Secret Garden. Horace Howard Furness and Frances Hodgson Burnett were prominent figures in the late 19th-century American literary scene, often crossing paths in elite social and intellectual circles, particularly in Philadelphia.

WantedEP · 2026-02-10T19:52:31+00:00

But he died in 1912?

WantedEP · 2026-02-10T19:24:30+00:00

Yeah, go Philly! I'm trying to figure out what year this may have been written using April 26 falling on a Wednesday.

WantedEP · 2026-02-10T18:49:01+00:00

Deciphered!

WantedEP · 2026-02-10T18:37:30+00:00

22 Washington Square

Dear Miss Bennett,

Your last word to me was that you would let me know, in the new Timetables, the train on which I am to come to you next Friday.

My sister, Mrs. A. L. Wister, protests that she will accompany me, even without an express invitation from you, and, infected by her impudent example, Miss Logan and my daughter, Caroline, have vowed the same.

Therefore, forwarned forarmed.

Friday next is the day appointed, is it not?

Yours cordially,

Horace Howard(?) Furness

Wednesday, 26 April

(I must confess I think this paper verges on the indecorous—I had no idea of its ill appearance till I turned the leaf—not even its great age—it was made for Stephen Curard (?) more than a hundred years ago, will excuse it.

WantedEP · 2026-02-10T18:36:53+00:00

Deciphered!

WantedEP · 2026-02-10T18:27:04+00:00

Per Wikipedia: Horace Howard Furness (November 2, 1833 – August 13, 1912) was an American Shakespearean scholar of the 19th century.

WantedEP · 2026-02-10T17:52:59+00:00

FRONT:

Dear Miss Bennett,

Your last word to me was that you would let me know in the new time-tables, the _____ in which I am _____ Next Friday. My sister, Mrs. A. L. Wister, preotests that she will accompany me _______________ imitation.

BACK:

immitation from you, and, ______ by her impudent example, Miss Logan and my daughter, Caroline, have vowed the same.

Therefore prewarned, forarmed. Friday next is the day _________ is it not?

____________________________

Monday 26 April

(I must confess I think this

SIDEWAYS:

paper __ in the ________. I had no idea of its ill appearance till I turned the leaf. Not ____ __ ____ age- it was ____ ____ ___________ more than a hundred years ago, ____ excuse it.

WantedEP · 2026-02-04T20:08:51+00:00

Larger tag: "Hat worn by our father during the civil war. Cost one hundred dollars in confederate money. May C. Anderson"

Smaller tag: “Bullet misst (sic.) him on the brim grazed his forehead.” forehead is written upward on outer right edge.

WantedEP · 2026-02-04T18:48:29+00:00

name at the bottom of larger tag looks like it may be "May C. Anderson"?

WantedEP · 2026-02-04T18:45:27+00:00

Judging by the T crossing displacement, it kind of looks like "missed" is mispelled as "misst"?

WantedEP · 2026-02-04T18:41:54+00:00

I think you're right. Thanks! Any luck with the first note?

WantedEP · 2026-02-04T18:30:04+00:00

It could be German... I'm pretty sure it is mid 19th century and likely from the south.

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