Any offers?

[Richard Offen]

--- In bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com, "Bill Hibbert" <bill at h...> 
wrote:
> I have just received the following email. How do you think I should 
> reply?
> 
> > I have this bell Naylor-Vickers bell in my backyard. It
> > is large, maybe 20-30" in diameter and extreamly heavy.
> > Both supports are with it. I was thinking of selling it
> > and was wondering if you have any information on what
> > it may be worth? I know it came from historic Bristol,
> > Pennsylvania, USA. The date on it is 1858 and it has a
> > number on it #219.
> 
> Bill H

Sarcastically?!!! 

I would suggest that the moment it left Pennsylvania it lost a good 
deal of its historic value - it's associations with that place must 
have more historic significance than its campanological history!

R