[78-L] A mis-informed seller? or just plain dumb?

[martha]

http://cgi.ebay.com/RARE-GLENN-MILLERS-U-S-A-A-F-DRESS-UNIFORM-TUNIC-HAT_W0QQitemZ170449205509

or    http://tinyurl.com/yjxhypm


 Somebody wrote Miller's name on both items.  Doubtful he'd have done it, if 
they were borrowed.

 He looked slender in every photo I've seen, so 42-44 was probably roomy 
enough .


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "bill freytag" <bill_freytag at yahoo.com>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 8:03 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] A mis-informed seller? or just plain dumb?




While this item description from that well-known on line auction site is not 
a 78 rpm recording, it DOES contain alot of spin...

"YOU ARE BIDDING ON THE VERY RARE WWII U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE CAPTAIN GLENN 
MILLER (THE FAMOUS BAND LEADER ) DRESS UNIFORM TUNIC AND HAT GARANTEED 100% 
ORIGINAL JUST LIKE THE DAY HE WORE IT ! ( THESE WERE LONED TO GLENN BY MAJOR 
C.E.LEMMON FOR GLENNS LAST PERFORMANCE IN THE UK . AFTER THE SHOW GLENN 
RETURNED THE TUNIC AND HAT AND THEN LEFT THE NEXT DAY FOR PARIS FRANCE BUT 
HE NEVER MADE IT ! HIS PLANE WHEN DOWN IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL AND HAS NEVER 
BEEN FOUND ! THIS TUNIC AND HAT (WERE BROUGHT BACK FROM THE UK BY GLENNS 
CLOSE FREIND COLONEL VINCE RETHMAN , HE FLEW IN 71 MISSIONS IN P-38 OVER 
FRANCE ) , ALL IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION COMPLETE WITH ALL WINGS MEDALS BARS 
! ALL IN GREAT ORIGINAL CONDITION ! , THE JACKET IS ABOUT SIZE 42 - 44 IS IN 
PERFECT CONDITION WITH NO DAMAGE ! THIS IS A ONE OF A KIND FIND !"

Does anyone know GM's size for these items? I suspect he was much more than 
a 42-44. I do not know the story on his measurements, but at ~ six feet tall 
I think 24 -44 would have been snug...

Comments, class?

Bill



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