My day started with a message from a collector in England, telling me that after he was outbid in an auction for a three-button monte carlo, someone wrote to him offering him the identical monte carlo at a nice price.

The day has ended [well almost] with a message from a collector in the US, telling me that after he was outbid on a Calculator, someone wrote offering him an even better sample of the same watch . . . also at a nice price.

No need to get into the details (locations, e-mail addresses, bank locations, escrow proposals, etc.) because these details change every day . . . just another warning to be careful when strangers come to you with these wonderful offers.

Jeff