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mark cowan
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Re: Don't touch that flat!
      07/03/08 12:38 AM

Easily $1,000,000 or so.

Really, it depends on the quality, and to a much lesser extent, the condition. It's the flatness that matters, not whether or not it has scratches from use. If its genuine 20th wave surface figure around $10K (anybody else?) unless you got it at a real fire-sale. They are very hard to make. HOWEVER, to be valuable to anybody else it has to be verified for accuracy.

As to what it's made of? If it looks like Pyrex it probably is. If it's clear like acid it's probably quartz or fused silica. If it's greenish it's probably plate, if it's yellowish or amber it's probably ZeroDur or similar.

I'm trying to find the original auction - ah I love the way they keep changing eBay to make it harder to do things - nope. Do you have the auction number, if it was an auction?

Best,
Mark

Edited by mark cowan (07/04/08 02:31 PM)

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* 26" thin mirror, anyone? Indianajones 06/22/08 07:38 PM
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. * Re: 26" thin mirror, anyone? Indianajones   06/22/08 08:00 PM
. * Re: 26" thin mirror, anyone? helpwanted   06/24/08 09:50 PM
. * Re: 26" thin mirror, anyone? ken scharf   06/24/08 10:26 PM
. * Re: 26" thin mirror, anyone? greenglass   06/24/08 10:39 PM
. * Re: 26" thin mirror, anyone? Dick Parker   06/24/08 11:38 PM
. * Re: 26" thin mirror, anyone? HiggsBoson   06/25/08 12:03 AM
. * Re: 26" thin mirror, anyone? tatarjj   06/25/08 11:29 AM
. * Re: 26" thin mirror, anyone? sixela   06/25/08 03:49 PM
. * Re: 26" thin mirror, anyone? ken scharf   06/27/08 11:41 AM
. * Re: 26" thin mirror, anyone? Indianajones   07/01/08 06:02 PM
. * Don't touch that flat! mark cowan   07/01/08 10:31 PM
. * Re: Don't touch that flat! Indianajones   07/02/08 08:22 PM
. * Re: Don't touch that flat! mark cowan   07/03/08 12:38 AM
. * Re: Don't touch that flat! Indianajones   07/03/08 06:44 PM
. * Re: Don't touch that flat! mark cowan   07/04/08 02:33 PM
. * Re: 26" thin mirror, anyone? ken scharf   06/25/08 12:18 PM

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