From: dahoov2@cox.net   
      
   that's why I said Hollywood history and followed it up with those who   
   were affected by the strike for the next 20 years would remember it   
   but those not won't.   
      
   As for history, kids born today won't remember 9-11 or care.  Or   
   Hurricane Katrina.  Or the next big incident will trump those.  It's   
   life.  For now, the writer's strike is collectible; but it's like ANY   
   collectible; it has a peak time of value and a time when it's not   
   worth much.  Only time tells.  The fact it's on a "writer's Strike   
   sign" and has dates is great.  It allows people to look that stuff up.   
      
   I've seen people collect sport sigs of minor players and they still   
   have value 50 years later and nobody knows who they are.  Or people   
   collect town histories or flags or maps which have no value to 99.9%   
   of the world, but to those 2-3 collectors, a bidding war could ensue.   
   You just NEVER know.   
      
   Just think; in the future, the great grandkids of the writer's strike   
   might want to buy that sign for their family history.  So you can't   
   say nobody would want it.  Obviously, the person getting the sign   
   signed and selling it for charity for that much thinks it was a worthy   
   thing and I was number two... who else might be out there we only   
   know.  So obviously it has SOME value.   
      
   On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 19:25:02 +1000, "Mr Black"   
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   >"barefoot"  wrote in message   
   >news:89709471-d09c-4b02-b99a-5de221dd399e@q1g2000prf.googlegroups.com...   
   >> not to start a fight sue...but is this really history...   
   >> do you really think that 10 years from now, people will sit around and   
   >> say "remember when the hollywood writers went on strike?"   
   >> if they do, it'll be because more crap has come down the pipe than   
   >> there was BEFORE the strike...i see where rebecca romjin is already   
   >> wanting off her show because the NEW writers are screwing with her   
   >> character for next season.   
   >> m   
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   >I think its historical in the context of cinema...but not in the broader   
   >term of history   
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   >MrB   
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