Eggman
02-14-2012, 08:27 PM
I was thinking that guns, accoutrements, etc., are not necessarily that exciting to read about. The challenge is always how to get a potential buyer excited about your item. I thought maybe I'd review with our forum readers the listing for my Sharps carbine from some years back to perhaps nurture some ideas. This was it:
"For Sale: Sharps Carbine. From the warm, moist, mountainous, volcanic land of Donetello and Buonarroti, of da Vinci and Titian, of Bellini and Raphael, comes another work of fine Italian artestry and master craftsmanship from the decendents of these same heros of antiquity, this same Sharps carbine, of modern manufactury of course, that was used by Sidney Johnston in his hunt for the wiley Mormons of Utah, by Ossowattamie Brown in his Harpers Ferry quest to free the slaves of Pennsylvania, by John Pope in his 1863 campaign to drive Little Hiawatha and his swim-mate Running Deer from the serene shores of Lake Gitchie Goomie once and for all, and on top of all were the numerous instances, time after time, during the great Civil War, when Union cavalrymen found themselves in dire straits and in such circumstances they were forced to violently hurl their Sharps carbines at rampaging Confederates, and soon after found these same Sharps carbines coming hurling back, launched by these same Confederates. Does not include cylinder removal tool.
"For Sale: Sharps Carbine. From the warm, moist, mountainous, volcanic land of Donetello and Buonarroti, of da Vinci and Titian, of Bellini and Raphael, comes another work of fine Italian artestry and master craftsmanship from the decendents of these same heros of antiquity, this same Sharps carbine, of modern manufactury of course, that was used by Sidney Johnston in his hunt for the wiley Mormons of Utah, by Ossowattamie Brown in his Harpers Ferry quest to free the slaves of Pennsylvania, by John Pope in his 1863 campaign to drive Little Hiawatha and his swim-mate Running Deer from the serene shores of Lake Gitchie Goomie once and for all, and on top of all were the numerous instances, time after time, during the great Civil War, when Union cavalrymen found themselves in dire straits and in such circumstances they were forced to violently hurl their Sharps carbines at rampaging Confederates, and soon after found these same Sharps carbines coming hurling back, launched by these same Confederates. Does not include cylinder removal tool.