{"id":128,"date":"2020-03-22T16:16:03","date_gmt":"2020-03-22T21:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pre-pro.com\/new_and_shotworthy\/?p=128"},"modified":"2020-03-22T16:16:17","modified_gmt":"2020-03-22T21:16:17","slug":"coronavirus-on-our-minds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pre-pro.com\/new_and_shotworthy\/2020\/03\/22\/coronavirus-on-our-minds\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus on our minds"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I write, the number of coronavirus-related deaths in the US stands at 400. <\/p>\n

Schools are closed, bars and restaurants are closed, theatres are closed. Since the only effective way of avoiding getting infected with the dreaded bug is avoiding all contact with humans or anything that other humans might have touched (the virus can live on surfaces for 72+ hours so you should quarantine all incoming glass purchases for 3 days, minimum), suddenly there’s a lot more time to talk glass. And coronavirus. <\/p>\n

Here’s the coronavirus:<\/p>\n\n\n

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Remind you of anything?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is a Father Time glass<\/a> from Philip Freiler of Elgin, IL<\/a>. Note the similarities between the background on this image and the virus. Note also that Father Time was the companion to the Grim Reaper and that Freiler’s death occurred shortly before the Spanish flu pandemic<\/a> killed in excess of 17,000,000 people between 1918 and 1920, which is the year that Prohibition began. Clearly this glass is a message from the past. The Spanish flu was obviously a Government-engineered virus designed to distract attention and allow the eighteenth amendment making alcohol consumption illegal to be rammed through Congress. This time around, it’s a Government-engineered virus designed to distract attention and allow bills making gun ownership illegal<\/a> to be rammed through Congress. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If this conspiracy theory goes viral (no pun intended), remember, you read it here first….. but the essential truth is that everyone is<\/em> very distracted at the moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These past few weeks have been notable for the number of interesting glasses selling in buy-it-nows and special deals offered by sellers. The latter have becoming an increasingly popular way for sellers to keep stock moving on eBay. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Grave’s and the Old Comstock shown below both sold in $25 buy-it-nows. The Grave’s is a rare San Jose glass. The Old Comstock is a previously-unlisted UT glass from Salt Lake City – a rare find.<\/p>\n\n\n\n