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BEWARE OF PAINTED OVER BANKS DURO MOLD VACUMET ASTRO STRATO SATELLITE ETC for Sale - Egypt Art Site

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BEWARE OF PAINTED OVER BANKS DURO MOLD VACUMET ASTRO STRATO SATELLITE ETC For Sale

BEWARE OF PAINTED OVER BANKS DURO MOLD VACUMET ASTRO STRATO SATELLITE ETC
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BEWARE OF PAINTED OVER BANKS DURO MOLD VACUMET ASTRO STRATO SATELLITE ETC:
$10000.00

UPDATED 1/29/2023
#295497514855 PAINTED OVER BLACK (last image.)UPDATED 12/19/21 TO INCLUDE A NEW LOSER: THE VERY LAST IMAGE IS OF A PAINTED OVER SATELLITE BANK. HE CLAIMS IT'S AUTHENTIC AND THAT HE BOUGHT IT OVER 20 YEARS AGO, AS IF SPRAY PAINT DIDN'T EXIST BACK THEN. GRANRIMBE-0 IS A REAL ZERO.
UPDATED TO INCLUDE SELLER FROM CANADA CLAIMING HIS ITEM IS A DIRECT COPY WHEN IT IS NOT A DIRECT COPY. ITEM IS RED NOSE CONE OR TIP FOR THE BERZAC CREATION GUIDED MISSILE BANK. (11TH PICTURE.) HIS TIP IS NOT TAPERED LIKE THE BEWARE OF PAINTED OVER BANKS BEING SOLD!THESE BANKS HAVE BEEN SPRAY PAINTED OVER THE ORIGINAL FINISH!MY FIRST THREE PICTURES SHOW ALL ORIGINAL FINISHES! NOTICE THE SILVER CHROME IS SHINY LIKE A MIRROR!PICTURES 4&5 SHOW THE PAINTED OVER SATELLITE AND STRATO BANKS AND ARE A DULL MATTE SILVER!THEY ARE FLAT WITH NO REFLECTION, AND SOME OF THE LISTINGS ARE CURRENTLY ACTIVE.ORIGINAL FINISHES ARE SHINY, MIRROR-LIKE CHROME PLATE OR MATTE LACQUER...NOT MATTE LATEX!buyers SHOULD CANCEL THEIR offerS AND BUYERS SHOULD RETURN ITEM ONCE THEY RECEIVE IT AND SEE FIRST HAND THAT THEY'D BEEN PAINTED OVER ORIGINAL FINISH! DEMAND A FULL REFUND OR OPEN A S.N.A.D.CASE AGAINST THISUNSCRUPULOUS SELLER (mR kNcK *TWO*)! HE HADBEEN RIPPING BUYERS OFF FOR YEARS SELLING THESE MODIFIED, PAINTED OVER BANKS! THE FLYING SAUCER BANK ESPECIALLY, WHICH EACH SOLD FOR HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS!THIS FRAUDULENT SELLER HAS MADE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AND HAD SINGLE-HANDEDLY COMPROMISED THE MARKET ON THESE BANKS!*UPDATE 1/13/2021 HE HAS SINCE CHANGED HIS NAME {L*k*2*L*g*n}
UPDATE 4/29/22HE CHANGED HIS USERNAME BACK TO MRKNCK2 And Currently His Mercury Bank appears to have beenpainted note that Vacumet Finishing re-issued a Berzac Creation Guided Missile Bank in 1975 after it obtained rights to the molds when Astro closed around 1972. This re-issue included a model which came with no finish at all. It was bare metal. The only model type done so. The accompanying paper stickers had a Bicentennial theme to them. Most were painted white and stickers applied.This would be the only bank appropriate to be painted.The bare model lacks the Astro logo on the upper fuselage, which resembles an A or arrow through a THERE WAS ANOTHER SELLER TRYING TO PASS OFF A BERZAC CREATION GUIDED MISSILE BANK AS ORIGINAL AKA "NOT MODIFIED," WHICH INCLUDES A REPLACEMENT KEY. THIS ONE IS OBVIOUS (PICTURE 6,) AS THE NOSE CONE HAD BEEN PAINTED ORANGE. THE BODY ALSO APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN PAINTED OVER.THIS SELLER EVEN COPY/PASTED THE DESCRIPTION DIRECTLY FROM THE SMITHSONIAN AIR & SPACE MUSEUM'S WEBSITE (A COPYRIGHT VIOLATION,) WHO ACQUIRED THEIR COLLECTION FROM ME IN 2011.
(SEARCH THEIR COLLECTIONS FOR "BERZAC FAMILY")
YET ANOTHER DISHONEST SELLER BLATANTLY DISREGARDED MY EFFORTS TO ENLIGHTEN HIM ON HIS PAINTED OVER PLAN IT BANK (PICTURE #8.) THIS BANK'S SUN HAD BEEN PAINTED OVER IN A MATTE GOLD LATEX PAINT, AND THE RING PAINTED OVER IN A BLUE-ISH MATTE PAINT.IT ALSO HAS A PLASTIC REPLACEMENT "PLUG," WHICH HE CLAIMS "THE AUTHENTICITY IS UNKNOWN," EVEN AFTER I TOLD HIM IT'S NOT ORIGINAL TO THE BANK SINCE THESE BANKS ALL HAD ZINC-ALLOY, LOCKING PLATES.HE COMPLETELY BLEW ME OFF, EVEN AFTER I PROVIDED THE LINKS TO MY MAGAZINE ARTICLES AND MUSEUMS WHICH DISPLAY MY DONATIONS ONLINE.AT FIRST HE REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE BANK HAD BEEN PAINTED OVER, BUT AFTER TWO OR THREE RELISTINGS, HE FINALLY ADMITS THAT THE BANK HAD BEEN "RECONDITIONED."THEN HE SUGGEST POTENTIAL BUYERS "DO THEIR HOMEWORK," COMPELETELY DISREGARDING THE RESULTS OF MY RESEARCH, WHICH INCLUDED SEVERAL TELEPHONE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE SON OF JOHN BERZAC (NEPHEW OF STEVEN BERZAC,) WHO OFFERED PERTINENT INSIDE INFORMATION ON HIS FAMILY'S BUSINESS, ASTRO MFG!HOW RUDE, AROGGANT AND UNPROFFESSIONAL IS THAT?!FINALLY, THERE'S A FOURTH DISHONEST SELLER TRYING TO PASS OFF A PAINTED-OVER SILVER FLYING SAUCER BANK (PICTURE 7.) IN MESSAGES, HE ADMITTED HE BOUGHT IT HERE (FROM THE AFOREMENTIONEDmR kNcK *TWO*,I'M CERTAIN!) IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY AT THE BASE, YOU CAN EVEN SEE A RUN IN THE SPRAY-PAINT!
UPDATE 11/24/2020: YET ANOTHER SELLER LISTING A PAINTED OVER BANK. ITEM 284091205043 IS A SATELLITE BANK WHICH HAD BEEN PAINTED BLUE. PICTURE #9.
PLEASE SEE THE PICTURE OF ALL ORIGINAL KEYS FOR THESE BANKS, WHICH WERE MADE FROM THE SAME NON-FERROUSMETAL AS THE BANKS THEMSELVES, AND WILL NOT STICK TO A MAGNET.ALL OF THESE SELLERS BLOCKED ME FROM SENDING MESSAGES OR offerDING ON THEIR LISTINGS AFTER SEVERAL MESSAGES URGING THEM TO INCLUDE THE TRUE NATURE OF THESE BANKS IN THEIR LISTINGS, TO PROTECT UNSUSPECTING BUYERS, AND PROTECT INTEGRITY OF MARKET!I'VE REPORTED ALL OF THESE FRAUDULENT LISTINGS,BUT TO NO AVAIL.
READ MORE ABOUT THESE HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT AMERICAN SPACE RACE-ERA ARTIFACTS HERE:
Google search "American Mettle Space Banks"(Most results on that page are me on various websites, including museums who'd acquired my donations.)
*****ANYONE INTERESTED IN BUYING THE BUZZ ALDRIN-SIGNED ALAN SHEPARD COMMEMORATIVE SATELLITE BANK ItemID: 264951605131PLEASE MESSAGE ME.*****
THIS DISABLED VETERAN APPRECIATES YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS IMPORTANT


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