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30 May 2006
Unusual items on ebay
I found a couple interesting things on ebay.
I am on a tight budget, so I need to pass. Maybe someone
reading this will be interested (and tell me about them if they win ;-). Both
sellers have 100% ratings.
- First, this
curious item on ebay.
Very international:
a seller from Germany is selling a BBC (British) documentary on DVD, which
has Dutch subtitles. The title is "Diary of Anne Frank," and the box
indicates they try to find out what she was really like. The auction ends
in less than a day, the starting bid (including shipping) would be about
$20USD for me. Bidding ends in less than 24 hours.
- A rare copy of Mayer Levin's illegal play based on the diary. This man
was originally given the task of adapting the diary to the stage but
Otto Frank and the other people involved were not happy with him for
various reasons. Levin renounced his right to work on the play in late 1952,
but pursued legal action nonetheless. The current high bid is $25USD.
Bidding ends on June 2nd.
One of the people involved, Barbara Zimmerman, said,
"Levin's play was no good at all. He completely misread the family,
turning them into very observant Jews when actually they were upper-middle-class
and highly assimilated. It was not so much a play as a series of
religious celebrations."