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# Challenging question for y'all:
You're on Bargain Hunt. You're not some cretinous estate agent who'll buy any old crap, forgetting you won't get the chance to bullshit some even thicker twunt later on in the process.
You find a nice-looking 19th-century harp going for just £100. Some strings are missing. You're no musician. Do you buy it?
(I helped save b3ta! Sea Tramp the thinking woman's 8 Ace, Thu 6 Aug 2009, 2:01, archived)
# That depends - is Gandalf here?
(I helped save b3ta! Rapitinui get in the cage and I'll give you a treat, Thu 6 Aug 2009, 2:03, archived)
# Not sure,
But I DO know he never* intervenes on Bargain Hunt, if that helps. It's not a factor in what I've got written on the card.


*almost never
(I helped save b3ta! Sea Tramp the thinking woman's 8 Ace, Thu 6 Aug 2009, 2:07, archived)
# depends
on what auction they're taking me to. If i don't think there's much chance of someone spotting its true worth then no, and I might even have a quiet word with the seller

if i think i can flog it at the auction despite the obvious damage then yes.
(cs192 is sucking on a Koala at, Thu 6 Aug 2009, 2:15, archived)
# no you will get a free harp when you die
(I helped save b3ta! elbow, Thu 6 Aug 2009, 2:09, archived)
# Interesting answer from the faith community there,
but again, it's not what I've got written on the card.
(I helped save b3ta! Sea Tramp the thinking woman's 8 Ace, Thu 6 Aug 2009, 2:14, archived)
# its your money pal
(I helped save b3ta! elbow, Thu 6 Aug 2009, 2:19, archived)
# ANSWER/SPOILER
The answer on the card is: almost certainly not, unless the object is a particularly beautiful/notable ornament in its own right.

From the moment a harp is finished, it only gets progressively worse as a musical instrument. The tension in the frame makes it so.

There is no harp restoration. Musically, harps merely get worse and worse. There is no market in vintage harps, except among buyers of ornamental pieces.

A vintage harp with some certified provenance, or of particular beauty or craftsmanship, may retain a certain value.

But mostly, old harps are true junk. Any harper/harpist prefers to play a new harp, cos harps only degrade and there's no way to stop it.

There. That was fun, wasn't it?
(I helped save b3ta! Sea Tramp the thinking woman's 8 Ace, Thu 6 Aug 2009, 2:33, archived)
# But why am I playing Bargin Hunt? I hate Bargin Hunt and all other auction and/or car boot sale based television programs.
(I helped save b3ta! Mu Dinofiddler, Thu 6 Aug 2009, 3:13, archived)