such a deal!

[MACKAY]

" Sir, Do you have the provenance (documented history) for this material and Kilt? Perhaps pictures or documentation mentioning the material, or perhaps a receipt from the Kilt maker? "

Will let you know if I receive a reply.

Reply:

" I am in the process of uploading the pictures as we speak. As for the documentation, it does not exist, the deal being made between the kiltmaker and myself, on the side, off the books to avoid himself having to pay the British taxes.(HA!) Please check out the photos, they will be made available immediately. I am also going to have the kilt and fly plaid dry cleaned by a reputable person tomorrow, so it will be pressed and ready. Let me know what you think. This material being in the family for generations, I think everyone else thought it to be a throw or blanket for all those years... I HAD recognized it as 8 yards of genuine kilt material, with selvedged edge. Thank you for your interest. "

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Brian Mackay

[M. A. C. Newsome]

Dry clean 150 old tartan cloth???? AAAAARGGGHHHH! Somebody stop him!!!!!
Matt

[LordDamax]

I'd like to know why there isnt a pic of the kilt on a person, a mannequin, or at least a full pic of it laid out on a table. Each pic seems to be angled to conceal most of the kilt.

[M. A. C. Newsome]

Actually, we have a peice of MacGregor cloth here in the museum that is about 150 years old, and the colors are brighter than you might think. That's why I said I couldn't confirm or deny the age of the cloth based on those pictures -- the quality just isn't good enough to make the fine distinctions.

Aye,
Matt

[M. A. C. Newsome]

Also, I might add that analine dyes were introcduced in 1856 in Scotland, so the cloth could be 150 years old and analine dyed.
Aye,
Matt

[Frank]

This may well be genuine, however you'll note that (as far as I could see) there's no reference to just when this guy's trip to Scotland took place,
so the immediacy or otherwise of the need to pay 'medical bills' sounds a little convenient.

"Are we Scots or Pakistani.." There may be a place called 'Sterling' in Pakistan, but for the 25 years I lived in Scotland, the university town 28 miles from Glasgow was known as Stirling (could be a typo I suppose).

I wonder if he'd consider doing a trade for a genuine victorian cellphone
I picked up when visiting an imaginary shoppe in Olde London Towne
sometime recently. I've also got a microwave oven reputed to have been used by Alan Pinkerton............


Frank