so now a little birdie tells me that the stories about the guitar are
dubious at best, and probably a complete hoax at worst.

hmmmmmmm . . . so did it really go for $15 million ? ? ? ? ?  evidently NOT.

the main story I picked up on is at NPR:

http://www.npr.org/programs/lnfsound/stories/990604.stories.html

the piece in Acoustic Guitar is at:

http://www.themomi.org/museum/articles/marktwain/1.html

-hb


On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 8:22 AM, Kevin Mac Donnell <
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> Harold--
>
> That's the guitar to which I referred. I did not wish to go into details
> about the owner or name him in public, but if you read the magazine article
> and then carefully google the owner's name and read about his court cases
> you might have some doubts --never mind that there is not a whiff of
> evidence that traces that guitar to Twain. I was offered this guitar
> several years ago and asked for the provenance and none was forthcoming.
>
> Beds, chairs, tables, juke boxes, and a variety of objects surface every
> year with dubious claims about them being owned by Twain, none with
> documentation or provenances that jibe with know historical facts.
>
> I tell you this in confidence.
>
> Kevin
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Prof. Harold K. Bush
Professor of English
3800 Lindell
Saint Louis University
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-- 
Prof. Harold K. Bush
Professor of English
3800 Lindell
Saint Louis University
St. Louis, MO  63108
314-977-3616 (w); 314-771-6795 (h)
<www.slu.edu/x23809.xml>