1940's Cram's World Lighted Unrivaled Terrestrial 12” Globe Made USA Wood Stand

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1940's Cram's World Lighted Unrivaled Terrestrial 12” Globe Made USA Wood Stand
Up for sale is a beautiful vintage lighted globe with wood base, made in the USA by the leader in lighted terrestrial globes: Cram..  Approx. size: 17" x 12".
Pick-up with cash is much preferred, and allows the bidder to inspect before buying.  Otherwise, this will weigh about 5-7 lbs., when boxed and packed, and be oversized,  therefore, s/h/i w/i the contiguous USA will be .99*.   PRIORITY shipping available at extra cost.  International bidders, please contact me for a shipping quote, before bidding.  Please contact me for the only payment option (not PayPal) for pick-up and delivery. PayPal OK for shipping.
*A note on shipping expense.  eBay charges a final value fee of 20-25% on, not only shipping, but tax, too!?!  Additional expenses: packaging, delivering the item to the shipper, actual shipping cost (FedEx just raised their charges 5%) including insurance, and if media or international, waiting in line at USPS for 15-45 minutes.  Therefore, if the shipping looks a little high, I never see 20-25% of what I ask for.
Usually, for the last 23 years, I have made most of my auctions with 14 day return guarantee.  Ebay has recently begun a "defects, return" requirement.  Which states that only so many returns will be allowed a seller, per year.  When combined with eBay's rule allowing a buyer to return for no reason at all, this is a recipe for disaster.  Liberal returns, will no longer be considered by sellers.  I will reduce the 14 day guarantee auctions which I post.  Now buyers will not have the return guarantees, and the sellers will be sanctioned, for allowing too many returns.  Therefore, eBay has, once again, promulgated rules which do not help either the buyer or seller, and only make both buyers and sellers look for alternative sites.
I FOLLOW ALL EBAY POLICES AND STRIVE FOR 5-STAR SERVICE EACH AND EVERY
TRANSACTION. WHEN YOU GIVE 4 STARS IT MAY SEEM LIKE A GREAT SCORE, BUT,
A 4 ON ANY STAR IS 4.0 AND EBAY CONSIDERS THIS A SUB-PAR MARK SINCE THE
REQUIREMENT IS 4.40.  IF YOU ARE PLEASED WITH THE TRANSACTION PLEASE
RESPOND WITH ALL 5 STARS. IF YOU ARE NOT PLEASED LET ME KNOW AND WE
WILL WORK TO MAKE IT THAT WAY.
In the rare event of an "Item not as described" claim, returns or
refunds will only be accepted based on my description and photos, not
information pertaining to the eBay catalog or item specifics. Please
see my listing and photographs carefully as these are the only items
included. If an item is not photographed or listed it is not included,
nor assumed to be.