Time to break your piggy banks open collectors of old Alembics.  A real rare one is on the block here:
 
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&?ViewItem&item=3745733036
 
I have e-mailed the seller about corrections to the item he is selling and requested that he also post its serial number so the bass can be verified/check out by interested parties here.
 
This looks like the real deal, and the seller may even get the reserve of $7,000 (Hmmm), as 8-strings are rare, but 8-string graphite necks would be EXTREMELY rare.  I can hardly wait to see how this one will turn out.  I wish I had some money saved up . . .

Opps, I missed Jagerphan84's thread, already alerting the club of the bass' presence on the block.  I was just SOOOOO excited!  Sorry.

If anyone is interested in this bass, here are some better pictures of it.  If you want full sized picture for evaluating this bass for possible purchase, e-mail me which, or all, ones you want.  Note that these range in size from 25-33% of full resolution
 

 
Sorry for the wide post.  If you move scroll bar to the right, you should see all of the pictures and text fine in the posts.  Also I apologize for a bunch of separate posts, but I want to make sure each gets done right.

I will post the results I get (Or Mica or a staff member can) concerning the double-struck serial number and lack of ALEMBIC on the pickups.  Questions for seller will include is that a bone nut and is the logo on the headstock inlaid?  I think this is a great bass!  Definitely worth a look see, whether interested in buying or just lookin.  Also requested pics of its case and a high res midsection of the fretboard.  You can see dust particles in the pics he sent me, so you can pretty much evaluate (at least 75%) this bass from the high res shots.

Wheeeeeeeee doggy, that's a nice hunk of walnut, says Jed Clampett.  
 
Interesting shape for the tailpiece, too.
 
Changing a normal Alembic over to a fretted fingerboard is a