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Antiques! => Antique Questions Forum => Topic started by: bigwull on September 03, 2012, 12:07:10 PM
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We went to an Auction today...general sale from disceased,s estate....we were just their to see if anything took our fancy....but ended up not spending any money...but i took some pics of some items that went very cheaply
1- Soda syphons...£10 for all,
2- Hummel ornament with others-£10
3- 2 chimney pots...£22
4- Clarice Cliff bowl £40
5- Napoleon metal bust...£48
6-bureau...£45..arts/crafts
7 Victorian sideboard..£75...
prices a very low here...as there,s not much money about...the Napoleon Bust weighed approx 20kg..i,ll post more pics as i,ve reached the 4 limit
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more pics
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wow !! now i know why people buy in the UK and sell in the US !! you could make a killing !!!
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Mart, Don't forget the shipping costs. They are more than the selling price.
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Its been like this Mart for the past 2/3 years...good quality furniture.what we call brown furniture just is,nt selling...and some of the bigger items like Victorian double wardrobes...that 15 years ago were fetching good money....are now no better than firewood...nobody wants it...the younger people are going minimalistic,....in 1977 i worked for an American company...Sedco..an d there was a Driller on the rig i was on...and he filled a 40ft container of good quality antique furniture...bought from local auctions in and around Dundee...the container was supplied by the company...and he filled it,for less than a weeks wages...and had it shipped over to Kalamazoo Wyoming....and its like that now....i went to the skips this morning...and the stuff that people are dumping is enough to make you weep,...and its getting worse....now that the price of grain from the US has almost doubled....due to bad harvests...and our own crops of spuds are rotting in the fields due to the amount of rain we,ve had this year...we have only had 15 days,this year whereby the temp was above 24deg,...and there was snow on the hills last weekend...
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Mart, Don't forget the shipping costs. They are more than the selling price.
I can get a lot of nice ornaments in a crate 6ft x 3ft x 3ft...cost with FedEx £202 door to door
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bigwull, some interesting items at a good price there... was the napoleon metal bust made of solid bronze, signed and what would you date it? What was in the glass china cabinet or curio to the left of the bureau, any nice vintage english, german or danish figurines or crystal hallmarked and signed?
Mart, Don't forget the shipping costs. They are more than the selling price.
I can get a lot of nice ornaments in a crate 6ft x 3ft x 3ft...cost with FedEx £202 door to door
I could get a lot of small figurines into that! :)
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Or one big Bear!!
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Lions & Tigers & What?! OH MY! :D How much wood would a wood chuck chuck if a wood chuck had a 6 x 3 x 3?
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75 pounds = $117. Can.............you're killing me here :'(
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Mart, Don't forget the shipping costs. They are more than the selling price.
yeah !! but sure is worth thinking about !! course with ebay on small stuff,, the buyer pays postage !! I would love to have those soda syphons !!