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Message:: [QUOTE="MrNate, post: 4546917, member: 5515"]Thanks for the patience everyone! And thank you for all the wonderful observations. Here's the basics of how the deal went down: The two pieces I considered most interesting was the large oval tray and the bowl with the lid. I asked for photos of the bottom of just those two (i'm often just isolating the most interesting pieces because many sellers will get annoyed or just ignore you if you ask for two many photos). Well, I asked, and here is what the photos were: [ATTACH=full]402938[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]402939[/ATTACH] So one of those photos looks amazing...and I started to work out the deal. Short story, I initially offered $50 for just those two items, and I offered to pay a flat generous up front payment for shipping. The deal was struck, and the next day I figured I might as well buy the entire set, so I offered up another $50 and another up front payment for shipping. All in I paid $160, but given what I got it was still a great deal. As for the rest of the lot....well I should have just trusted my initial instincts; other than the candle snuffer (a very nice chunky sterling one from italy) and the tray that was in my original pick, everything else was plated in the lot. I don't recall the exact number, but total weight of the tray and snuffer was north of 850 grams, so all in I feel I did pretty good. Thank you again for playing![/QUOTE]