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<p>[QUOTE="bosko69, post: 11411192, member: 16283"]Same thing's happening at a Thrift that supports and is run by drug and alcohol addicts in recovery-workers get first dibs.</p><p>*** Guess it's totally normie now ?</p><p>In the 'old days' we all knew the managers at the charity thrifts pocketed the gold & diamond jewelry-but it was frowned on & technically a firing (even prosecutable offense).</p><p>First year I was in one of our more well-known Portland Malls (early 2000's).I found an image by Alphonse Mucha priced at $19.</p><p>It was a small poster of Sarah Bernhardt's play 'Gismonda' from <font size="4">Les Maîtres de l'Affiche . Sold it for $1200 on Ebay.</font></p><p><font size="4">Ebay,AI,Goog Lens, and 1st Dibs Employee Perks-just another hurdle on our weekly pickin' marathon I guess.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">Great question Pott ! 30 years ago when Ebay hit the flip phones didn't have cameras and online antique databases were super limited. You still needed your brain & a wall-full of expensive ($25-$75 apiece !) reference books.</font></p><p><font size="4">[ATTACH=full]542888[/ATTACH] </font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bosko69, post: 11411192, member: 16283"]Same thing's happening at a Thrift that supports and is run by drug and alcohol addicts in recovery-workers get first dibs. *** Guess it's totally normie now ? In the 'old days' we all knew the managers at the charity thrifts pocketed the gold & diamond jewelry-but it was frowned on & technically a firing (even prosecutable offense). First year I was in one of our more well-known Portland Malls (early 2000's).I found an image by Alphonse Mucha priced at $19. It was a small poster of Sarah Bernhardt's play 'Gismonda' from [SIZE=4]Les Maîtres de l'Affiche[B] [/B]. Sold it for $1200 on Ebay. Ebay,AI,Goog Lens, and 1st Dibs Employee Perks-just another hurdle on our weekly pickin' marathon I guess. Great question Pott ! 30 years ago when Ebay hit the flip phones didn't have cameras and online antique databases were super limited. You still needed your brain & a wall-full of expensive ($25-$75 apiece !) reference books. [ATTACH=full]542888[/ATTACH] [/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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