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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TheOLdGuy, post: 132531, member: 878&quot;]I’m going to throw in some monetary examples. Take those and adjust for other type collections. Consider that the pieces I’m discussing have a low value of $1.00 and a high of perhaps ten to fifteen thousand in current market.</p><p><br /></p><p>The piece I mentioned in previous post - repair guy did it in two weeks -. That piece is one for which I paid $3,250 with &quot;average&quot; condition, considering its scarcity, meaning many chips. Seller in Nova Scotia.</p><p><br /></p><p>Two years later bought an almost perfect one from California for $2,500. THEN found a big crack in the N.S. One. That&#039;s what was repaired. Put up for auction with full disclosure and sold for $2,200. </p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe ten or more years later put my CA one on eBay and it sold for $4,550. </p><p><br /></p><p>Should we consider buying a damaged piece? I look at it this way – in obscenely ridiculous examples.</p><p><br /></p><p>Would you pay $50 for the damaged Mona Lisa that’s being trashed because some whacko slashed it to pieces.</p><p><br /></p><p>Would you pass up a 1957 Buick Riviera asking $250.00 because it had some dents?</p><p><br /></p><p>How about a $2.50 Remington bronze with a chip off one hoof?</p><p><br /></p><p>IMveryHO --- Yes you will buy a damaged piece for a low price because. #1 it’s something you always wanted and couldn’t afford. Or #2, realize that there are only 12 known to exist and it’s a lot better having an imperfect piece than knowing you’ll never have one.</p><p><br /></p><p>So don’t be a Prima Donna. Buy the dam thing and proudly display it in your home.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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