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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lucille.b, post: 22930, member: 51&quot;]Yes, we were hoping a bidder from India would get them, alas.</p><p><br /></p><p>I know there are ways to sell these without going to an auction house (trust me, all of the options ran through my head) but due to the nature of the sale, I was not willing to entertain that as they were not my property and couldn&#039;t take any risks. </p><p><br /></p><p>My friend who has these has been employed as power of attorney for a family who needs to sell some antiques, she asked me to help her identify and appraise them/decide where to go with them (I was paid even --my first time paid for a consult!)&nbsp; One option all along might have been for me to list them on my Ebay account, I mean others are up for sale -- one seller used the language, &quot;painted on some kind of <i>organic </i>material&quot; so there is a way to do it, but I did not want them on my account for a million reasons.&nbsp; Buyer&#039;s protections, charge backs, for starters.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m an elephant lover, what ever is best, I&#039;m for -- whether this is the way to go, I guess we&#039;ll see how this plays out in the world of antiques selling.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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