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<p>[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 74188, member: 25"]The other dealers don't tell me stuff is priced too low, they just buy it. That's fine with me. I cant really say I have noticed anything but reasonably polite buyers, no demeaning or confusing anyway. I probably confuse them more often. </p><p><br /></p><p>I find it a jolly social occasion for chatting to other dealers and whoever comes along. We usually sold about 2/3 by value of the stuff taken, we'd take the leftovers to a flea market later at reduced prices.</p><p><br /></p><p>To answer a few other points, the book was a fancy CdV album. The framed item is a very large sampler,about twice the size of the usual sampler. The clock garniture is wood with a (I assume 'faux') tortoiseshell veneer, French 1930 art deco.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not sure about the adding machine thing. I have some early machines, and also huge cylindrical slde rule but I can't see that.</p><p><br /></p><p>I keep trying to empty the shed, but the recent hoard has set this ambition back quite a bit.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 74188, member: 25"]The other dealers don't tell me stuff is priced too low, they just buy it. That's fine with me. I cant really say I have noticed anything but reasonably polite buyers, no demeaning or confusing anyway. I probably confuse them more often. I find it a jolly social occasion for chatting to other dealers and whoever comes along. We usually sold about 2/3 by value of the stuff taken, we'd take the leftovers to a flea market later at reduced prices. To answer a few other points, the book was a fancy CdV album. The framed item is a very large sampler,about twice the size of the usual sampler. The clock garniture is wood with a (I assume 'faux') tortoiseshell veneer, French 1930 art deco. Not sure about the adding machine thing. I have some early machines, and also huge cylindrical slde rule but I can't see that. I keep trying to empty the shed, but the recent hoard has set this ambition back quite a bit.[/QUOTE]
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