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<p>[QUOTE="Deb D., post: 10373436, member: 91560"]I inherited this and had a tough time selling it. It was at my sales since mom passed in 2006. It was quite large - like 3 feet by 2.5 feet if I remember. I do recall her buying it at a yard sale for $100 in the mid 1980s. It had an ornate plaster frame.</p><p><br /></p><p>One time a woman looked at it and remarked that it gave her the creeps. Then a young couple stopped at my sale and they looked at it for quite some time and had a tet-a-tet for a while. Then the man asked if I would take $50. I said I would. More murmuring together. Then he said, "Would you take $25?" I agreed to that, then he asked if I'd take $10. I was getting pretty annoyed by this time, but agreed to that just to get rid of it since there hadn't been any interest in it and it was heavy to lug in and out. Then they walked away without buying. What was that all about?</p><p><br /></p><p>I did finally sell it some time after that for $25.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]521806[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Deb D., post: 10373436, member: 91560"]I inherited this and had a tough time selling it. It was at my sales since mom passed in 2006. It was quite large - like 3 feet by 2.5 feet if I remember. I do recall her buying it at a yard sale for $100 in the mid 1980s. It had an ornate plaster frame. One time a woman looked at it and remarked that it gave her the creeps. Then a young couple stopped at my sale and they looked at it for quite some time and had a tet-a-tet for a while. Then the man asked if I would take $50. I said I would. More murmuring together. Then he said, "Would you take $25?" I agreed to that, then he asked if I'd take $10. I was getting pretty annoyed by this time, but agreed to that just to get rid of it since there hadn't been any interest in it and it was heavy to lug in and out. Then they walked away without buying. What was that all about? I did finally sell it some time after that for $25. [ATTACH=full]521806[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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