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<p>[QUOTE="bercrystal, post: 12541168, member: 88"][USER=50]@say_it_slowly[/USER] - Yes that is the one I was talking about. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=37]@verybrad[/USER] - I would not have thought about it lighting up. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>I do agree with the others about how to sell the items. Unless you are planning on taking a fairly long time to find the right buyers, I would seek out an auction house close to you & contact them about selling them for you. </p><p><br /></p><p>You should call first because not all auction houses would take the lot. Where I live we have around 6 of them, but at least 2 of them would not even consider accepting them. </p><p><br /></p><p>Back when I use to work at one of the auction houses, I was walking around checking out the items for the next sale. One of the things that was there was a pair of vintage 1970s Mediterranean-style lamps with the huge glass piece & the shades had velvet accents with tassels. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie56" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie56" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie56" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/eek.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/eek.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>I started to laugh & told the auctioneer "every time I think you have sold the most butt-ugly lamp you top them a few weeks later". <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>When I asked him if he thought we would live long enough to see that Mediterranean look come back into style he replied "I don't think my grandchildren will live long enough to see that happen". <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie84" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bercrystal, post: 12541168, member: 88"][USER=50]@say_it_slowly[/USER] - Yes that is the one I was talking about. :happy::happy: [USER=37]@verybrad[/USER] - I would not have thought about it lighting up. :happy::happy: I do agree with the others about how to sell the items. Unless you are planning on taking a fairly long time to find the right buyers, I would seek out an auction house close to you & contact them about selling them for you. You should call first because not all auction houses would take the lot. Where I live we have around 6 of them, but at least 2 of them would not even consider accepting them. Back when I use to work at one of the auction houses, I was walking around checking out the items for the next sale. One of the things that was there was a pair of vintage 1970s Mediterranean-style lamps with the huge glass piece & the shades had velvet accents with tassels. :jawdrop::jawdrop::jawdrop::eek::eek::rolleyes::rolleyes: I started to laugh & told the auctioneer "every time I think you have sold the most butt-ugly lamp you top them a few weeks later". :hilarious::hilarious: When I asked him if he thought we would live long enough to see that Mediterranean look come back into style he replied "I don't think my grandchildren will live long enough to see that happen". :smuggrin::hilarious::hilarious::hilarious:[/QUOTE]
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