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Message:: [QUOTE="James Conrad, post: 255898, member: 5066"]I guess everyone that collects has a story about some object they lusted after but for some reason or another, it got away.Here is my long sad story about "Ruth's Box". About 7 or 8 years ago, a carved wooden box came on the market that i just HAD TO HAVE! It once belonged to Florene Maine, a Connecticut dealer well known in her day. It's rumored she once ordered Dustin Hoffman out of her shop and had him hose off his muddy feet before allowing him to enter her shop! Tough lady!In any event, i was determined to have this box, it had several condition issues, repair to front, bottom replaced, lock replaced and the paint was not original. Estimate was 1k-2k, auction house was Garth in Ohio, i was an online bidder and i figured on this piece to make my first bid my absolute top price i was willing to pay, 4k. SHOCK & AWE! i figured would win the day but alas, i wasn't even close.I am STILL ILL about ruth's box to this day! <a href="http://auctions.garths.com/asp/fullcatalogue.asp?salelot=1054+++++++8+&refno=++194879&image=0&mypage=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://auctions.garths.com/asp/fullcatalogue.asp?salelot=1054+++++++8+&refno=++194879&image=0&mypage=1" rel="nofollow">http://auctions.garths.com/asp/fullcatalogue.asp?salelot=1054+++++++8+&refno=++194879&image=0&mypage=1</a> [ATTACH=full]79451[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]