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<p>[QUOTE="Marote, post: 9774375, member: 84568"]I only saw the damage when I got home. I didn't notice it when I bought it ... because I was only going to buy the spoons! The box was open and half hidden between other stuff, so no light shining through it. It looked like a simple plastic box, so I didn't even pick it up. When I asked for the price of the spoons, I asked if the box was included (and it was), thinking it would be handy to have it, to keep the spoons in it while checking out the rest of the stands. Only after paying for it, and picking up the box to close it, the light shone through the lid and I saw that it wasn't plastic after all but tortoiseshell <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /> A very fortunate bonus to the spoon find ....and the Longwy find, and the wood plane find (vintage Record no. 4) and the records find (including 1 Led Zeppelin and 2 Frank Zappa records). All at the same stand! Didn't buy anything at any of the other stands. I just kept coming back to this one to take another look. I started with the Longwy dish, and only at my 4th return to that stand, I bought the box and spoons, so it's a miracle that nobody spotted that during the day, and very fortunate that (you weren't there and) the woman arrived a few seconds too late to the stand.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marote, post: 9774375, member: 84568"]I only saw the damage when I got home. I didn't notice it when I bought it ... because I was only going to buy the spoons! The box was open and half hidden between other stuff, so no light shining through it. It looked like a simple plastic box, so I didn't even pick it up. When I asked for the price of the spoons, I asked if the box was included (and it was), thinking it would be handy to have it, to keep the spoons in it while checking out the rest of the stands. Only after paying for it, and picking up the box to close it, the light shone through the lid and I saw that it wasn't plastic after all but tortoiseshell :) A very fortunate bonus to the spoon find ....and the Longwy find, and the wood plane find (vintage Record no. 4) and the records find (including 1 Led Zeppelin and 2 Frank Zappa records). All at the same stand! Didn't buy anything at any of the other stands. I just kept coming back to this one to take another look. I started with the Longwy dish, and only at my 4th return to that stand, I bought the box and spoons, so it's a miracle that nobody spotted that during the day, and very fortunate that (you weren't there and) the woman arrived a few seconds too late to the stand.[/QUOTE]
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