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<p>[QUOTE="ola402, post: 10681573, member: 182"]Several years ago, I purchased some religious statues and other religious items at an auction. They were cheap ($3) cuz no one else was interested. I think sometimes with religious items, people don't bid when the items are obviously Catholic, maybe seems wrong to them if they're not Catholic. Anyway, I plunged ahead even though I had no experience with that type of item. They did surprisingly well on ebay. So I continued to buy that type of thing and always did well with them. The above $3 lot included a Belleek Holy Water Font like you would use at home, a Waterford celtic cross statue and a figurine of the Infant of Prague. Those 3 items sold for $110 with the Infant of Prague statue bringing $65. It was made of pink and cream alabaster and almost 13" tall. </p><p><br /></p><p>Your statue is somewhat more interesting with the pink lips, upturned eyes and such. It doesn't look like any Mary statues I've ever seen. Based on that alone, it should do well.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ola402, post: 10681573, member: 182"]Several years ago, I purchased some religious statues and other religious items at an auction. They were cheap ($3) cuz no one else was interested. I think sometimes with religious items, people don't bid when the items are obviously Catholic, maybe seems wrong to them if they're not Catholic. Anyway, I plunged ahead even though I had no experience with that type of item. They did surprisingly well on ebay. So I continued to buy that type of thing and always did well with them. The above $3 lot included a Belleek Holy Water Font like you would use at home, a Waterford celtic cross statue and a figurine of the Infant of Prague. Those 3 items sold for $110 with the Infant of Prague statue bringing $65. It was made of pink and cream alabaster and almost 13" tall. Your statue is somewhat more interesting with the pink lips, upturned eyes and such. It doesn't look like any Mary statues I've ever seen. Based on that alone, it should do well.[/QUOTE]
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