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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;komokwa, post: 357680, member: 301&quot;]Let&#039;s set the bar high here....! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p>( &amp; no, this is no badge of honor...)</p><p><br /></p><p>A couple of young adults walk in to my Art Gallery.</p><p>They are on their way to Greenland and selling off their prized possessions .</p><p>They show me a one piece hand carved walrus Ivory Inukshuk , mounted on a prized local rock, signed by a well known local ( 1st Nations ? ) artist.</p><p>It&#039;s 9 1/2 inches tall.....the ivory is a little over 4 inches tall</p><p><br /></p><p>They claim that his work of this style goes for $2500 or more up north of the Dempster Highway ! </p><p>They want $2300.....</p><p><br /></p><p>I was touched by their plight, &amp; impressed by their manner &amp; demeanor.</p><p>I offered them $1000, which they seemed genuinely uncomfortable with, but gracefully accepted.</p><p><br /></p><p>My heart was in the right place, but I left my head ....somewhere outside on a park bench !! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie19" alt=":banghead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>They needed the money fast ( red flag) , as they had to catch a plane..( nuther red flag) , so I had no time to do my homework.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ohhh, it&#039;s nice...&amp; signed......&amp; did I say nice......&amp; still in the cabinet 3 feet away from me. !!!! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/frown.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":(" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]121947[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]121948[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]121949[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]121950[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]121951[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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