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<p>[QUOTE="bercrystal, post: 353821, member: 88"]My previous comment was directed towards sellers on ebay, dealers at an mall, consignment shops or professionally run estate sales.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I was dealing with someone who was looking to sell their own stuff, it would be a whole different matter. For example a few years back I was asked by a mutual friend to call on an older lady who was downsizing. I did end up buying several items from her & in the course of talking with her she brought up selling some sterling items. I knew I could sell the stuff without any problems, but I also knew she would do much better by taking it to the auction house where I worked. I hooked her up with the auctioneer & she was extremely pleased with how well she did there.</p><p><br /></p><p>She was also a very accomplished artist & surprised me with one of her original watercolors to thank me for suggesting she use the auction as well as my help in transporting all of the stuff to the auction house. <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" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>On the other hand, last night at the consignment shop I felt absolutely zero guilt when I bought a whole slew of stuff that was priced way below market value. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie83" alt=":smug:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie83" alt=":smug:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie83" alt=":smug:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie83" alt=":smug:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bercrystal, post: 353821, member: 88"]My previous comment was directed towards sellers on ebay, dealers at an mall, consignment shops or professionally run estate sales. If I was dealing with someone who was looking to sell their own stuff, it would be a whole different matter. For example a few years back I was asked by a mutual friend to call on an older lady who was downsizing. I did end up buying several items from her & in the course of talking with her she brought up selling some sterling items. I knew I could sell the stuff without any problems, but I also knew she would do much better by taking it to the auction house where I worked. I hooked her up with the auctioneer & she was extremely pleased with how well she did there. She was also a very accomplished artist & surprised me with one of her original watercolors to thank me for suggesting she use the auction as well as my help in transporting all of the stuff to the auction house. :happy::happy::happy: On the other hand, last night at the consignment shop I felt absolutely zero guilt when I bought a whole slew of stuff that was priced way below market value. :smug::smug::smug::smug:[/QUOTE]
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