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<p>[QUOTE="terry5732, post: 185159, member: 42"]You probably heard it before</p><p><br /></p><p>I bought a box lot at auction only to find out when I got home that the one piece in the lot that I actually wanted wasn't in there. </p><p><br /></p><p>Looking to see if there was anything worthwhile in there I tossed most in the wastebasket. There was a heavier piece of broken pottery that I would carry out to the trash can next time I went out. I set it near the front entry.</p><p><br /></p><p>Neighbor lady came over and upon seeing it said "what's that ugly thing?".</p><p><br /></p><p>Wife came home and said "what on Earth is that hideous thing?".</p><p><br /></p><p>I forgot about it every trip out for several days.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I remembered it next, I thought I'd list it as a joke.</p><p><br /></p><p>It was broke and glued in a few places with some missing.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]52008[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]52009[/ATTACH] </p><p>There was a name in it that I listed as PIETRO MELHADRE FRENZA</p><p>[ATTACH=full]52010[/ATTACH] </p><p>When it got bid to $36 I thought someone was going to be real disappointed.</p><p><br /></p><p>This thing is butt ugly and broken.</p><p><br /></p><p>With a couple days left it went to $300.</p><p><br /></p><p>At the last second it went to $900.</p><p><br /></p><p>The winner was in Italy and going to pay a lot for shipping.</p><p><br /></p><p>I contacted her to see if she wanted to back out. She didn't.</p><p><br /></p><p>She said she would have gone to five thousand if it wasn't repaired.</p><p><br /></p><p>So it had a name. And that is really all it had.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="terry5732, post: 185159, member: 42"]You probably heard it before I bought a box lot at auction only to find out when I got home that the one piece in the lot that I actually wanted wasn't in there. Looking to see if there was anything worthwhile in there I tossed most in the wastebasket. There was a heavier piece of broken pottery that I would carry out to the trash can next time I went out. I set it near the front entry. Neighbor lady came over and upon seeing it said "what's that ugly thing?". Wife came home and said "what on Earth is that hideous thing?". I forgot about it every trip out for several days. When I remembered it next, I thought I'd list it as a joke. It was broke and glued in a few places with some missing. [ATTACH=full]52008[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]52009[/ATTACH] There was a name in it that I listed as PIETRO MELHADRE FRENZA [ATTACH=full]52010[/ATTACH] When it got bid to $36 I thought someone was going to be real disappointed. This thing is butt ugly and broken. With a couple days left it went to $300. At the last second it went to $900. The winner was in Italy and going to pay a lot for shipping. I contacted her to see if she wanted to back out. She didn't. She said she would have gone to five thousand if it wasn't repaired. So it had a name. And that is really all it had.[/QUOTE]
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