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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lucille.b, post: 337985, member: 51&quot;]Haven&#039;t seen the Buddha episode -- will check it out.&nbsp;&nbsp; The buyer must have had some hint it was better to buy it in a broken state for $75 two decades ago.&nbsp; Anxious to see the appraisal.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m glad I wasn&#039;t at the estate sale and passed on it, as I most surely would have.</p><p><br /></p><p>Was looking for something on Youtube last week, and wound up getting distracted and watching this short ARS on a bakelite collection.&nbsp; Spoiler: They appraise the bracelet at $6-8 thousand, &quot;maybe even more&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>I know that some of the more rare pieces can sell upwards of $2K, and that the market has softened since this 2006 episode, but $8K or more?</p><p><br /></p><p>Bracelet discussion starts at the 1 minute mark or so:</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]6mSqOzYet3s[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, I&#039;m always a little suspicious when the buyer looks so shocked at the appraisal <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/eek.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; Just seems a little coincidence that she is a big time bakelite collector and that the family was &quot;going to throw this bracelet out and would she like it?&quot;&nbsp; Not suggesting she stole it, but maybe she had eyed it earlier and mentioned wanting it.&nbsp; Sounds like they helped the former owner, so maybe all good in the end.</p><p><br /></p><p>Somehow doubt this would now sell for $8K, or???[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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