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<p>[QUOTE="verybrad, post: 9470321, member: 37"]I once paid $1000 for a Tiffany Favrile compote. I figured it to be potentially worth close to $3K. After schlepping it around for over 2 years, I finally sold it for $1600...... The most profit ever for a piece of glass for me. However, I probably could have made 10X that in that time period buying multiple lesser items with my $1000. I also had the burden of caring for this piece of fragile glass over the years I was trying to sell it. </p><p><br /></p><p>I still think it was worth more than what I eventually sold it for but, obviously, the customers did not see it the same. This was back when I used to sell a lot of higher end items. I stepped a bit out of my comfort zone on this purchase. My primary stock was arts and crafts furniture, pottery, metalwork, and art. The Tiffany fit in nicely but was not a natural purchase for my arts and crafts period buyers. I don't regret buying it but learned to think a lot harder before making similar purchases.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="verybrad, post: 9470321, member: 37"]I once paid $1000 for a Tiffany Favrile compote. I figured it to be potentially worth close to $3K. After schlepping it around for over 2 years, I finally sold it for $1600...... The most profit ever for a piece of glass for me. However, I probably could have made 10X that in that time period buying multiple lesser items with my $1000. I also had the burden of caring for this piece of fragile glass over the years I was trying to sell it. I still think it was worth more than what I eventually sold it for but, obviously, the customers did not see it the same. This was back when I used to sell a lot of higher end items. I stepped a bit out of my comfort zone on this purchase. My primary stock was arts and crafts furniture, pottery, metalwork, and art. The Tiffany fit in nicely but was not a natural purchase for my arts and crafts period buyers. I don't regret buying it but learned to think a lot harder before making similar purchases.[/QUOTE]
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