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<p>[QUOTE="'Nuff_Said, post: 27768, member: 181"]Not sure Moon. If so, it may be a follow-up from the original story I read a couple years ago.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, many pitfalls and hazards in this business, but more good than bad.....at least in my opinion. I'm sure there are many things I slipped-up where buyers have made good money on. But then there's MANY items we've purchased over the years for two and low three figures and made a killing.</p><p><br /></p><p>Case and point. The first items I posted (page 9) within this Finds Thread this past summer. One of the best <u>mixed lots</u> we've ever purchased. Everything from 18th C. English silver to 18th C. Chinese. Hell, I'm still making money off that lot. Just sold that Russian vase at upper right a week or so ago for $400, and just yesterday sold that miniature flask at lower left for $300. Those four silver pieces at left sold fast in August for almost $10K. Paid $390 for the entire lot...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]6897[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="'Nuff_Said, post: 27768, member: 181"]Not sure Moon. If so, it may be a follow-up from the original story I read a couple years ago. Yes, many pitfalls and hazards in this business, but more good than bad.....at least in my opinion. I'm sure there are many things I slipped-up where buyers have made good money on. But then there's MANY items we've purchased over the years for two and low three figures and made a killing. Case and point. The first items I posted (page 9) within this Finds Thread this past summer. One of the best [U]mixed lots[/U] we've ever purchased. Everything from 18th C. English silver to 18th C. Chinese. Hell, I'm still making money off that lot. Just sold that Russian vase at upper right a week or so ago for $400, and just yesterday sold that miniature flask at lower left for $300. Those four silver pieces at left sold fast in August for almost $10K. Paid $390 for the entire lot... [ATTACH=full]6897[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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