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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;all_fakes, post: 94370, member: 55&quot;]If I may digress with a little story:</p><p>At one of the previous Seahawk auctions I bid on a lot with several NW Coast spoons, because there was one spoon that had a label indicating it was made by a little known carver from Metlakatla, a community I have studied quite a bit. (see <a href="http://metlakatlacarvers.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://metlakatlacarvers.com" rel="nofollow">http://metlakatlacarvers.com</a>).</p><p>It was really not worth a great deal other than the rare label, and I did not have much interest in the other spoons, so I dropped out and the lot went to a well-known dealer from Vancouver.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; In speaking with her later I offered a bunch of biographical information on the spoon&#039;s carver, just because it was info not generally known.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; At the next auction she took me aside and gave me the spoon. Said she had really been more interested in the other spoons in the lot, and she knew that item meant more to me than to her.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; What a lady; and what kindness.</p><p>That is the sort of people one can meet in this community; and the sort of kindness that one often finds.</p><p>You yourself, Komo, are one of those kind people, and as generous.</p><p>Are your ears burning yet?<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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