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<p>[QUOTE="bercrystal, post: 9876265, member: 88"]Some of my best items have come from shelf lots where I paid no attention to items other than the ones I was after. </p><p><br /></p><p>I bought a shelf lot many years ago for the plates that were there. I paid $17.50 for the shelf with the buyer's premium. I was packing the shelf & shrugged my shoulders when I saw the clear glass lantern globe shoved into a back corner. </p><p><br /></p><p>I sold the plates for a nice profit & several weeks later I decided to check into the lantern globe. There was an embossed "ACL" on one side & I did figure out it was from a now-defunct rail line - Atlantic Coast Line. </p><p><br /></p><p>I started the auction at $4.99 & a couple of days later it was up to about $500. A local guy contacted me to ask if he could see it in person. We met the next day at my booth & later that day I ended the listing because he offered me $2,200.00. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie83" alt=":smug:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie83" alt=":smug:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>It turns out it was a globe from a short-lived Atlantic Coast Line railroad lantern circa late 1800s to early 1900s. He had the frame but it was missing the globe. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":D" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bercrystal, post: 9876265, member: 88"]Some of my best items have come from shelf lots where I paid no attention to items other than the ones I was after. I bought a shelf lot many years ago for the plates that were there. I paid $17.50 for the shelf with the buyer's premium. I was packing the shelf & shrugged my shoulders when I saw the clear glass lantern globe shoved into a back corner. I sold the plates for a nice profit & several weeks later I decided to check into the lantern globe. There was an embossed "ACL" on one side & I did figure out it was from a now-defunct rail line - Atlantic Coast Line. I started the auction at $4.99 & a couple of days later it was up to about $500. A local guy contacted me to ask if he could see it in person. We met the next day at my booth & later that day I ended the listing because he offered me $2,200.00. :smug::smug: It turns out it was a globe from a short-lived Atlantic Coast Line railroad lantern circa late 1800s to early 1900s. He had the frame but it was missing the globe. :D[/QUOTE]
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