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<p>[QUOTE="MrNate, post: 4181092, member: 5515"]Good Evening Everyone,</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm fortunate to have a chance to share another special find with you. These types of finds are by far my favorite. To win the prize you have to look for clues, sift through many listings that are worthless, and at the end you can hopefully close the deal. For this find, all those things happened, and I got to open a package. But before I show those photos, let me show you the two original photos I had to work with:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]334161[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]334162[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>So....we've got a big group of silverware, an 1847 Rogers box, and a certificate for WM Rogers Mfg Co Reinforced Plate AA. <u><b>Absolute junk</b></u>. Not worth looking at, not worth asking about, just another listing full of cheap silverplated silverware...Except it's not. Now before you scroll down and see what I got, go back to the original photo, and see if you can find some good clues that this could possibly be a listing worth checking out; <u>what clues do you see?</u></p><p><u><br /></u></p><p><u><br /></u></p><p><u><br /></u></p><p><u><br /></u></p><p><u><br /></u></p><p><u><br /></u></p><p><u><br /></u></p><p><u><br /></u></p><p><u><br /></u></p><p><u><br /></u></p><p><u><br /></u></p><p><u><br /></u></p><p><u><br /></u></p><p><u><br /></u></p><p><u><br /></u></p><p><u><br /></u></p><p><u><br /></u></p><p><u><br /></u></p><p>I will leave it to our members to post comments if you would like to share any of your observations; I can find 5 different good clues that would (and did) make me inquire about the listing. So, I got MORE than even I expected when the box arrived. The price I paid...was really good <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /> I hope you enjoy the photos: <u><b>this is just under 2,000 grams of sterling silver</b></u>!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]334163[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]334164[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]334165[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]334166[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]334167[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]334168[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="MrNate, post: 4181092, member: 5515"]Good Evening Everyone, I'm fortunate to have a chance to share another special find with you. These types of finds are by far my favorite. To win the prize you have to look for clues, sift through many listings that are worthless, and at the end you can hopefully close the deal. For this find, all those things happened, and I got to open a package. But before I show those photos, let me show you the two original photos I had to work with: [ATTACH=full]334161[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]334162[/ATTACH] So....we've got a big group of silverware, an 1847 Rogers box, and a certificate for WM Rogers Mfg Co Reinforced Plate AA. [U][B]Absolute junk[/B][/U]. Not worth looking at, not worth asking about, just another listing full of cheap silverplated silverware...Except it's not. Now before you scroll down and see what I got, go back to the original photo, and see if you can find some good clues that this could possibly be a listing worth checking out; [U]what clues do you see? [/U] I will leave it to our members to post comments if you would like to share any of your observations; I can find 5 different good clues that would (and did) make me inquire about the listing. So, I got MORE than even I expected when the box arrived. The price I paid...was really good ;) I hope you enjoy the photos: [U][B]this is just under 2,000 grams of sterling silver[/B][/U]! [ATTACH=full]334163[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]334164[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]334165[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]334166[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]334167[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]334168[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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