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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kasperscuriosities, post: 40882, member: 404&quot;]Funny thing about this piece.</p><p><br /></p><p>As I have mentioned in a couple of other threads I am helping my dad go through some things and downsize. It has been 10 years since my mom passed away to cancer. I was 26 when she died and it was way too soon. Any age is too soon to lose your mom.&nbsp; It was very painful. Of course, I still miss her greatly and think of her often.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Because I am somewhat of a hobbyist in antiques. (Meaning, I have some small collections of my own and sell a few things on online here and there.) My dad asked if I could help him with researching and selling some things.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most of this stuff hasn&#039;t bothered me at all. I mean it&#039;s a lot of old stuff, some of it is neat, some of it is just old stuff but I love going through the boxes. It&#039;s fun to find things and remember things. I am sure you can all relate. Plus my dad is older and he needs the money. Naturally, I want to help him. </p><p><br /></p><p>However, knowing that my mom played with this when she was a little girl, I found myself really wanting it to stay with the family. I remember this piece being displayed in my grandmothers house and later in my mom&#039;s. It originally belonged to my great grandmother who was the one that let my mom play with it in the dirt. I just didn&#039;t want to let this go. This piece kind of hit me in the gut and the more I thought about it the more priceless it became to me.</p><p><br /></p><p>I thought about one day being able to give it to my daughter. She would be the 5th woman in our family to own it. There are very few things that have stayed with our family that long. </p><p><br /></p><p>I called my dad this morning and ask him not to sell this piece. He laughed and said it&#039;s yours whenever you want it. I don&#039;t think I have ever felt so much relief. I am still going to try and get a picture of the bottom hallmark in the next day or so. </p><p><br /></p><p>Just wanted to share. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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