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<p>[QUOTE="verybrad, post: 115092, member: 37"]I spent quite awhile looking at similar baskets last night. I only found two that really match mine. The first is is the one in the link that sbsvc provided above. Here is the other being offered as being French and old at a high price. It is identical to mine.</p><p><img src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/066/0/7592900/il_570xN.780856442_48pv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/235501358/sale-vintage-french-woven-or-twisted?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=tiered%20fruit%20basket&ref=sr_gallery_36" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/235501358/sale-vintage-french-woven-or-twisted?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=tiered%20fruit%20basket&ref=sr_gallery_36" rel="nofollow">https://www.etsy.com/listing/235501358/sale-vintage-french-woven-or-twisted?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=tiered fruit basket&ref=sr_gallery_36</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The new ones that most closely match have a different spoke bottom to them and a different shape to the basket side wires. They are also constructed differently using some heavier gauge wire and welds rather than being all hand wrapped. Here is one of the newer ones.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YsDjv8akslk/TmJYznuMVAI/AAAAAAAABZ0/jPuFV6g37X4/s400/Wire_tiered_baskets.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This shows the construction detail on another.</p><p><img src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/000/0/5452834/il_fullxfull.242005707.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I don't know if any of this really makes a difference but, obviously, the one seller thinks so based on price. What say you?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="verybrad, post: 115092, member: 37"]I spent quite awhile looking at similar baskets last night. I only found two that really match mine. The first is is the one in the link that sbsvc provided above. Here is the other being offered as being French and old at a high price. It is identical to mine. [IMG]https://img0.etsystatic.com/066/0/7592900/il_570xN.780856442_48pv.jpg[/IMG] [URL]https://www.etsy.com/listing/235501358/sale-vintage-french-woven-or-twisted?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=tiered%20fruit%20basket&ref=sr_gallery_36[/URL] The new ones that most closely match have a different spoke bottom to them and a different shape to the basket side wires. They are also constructed differently using some heavier gauge wire and welds rather than being all hand wrapped. Here is one of the newer ones. [IMG]http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YsDjv8akslk/TmJYznuMVAI/AAAAAAAABZ0/jPuFV6g37X4/s400/Wire_tiered_baskets.gif[/IMG] This shows the construction detail on another. [IMG]https://img1.etsystatic.com/000/0/5452834/il_fullxfull.242005707.jpg[/IMG] I don't know if any of this really makes a difference but, obviously, the one seller thinks so based on price. What say you?[/QUOTE]
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