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<p>[QUOTE="Owliza, post: 4307309, member: 20298"]So, a few years back My lad and I went to an organized hoarder couples’s estate sale. They had a bit of everything and most was to my taste. It was a freaking dream. Fill a box and the sale runners suggested a price. I never haggled. It was cheap. It got to the point where we just grabbed anything that was cool or interesting because it was going to cost pennies per item.</p><p><br /></p><p>And that’s how I got it. The Ugly Pot. I picked it up because it reminded me of the old Vancouver Canucks Flying V jersey. I liked the colours too. But like the Flying V, it is an ugly beast. It’s small - about 3 inches high- and looks like it has some age to it, so it went in the box to join the other small vases at home.</p><p><br /></p><p>And then I saw the price tag. 40 bucks? How, why, huhhhhhh? It wasn’t an estate sale sticker. It was from its life before! The thing was dumped on a basement shelf. Granted, it was with some ivory bits and 70-year-old bubble lights in the box. But what? The old couple seemed to have had sense in their buying choices. I had even purchased a small bit of their Xmas hoard from a reseller at prices that indicated that they didn't spend too much.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, what I am really asking is what am I missing? Is this some pot Clarice Cliff made after too many glasses of brandy? Is it a good thing? Or is it, as I see it, just a fugly little cheery pot that someone was being cheeky about?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]349746[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]349747[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]349748[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]349750[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]349751[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Owliza, post: 4307309, member: 20298"]So, a few years back My lad and I went to an organized hoarder couples’s estate sale. They had a bit of everything and most was to my taste. It was a freaking dream. Fill a box and the sale runners suggested a price. I never haggled. It was cheap. It got to the point where we just grabbed anything that was cool or interesting because it was going to cost pennies per item. And that’s how I got it. The Ugly Pot. I picked it up because it reminded me of the old Vancouver Canucks Flying V jersey. I liked the colours too. But like the Flying V, it is an ugly beast. It’s small - about 3 inches high- and looks like it has some age to it, so it went in the box to join the other small vases at home. And then I saw the price tag. 40 bucks? How, why, huhhhhhh? It wasn’t an estate sale sticker. It was from its life before! The thing was dumped on a basement shelf. Granted, it was with some ivory bits and 70-year-old bubble lights in the box. But what? The old couple seemed to have had sense in their buying choices. I had even purchased a small bit of their Xmas hoard from a reseller at prices that indicated that they didn't spend too much. So, what I am really asking is what am I missing? Is this some pot Clarice Cliff made after too many glasses of brandy? Is it a good thing? Or is it, as I see it, just a fugly little cheery pot that someone was being cheeky about? [ATTACH=full]349746[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]349747[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]349748[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]349750[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]349751[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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