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Message:: [QUOTE="Vincent Montefusco, post: 196426, member: 2188"]I went to a vide greniers, the French equivalent of a car boot sale, near where I live and it was tilting down with rain. My wife wouldn't get out of the car as she said there was no point as everyone would have gone. I was there so I got out. Walked around the corner and noticed a few die hards had taken shelter under the covered walkway. The last guy at the end was packing up but he still had a box on the floor with two sconces in it. They looked nice so I picked one up, it had a ticket price of 75 euros and I was about to put it down again when he said I could have them for 50 euros. I told him that that was a problem as I didn't have 50 euros on me, in fact I had 37 euros and some small change. He thought for a moment and then told me I could have them for the 37 euros. My step son was with me so we quickly picked up the sconces but the dealer said 'That's not all of it' and pulled back a tarpaulin to reveal a matching chandelier. All antique toleware with 10 Murano glass shades. I recently sold the set for just under 1000 euros. I love rain.[/QUOTE]