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Originally Posted by HHI944
I tend to be a bottom feeder at the auction. I get some really neat crap for dirt cheap at the end when everybody has left.
Last time I was there, I paid $10 for a really nice valet. Swung by my tailors afterwards and he said it's worth about $400-500, handcrafted, Italian all that jazz. I've got a pair of jeans and Nat Nast on it right now for tomorrow....
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A man after mine own heart. However one has to know what they are looking for and its value...as one may see an item and think, "My GOD that went sooooo espensiveeeee." Only to find out later that item went dirt cheap for what it is...
Back in the day I bought a Kindel Revolving Bookcase..part of their Wintereaur collection solid Mahogany...paid $880 for it... seem like a lot...last to the TRADE PRICE was $2500.00
Or a pair of Baovier & Toso mid century glass table lamps (Canero Del Oro) for $990.00....pairs like that sell for $9000 at Galleries in NYC...
Or a pair of Georgian Sterling Silver (1805) TALL dining table candle sticks (about 18 inches) for $1800...value about $5000...I shoulda steppd up and bought the other matching pair as a set of 4 would be worth 15K to 20K...but I didin't know that at the time.