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Default The violin-playing robot continued

Oh pshaw, on Fri 07 Dec 2007 07:53:06p, Little Malice meant to say...

> One time on Usenet, Wayne Boatwright > said:
>> Oh pshaw, on Fri 07 Dec 2007 12:56:19p, Little Malice meant to say...
>>
>> > One time on Usenet, Lou Decruss > said:
>> >> On Fri, 07 Dec 2007 04:58:33 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
>> >> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > Later sold it for several thousand dollars, as reproducing pianos
>> >> > were far more valuable than regular player pianos.
>> >
>> > Thanks for the info on pianos, Wayne. :-)
>> >
>> >> >Now I wish I had kept it. :-(
>> >
>> >> I'm sure most of us have things we wished we kept. Sorry about the
>> >> piano.
>> >
>> > Oh yeah! When I first discovered eBay back in the 90's, I sold several
>> > things that I wish I hadn't...
>> >

>>
>> Been there and done that, too. Most recently, 12 place settings of
>> Wedgewood Queensware and many accessory and serving pieces, about 250 in
>> all. I have regrets, but I got a great price. I didn't sell it through
>> eBay, however. I found a china buyer who would pay top dollar. for mint
>> condition pieces.

>
> Yeah, I wouldn't sell something like that on eBay, myself. I have 16
> settings of a lovely china my dad picked up in Japan during the 50's.
> I'm NOT getting rid of that any time soon... :-)
>


That's to cherish. I have one more set that I plan to sell, 8 place
settings and serving pieces of Chinese export ware.

The one set I'm keeping is a 12 place settings and many serving pieces that
was my mothers English bone china.

No one needs as much china as I had! :-) (Especially since we rarely
entertain.)

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Wayne Boatwright

Date: Friday, December 7th,2007

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