On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 21:56:53 -0700, sf <.> fired up random neurons and
synapses to opine:

>On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 18:09:08 -0700, Mark Thorson >
>wrote:
>
>>I was thinking about bidding on this, but it's so small
>>and not particularly fine or attractive. When it was
>>at $9.99, I thought about it. When it passed $30,
>>I knew I wasn't going to bid. The silver has cutouts,
>>but it's not engraved or anything.
>>
>>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=310042750319
>>
>>$128.50? I don't understand that at all.
>
>That was the winning bid. If it's sterling, the price would be high
>retail. It sounds like another case of EBay buyers going crazy.
>
>Do you believe the "strainer" part? I think it was another device for
>sprinkling powdered sugar.

I thought it looked like a tea strainer. <shrug>

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
--
"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as
old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had been as full as the
waitress's, it would have been a very good dinner."

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