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.

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.


The price of silver is going up as well as gold. What a shame that so
many valuable antiques will go to the smelter as they did the last time.

gloria p

"Mark Thorson" > wrote in message
...
>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.

Evidently others fell differently. 120 years old, sterling, ebony handle,
good condition. Did you really thing $9.99 would grab it?

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.
>
I couldn't see it since the bidding closed. But if you'd like you can get
an antique silver berry spoon for $249.99 (Buy It Now price):

http://tinyurl.com/53ooj5

Jill

Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
> "Mark Thorson" > wrote in message
> ...
>> 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.
>
> Evidently others fell differently. 120 years old, sterling, ebony
> handle, good condition. Did you really thing $9.99 would grab it?
>
You never know on eBay. Depending on what the minimum bid was set to, if
the seller was only offered $9.99 they may well have had to sell it for
that.

Jill

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.

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sf wrote:
> 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.
>
Heh. I just use a small mesh strainer, doesn't have to be sterling! for
sprinkling powdered sugar.

Jill

On Sat 26 Apr 2008 06:09:08p, Mark Thorson told us...

> 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.
>

It's sterling silver, not plate. It has an ebony handle. It's *old*. Need
more be said?

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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.

I would think as much as you post about eBay and the old things you
like, you'd know. I have a hunch that item might have sold for more
during December. It's always hit-and-miss with eBay auctions. We
make over $500 a week on eBay and rarely loose on an auction, but it
can happen. If someone wants something they don't care what it costs.
Kinda like corn flakes shaped like Illinois.

Lou

On Apr 26, 9:09�pm, 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.

It's worth more if it's not engraved.

Has nothing to do with the price of silver... it's all hand wrought,
museum quality antique, would require a full week of highly skilled
labor to produce one today... people collect those things, $128.50 is
a bargain price.... if you commissioned a silversmith to custom make
one today you'd be lucky to get one for under $1,285. Perhaps you
should look at the prices of small silver items here, and these are
all mass produced:

http://tinyurl.com/3pweoe

http://www.tiffany.com/Shopping/Cate...+pierced+spoon


Sheldon Sterling

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."

-- Duncan Hines

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On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:38:07 -0700, Terry Pulliam Burd
> wrote:

>On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 21:56:53 -0700, sf <.> fired up random neurons and
>synapses to opine:
>
<snip>
>>
>>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>
>
I don't think so, because tea leaves would move freely through the
slots.

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On Apr 26, 8:09*pm, 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.

I think it's a decent price for it. It's antique; it's silver; those
silver tea strainers have LOTS of collectors who vie for the best
pieces. I collected them for a while, but lost interest and gave them
over to an auctioneer.

N.

On Apr 26, 11:56*pm, sf <.> wrote:
> 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.
>
> --
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No, it's a tea strainer used to strain loose tea out of a pot of
brewed tea. There are lots of them that are antique, silver, some
with wood handles, some without, and many are figural. Highly desired
by collectors of such.

N.

On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:09:15 -0700 (PDT), Nancy2
> wrote:

>On Apr 26, 11:56*pm, sf <.> wrote:
>> 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.
>>
>> --
>> See return address to reply by email
>> remove the smile first
>
>No, it's a tea strainer used to strain loose tea out of a pot of
>brewed tea. There are lots of them that are antique, silver, some
>with wood handles, some without, and many are figural. Highly desired
>by collectors of such.
>
>N.

Honest, Nan... I don't see how it could *strain* tea. Tea leaves will
*flow* through those slits.

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sf > wrote:

> wrote:

>>No, it's a tea strainer used to strain loose tea out of a pot of
>>brewed tea. There are lots of them that are antique, silver, some
>>with wood handles, some without, and many are figural. Highly desired
>>by collectors of such.

>Honest, Nan... I don't see how it could *strain* tea. Tea leaves will
>*flow* through those slits.

Hypothesis: in past decades they did not cut up tea leaves into
as small pieces.

Steve

On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:00:29 +0000 (UTC),
(Steve Pope) wrote:

>sf > wrote:
>
> wrote:
>
>>>No, it's a tea strainer used to strain loose tea out of a pot of
>>>brewed tea. There are lots of them that are antique, silver, some
>>>with wood handles, some without, and many are figural. Highly desired
>>>by collectors of such.
>
>>Honest, Nan... I don't see how it could *strain* tea. Tea leaves will
>>*flow* through those slits.
>
>Hypothesis: in past decades they did not cut up tea leaves into
>as small pieces.
>
Until, proven wrong.... I'll buy that premise. LOL


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On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 14:46:32 -0700, sf <.> fired up random neurons and
synapses to opine:

>On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:38:07 -0700, Terry Pulliam Burd
> wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 21:56:53 -0700, sf <.> fired up random neurons and
>>synapses to opine:
>>
><snip>
>>>
>>>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>
>>
>I don't think so, because tea leaves would move freely through the
>slots.

I meant tea *bag* strainer. Lack of attention on my part.

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."

-- Duncan Hines

To reply, replace "meatloaf" with "cox"