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Posted by: Sandie ( )
Date: March 28, 2011 11:46PM
OT - Would you pay $500.00 for this basket on Ebay?

http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid=p4712.m570.l1313&_nkw=red+glass+bead+basket&_sacat=See-All-Categories

$500.00 You've got to be kidding!

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Posted by: zygar ( )
Date: March 28, 2011 11:47PM
Re: OT - Would you pay $500.00 for this basket on Ebay?

regretsy.com

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Posted by: luckychucky ( )
Date: March 28, 2011 11:52PM
Re: OT - Would you pay $500.00 for this basket on Ebay?

Thanks for the link. I just bought it!!!

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Posted by: luckychucky ( )
Date: March 28, 2011 11:53PM
Re: OT - Would you pay $500.00 for this basket on Ebay?

Ha ha ha ha. I was kidding.

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Posted by: Sandie ( )
Date: March 29, 2011 06:27AM
LOL! (n/t)


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Posted by: nomilk ( )
Date: March 28, 2011 11:52PM
Re: OT - Would you pay $500.00 for this basket on Ebay?

Safety pins have been around for a little over 150 years, but those are modern one. Where's the 'rare?'

I looked at this and little questions marks started popping up over my head!

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Posted by: angsty ( )
Date: March 28, 2011 11:53PM
Not a chance

Wow. If that's worth five hundred bucks, all the ward decor of my youth must now be worth billions-- all the tacky lace table covers and tissue box covers? They're "vintage" rarities now, right? Ugh.

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Posted by: Sandie ( )
Date: March 29, 2011 06:30AM
List all of your "vintage" LDS stuff on ebay. See if they will sell. LOL! (n/t)


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Posted by: ThinkingOutLoud ( )
Date: March 29, 2011 06:44AM
Re: OT - Would you pay $500.00 for this basket on Ebay?

It's being called vintage rather than antique, and no real description of it is given. No approx age, origin of beads used to make it with, etc. But I'm guessing maybe 1950s, US made, and worth about $50-$100 if all the beads are glass and there's no rust on the pins.

Doesn't really matter, because even if those beads were antique Czech glass, which I collect and have an artist friend make into costume jewelry for me, and it was 100 years old, I still wouldn't buy it. I'm sorry. I think it's ugly.

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Posted by: Timothy ( )
Date: March 29, 2011 06:45AM
Uh, if you have $500.00 to blow on Ebay ...

... my PayPal account would be most appreciative:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270726718867&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT

http://cgi.ebay.com/GI-JOE-JET-dragon-bbi-adventure-max-team-mx-25-steel-/270726765854?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f08929d1e

Bid with confidence! ... For $500.00, I'll throw in free shipping!

Timothy

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Posted by: Sandie ( )
Date: March 29, 2011 02:41PM
Sorry, but I don't collect what you offer, Big Tim. If you happen to come across the following, then let's talk:

Old teapots - brass or silver with burner or candle detachable base.

Old celery vases or celery bowls - EAPG or ABC glass, near perfect condition.

Old butter dishes - round with dome lids, near perfect condition.

If you happen to have and wish to part with with any of the above items, let me know. :-)

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Posted by: Timothy ( )
Date: March 31, 2011 12:44PM
Hey, Sandie, I gots an old silver water pitcher.

Email me and I'll send you some pics.

Timothy

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Posted by: Sandie ( )
Date: March 31, 2011 03:26PM
Sweet! I changed computers and no longer have your email address. Mine is below:

Violinharvest@yahoo.com

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Posted by: wings ( )
Date: March 31, 2011 03:36PM
OT ....What do I have here, Sandie?

From my Grandmother, I got a Cambridge Glass Company inverted thistle spooner. It is clear glass with the NEAR CUT trademark seen when you look down into the spooner bottom. It is a loving cup looking piece. It appears to be in perfect conditon. I have used it a few time for a small vase.

Just curious, and you seem to know these glass thingies.

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Posted by: Sandie ( )
Date: March 31, 2011 05:51PM
It's a spooner... :-) link below...

http://www.carnivalheaven.com/carnivalglass102/id136.htm#inverted_thistle_spooner_and_creamer

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Posted by: wings ( )
Date: March 31, 2011 06:42PM
Re: It's a spooner... :-) link below...That is it, but the color is clear...

I never paid much attention to this, obviously... since it was always in the family. Love the little thing and when little remember reading NEAR CUT that was nearly invisible if you did not look for it. To a kid, that was like "Where's Waldo" on a cereal box. Thanks for the link and info, Sandie. Grandma also had an emerald green domed butter dish with the same pattern. The dome broke years ago and it became a candy dish :)

Good luck in your search for glass baskets!

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Posted by: axeldc ( )
Date: March 29, 2011 07:34AM
Everything is worth what its buyer will pay (n/t)


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Posted by: ThinkingOutLoud ( )
Date: March 29, 2011 08:27AM
Re: OT - Would you pay $500.00 for this basket on Ebay?

Found this:

http://www.countryliving.com/antiques/appraisals/bead-basket-0609

So maybe the poster thinks they have an above-average or rare example of this relatively common thing.

So very true about it being worth what a buyer will pay. I am sure there is someone out there who would pay that $500 gladly, and genuinely cherish it.

That someone, however, is not me!

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Posted by: Dave the Atheist ( )
Date: March 29, 2011 03:08PM
But ... but ... but it's rare vintage !!!!! (n/t)


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Posted by: Stray Mutt ( )
Date: March 29, 2011 03:30PM
Pray tell, what were you looking for that led you to that?

I mean, that is so far out of the realm of anything I would be looking to buy. Or did you search "useless dust-catching crap?"

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Posted by: Sandie ( )
Date: March 29, 2011 04:20PM
ROFL! Mutt, you are cute! I was searching... LOL... for antique

glass baskets on Ebay, and that little gem popped up. ROFL!

Now I'm laughing so hard my back hurts. ROFL!

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Posted by: The StalkerDog™ ( )
Date: March 31, 2011 01:12PM
HATE the basket.

I likes them GI Joes!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Posted by: xophor ( )
Date: March 31, 2011 03:02PM
Re: OT - Would you pay $500.00 for this basket on Ebay?

I saw a similar piece of crap in an antique shop that was made with plastic beads...labelled as "Victorian". The seller knows damn well it's not worth that amount...they're just hoping to cash in on someone's ignorance.

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Posted by: honestone ( )
Date: March 31, 2011 09:10PM
Re: OT - Would you pay $500.00 for this basket on Ebay?

i can not even begin to see why one would pay more than 15.00 UGLY!

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Posted by: thedesertrat1 ( )
Date: March 31, 2011 09:39PM
Re: OT - Would you pay $500.00 for this basket on Ebay?

I probably would not. However a dedicated collector could very well buy it.
Do not prejudge what is right or wrong for other people!

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Posted by: xophor ( )
Date: April 01, 2011 01:18AM
Re: OT - Would you pay $500.00 for this basket on Ebay?

I went back to that auction and checked the seller's other items...while some things have sold, most of their stuff is way overpriced and some is not correctly identified. I deal in glass, china & silver so I can't speak for all their listings...but ALL the glass, china & silver is ridiculously overpriced. It seems that "Italian" is the default for "I don't know" on some things. And yeah, that bead-basket is effin' ugly...the value is in the beads alone.

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