Up and downs of Ebay

Hiya.  I forgot to show my latest Ebay win.  YAY!!  Doesn't happen too often.  She is Mary Spinney from the Examplarery.

I never saw this before (that I can remember) and it's just my style.  Usually there are lots of photos of reproduction samplers when you search Google Images, but not this time.  Very surprising to me because I think it's a great piece.  Sometimes the bids are reasonable and other times, ridiculous.  I sold Mary Slatter a while back, she is offered often, and take a look at the difference in recent prices.

On 7/23 sold for $5.49 with free shipping and the paper faces, 9/4 she sold for $99.99 - on 9/12 a 99¢ offer did not sell - on 9/19 she sold for $26.51.   I've listed charts that I thought would get a good price and I got stomped.  Recently a BOAF Gold Santa went for around $7.50.  Not bad considering many went for much more.  I have my eye on several others and am surprised at some of the bids (so far) on antique pieces.  But you never know until the final seconds, or you forget completely and aren't there at that time to up your highest bid.  Hopefully I'll have a few more to share with you this week.

I'm spending the afternoon cleaning sis's house and waking up with a sore throat means I have to stay away from her.  That will work out fine though because she doesn't want anywhere near dust rags, vacuum cleaners, mops, glass cleaners, and all those tedious annoyances.  Her bedroom looks like an auction house.  Good grief woman!  There are so many bottles of lotions it's mind boggling.  I take a few every time I am there and so far she hasn't noticed.  The nursing home will get a large batch to pass out as bingo prizes along with anything else I can pilfer.  Most all of it are gifts from her many many friends.  You can only use so much and the older we get, the less we need.  Unless it's for a pastime or hobby of course.  When I was working, I suggested we each choose a charity to benefit from our exchange gifts but not one person agreed with me.  I threw a hissy fit because everyone was doing very well and there were others in much greater need.  I insisted my gift be given to animal welfare and in their quarterly newsletter, instead of listing the donation "in honor" of me, they listed the donation "in memory" of me.  The really sad thing - when I brought it in the office to show them for a laugh, the young people did not know the difference.  Since they didn't know that in memory is for deceased individuals, I didn't take it personally.

And look what's out of the family room and in the kitchen!  Mark made the runners and plywood cutouts will slide into them for tray dividers when the varnish is dry.  Lots of cookie and baking goods storage!  The doors will go on, and the fridge cabinet is finished.  Soapstone will be installed in three weeks and we have the area above the stove and next to the fridge to finish off with trim.

 The open shelf can be cut out to accommodate a higher fridge in the future if necessary.  We're used to throwing stuff on top of it so a few wooden bowls will hide our bad habits.

 

Have a wonderful week!!

 

Thanks for visiting.

 

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