I liked the story so well about the silver bowl, I stopped to tell my dealer friend about it....knowing as I did, he might well have done something similiar!
He laughed and said that he pulled something similiar, but it cost him. He had a 18K Gold pocket watch that he wanted $1100 for and a guy offered him $300. He said, "I told him I'd throw the SOB away before I'd sell it that cheap!" And with that, he tossed it into a trash basket!
Well, as the guy was leaving, the phone rang and then someone came in and.......well, you know what happened, he accidently threw the watch out with the trash!
Now this dealer is a fun loving guy and not shy about letting the truth get in the way of a good story, but the 3 of us that were in the store all had a good laugh about it.
Pete
"Ain't None of Them play like him (Bix Beiderbecke) Yet." Louis Armstrong
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He laughed and said that he pulled something similiar, but it cost him. He had a 18K Gold pocket watch that he wanted $1100 for and a guy offered him $300. He said, "I told him I'd throw the SOB away before I'd sell it that cheap!" And with that, he tossed it into a trash basket!
Well, as the guy was leaving, the phone rang and then someone came in and.......well, you know what happened, he accidently threw the watch out with the trash!
Now this dealer is a fun loving guy and not shy about letting the truth get in the way of a good story, but the 3 of us that were in the store all had a good laugh about it.
Pete
Louis Armstrong
Go BIG or GO HOME. ©Bill