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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;philologus_1, post: 3768819, member: 92212&quot;][USER=94602]@pprp[/USER] &amp; [USER=72712]@arnoldoe[/USER]&nbsp; Thanks for your posts! They have motivated me to keep looking! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I want to upgrade the example I have. But for budgetary reasons I&#039;m not seeking one as wonderfully nice as the one posted by [USER=94602]@pprp[/USER] . (I would however quickly and joyfully add it to my collection if it appeared under my Christmas tree!)</p><p><br /></p><p>Mine is on a tight flan, has wear on the high points, a bankers mark in a field, the poor little owl took a test-cut blow to his neck, and he has a crack from his beak up through an eye. Ouch! :-(&nbsp; But then, I paid just $255 for it 3 years ago in a competitive eBay auction listing by a well-known seller. 28 bids; 11 bidders. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1008407[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The example from CNG that [USER=72712]@arnoldoe[/USER] included which hammered for $280 + 18% fees = $330 would be an upgrade to mine, and I may well have bid on it had I seen it. (But because there was already at least $280 bid on it, my bid would have taken it up to yet a higher level.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Funny thing though... now after having retrieved mine from the flip and looked at it closely in-hand again, I feel myself possibly growing more content with it.&nbsp; It has character, was obviously in circulation, and has even been tested and found &#039;good&#039;. Besides, who would want my poor little damaged owl if I sold it? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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