phht - you could have bought the vase on eBay or in a charity (thrift) store for the same price, for the same reason - they didn't check what it was worth before offering it for sale.
My mother was particularly good at getting gypped when she sold or otherwise got rid of family heirlooms. "Nobody would want that" was her claim - so a set of Victorian annuals were taken off her hands by a dealer for a few (under five) pounds, when they were worth hundreds, a pair of 16th C pewter tankards fetched a fiver (original pewter, not modern pewter - worth LOTS more) and a complete set of "Starlord" comics went into the bin, when the first issue was worth almost a hundred pounds. Was she upset at this? No, she maintained her stance "NOBODY would want those!"
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Date: 2008-07-18 05:11 pm (UTC)My mother was particularly good at getting gypped when she sold or otherwise got rid of family heirlooms. "Nobody would want that" was her claim - so a set of Victorian annuals were taken off her hands by a dealer for a few (under five) pounds, when they were worth hundreds, a pair of 16th C pewter tankards fetched a fiver (original pewter, not modern pewter - worth LOTS more) and a complete set of "Starlord" comics went into the bin, when the first issue was worth almost a hundred pounds. Was she upset at this? No, she maintained her stance "NOBODY would want those!"