Not really interesting facts about yourself

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Re: Not really interesting facts about yourself

Postby Henrysix » Wed Oct 27, 2021 9:50 am

Hang on in there Banjos, keep eating, drinking, sleeping well!
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Re: Not really interesting facts about yourself

Postby Boxer6 » Wed Nov 03, 2021 11:06 pm

Very quiet here of late; hope you and your wife have recovered fully from the lurgy, banjo.
Some people hear voices.. Some see invisible people.. Others have no imagination whatsoever.
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Re: Not really interesting facts about yourself

Postby banjo » Sun Nov 07, 2021 9:18 am

yes thank you.had a pleasant weekend at my nephews wedding through stirling way.took a little wander through the alva glen.very pleasing and autumnal.
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Re: Not really interesting facts about yourself

Postby Henrysix » Tue Nov 09, 2021 10:18 pm

Wondering if the COP 26 has impacted upon daily life in the Town, would have liked to have seen the streets when wee Greta was on the March!
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Re: Not really interesting facts about yourself

Postby Dot » Fri Nov 12, 2021 12:06 am

I bid on a few things at auction room and was successful with my online bids on two of the three items.
Never bought anything at an auction before. Have sold things in the past and interesting to see what people will pay for things.
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Re: Not really interesting facts about yourself

Postby banjo » Fri Nov 12, 2021 4:38 pm

spill the beans dot. :roll:
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Re: Not really interesting facts about yourself

Postby Dot » Fri Nov 12, 2021 8:11 pm

Just bought two pictures from the online paintings auction.
Not the really expensive ones by the more well known artists but pleased with my purchase all the same.

I think I might get a new string on one of them and maybe a new mount on other one which I think is a little discoloured.

Anyone else on here ever bought or sold anything?
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Re: Not really interesting facts about yourself

Postby Henrysix » Fri Nov 12, 2021 10:35 pm

Dot I always feel the auction house makes money from the buyer and the seller so you pay over the odds everyone, it’s about 16%
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Re: Not really interesting facts about yourself

Postby banjo » Sat Nov 13, 2021 7:53 am

i got a michael jackson presspack for the price of a stamp in a newspaper competition twenty plus years ago and sold it on e bay for one hundred and fifty quid after his death.the buyer was from italy. :o
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Re: Not really interesting facts about yourself

Postby Dot » Sat Nov 13, 2021 3:06 pm

Henrysix,

Yes the auction houses must do alright with commission charges.
Not sure whether I would buy something again in online sale as it's not quite the same as being able to look at it in person.

I did do quite well when I sold a few items in the past.
A painting by Scottish artist Kate Cameron went for £1000.00 and a pair of art deco earrings also did very well.
Both went for much higher amounts than the estimates.

banjo,
Well done on your ebay sale.
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Re: Not really interesting facts about yourself

Postby Henrysix » Sat Nov 13, 2021 8:11 pm

Bravo Dot, I gave this friend he is I need of a loan from a rich contact!

You sound Rich Dot!
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Re: Not really interesting facts about yourself

Postby Dot » Sat Nov 13, 2021 10:29 pm

Henrysix,

Not sure about the rich part ::): but pieces I sold in auction came from a house clearance after a relative died some years ago.

I must have restocked a large portion of the Oxfam Bookshop on Byres Road as my aunt had a lot of books.
It's amazing the things people gather during their lifetime.
My aunt was a lovely person though I think she was a bit of a hoarder.
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Re: Not really interesting facts about yourself

Postby banjo » Sun Nov 14, 2021 12:45 pm

hoarder is my middle name.books,maps,albums,singles,happy meal toys from yesteryear.you name it.i even have the scottish football league flag won by celtic fc in 1967.
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Re: Not really interesting facts about yourself

Postby Henrysix » Sun Nov 14, 2021 1:58 pm

Banjo think Celtic might need that back with the pending court cases, I used to live round the corner from Florence Street and aged 8 I was playing football in the street with Bobby Murdoch (Lisbon lion) I was only 7 DONT remember it but others do,
Bobs mammy lived there!
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Re: Not really interesting facts about yourself

Postby Dot » Sun Nov 14, 2021 2:15 pm

I have quite a collection of antiperspirant and toiletries along with notelets.
I suppose I can't really talk about hoarding but have given quite a bit to a lady who has a connection to the food bank in the nearest town to me. They also accept toiletries so am trying not to buy any more items till I use up what I have.

banjo,
You never know maybe some of your belongings will end up in a museum.
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