Brenda wrote:
<Looks like a genuine collection of old bobbins but nothing spectacular.
Pity the photos were taken at such an acute angle - impossible to see
exactly what's in the lot, but an average of more than 10 GBP per
bobbin does seem a bit steep.>
Couldn't agree more - it in my opinion. There's nothing that looks
particularly special.
I'd say the 56 wooden ones would be one to three GBP each - maximum 100
pounds the lot. Remember that on one of the antques programmes, they
couldn't even get one pound each for old wooden bobbins. Then the bone
ones - about a dozen would fetch ten to fifteen pounds each, a few maybe
twenty pounds - say 200 - 250 pounds. The remaining two dozen about 5 pounds
each on a very good day - another 120 pounds. That's 420 - 470 pounds
maximum I'd say. But the final price was over one thousand pounds -
definitely wouldn't have thought they were worth that.
What a good day the seller had!
Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK
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