she was casually sitting by the till in a small Te Awamutu op shop.
i spied the hand-written $8 price tag and half-jokingly commented,
it's not crown lynn, is it?
the owner replied that is was. it has a number on the bottom. and, it was her mother-in-law's and "she never bought junk".
outwardly I was like:
huh.
and appearing unimpressed (by the number and her MIL equally), i cooly slide THE $8 CROWN LYNN SWAN it over beside my other purchases.
...
inwardly i was like:
eeeEEEEeeeeeeyyyaaaayyyayayayayayay.
yanno.
isn't she so pretty?JR did ask, "but what do you want it for?" (must everything be "for" something?) and then, after i told him about the usual asking price, "you should sell it".
haha. he's terrified he's suddenly married to his nana!!
Eeeee!! So pretty! What a great find!
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Talia Christine
Love it! My great grandmother had one of these (and flying ducks on her wall etc) and I so wish I had asked for them when she died!
ReplyDeleteWhat a STEAL!!!!!
ReplyDeleteOh yay!! that's how it should be. I need to find a secondhand shop that isn't "clued" up.
Congrats! She's a beauty :)
Pretty!!!
ReplyDeleteYou, of course, make it prettier by where you choose to put it.
aww small town op shops are little treasure troves - I bet they thought they were asking too much for it
ReplyDeleteHaha! It's amazing!!! And that conversation with your guy is SOO familiar to me!
ReplyDeletei was just admiring a crown lynn swan on trade me, its up to $280, and not as nice as yours!!
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