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Re: Here's one for Nick ......
« Reply #1 on: September 21, 2020, 09:16:44 pm »
It was passed twice at a Bertoia sale, this seller buys and re-sells a lot from them.

I bought a twin fire-pumper from the same sale that was also passed on the auction.
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Re: Here's one for Nick ......
« Reply #2 on: September 21, 2020, 09:27:06 pm »
Here’s when it was passed in Nov ‘19





And sold Aug ‘20 for $350 (plus commision). The ebay seller often reuses Bertoia’s pictures

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Re: Here's one for Nick ......
« Reply #3 on: September 28, 2020, 08:08:43 pm »
Looks like the seller took a loss if they paid $350 + 20-25% commission + shipping and now ebay fees...

What was there looked nice, but missing quite a bit for $400...

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Re: Here's one for Nick ......
« Reply #4 on: September 28, 2020, 08:15:19 pm »
Here’s some similar examples from previous sales with quite a range in price. I was very tempted at the time with the $800 piece!





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