I can't believe I took a pic and walked away . . .

[batcap]

Hey Yard Sailors . . .

I hit a slew of sales today, but I wanted to show a pic of one that got away, or maybe I was the one that escaped?

Seth Thomas clock, gold plated face. Not running, missing front glass door. A couple of abrasions on the wood body, but not cracked or dented.

The granddaughter of a neighbor brought it over moments before I saw it according to the lady who was selling it. The price was "I want $50 but will take $40".

I didn't have $40 in my pocket that late on my rounds, but I could have left a deposit and been back in 10 minutes. I didn't make an offer, but I did snap this picture. I saw the exact model with a much less attractive face (but working) on eBay right now with a $220 bid on it and the auction isn't over yet. Here's the link to that auction:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=STRK:MEWAX:IT

So, if you had not seen the eBay link, would you have bought it or not?

[bazinga]

Honestly, I probably wouldn't have bought it. But I also never buy clocks and don't know the value of them when they are as-is like this.

I would have been thinking... Yeah, it's cool, but I don't need another project or something sitting in the corner collecting dust that I can't decide if I want to sell it or not.

[Beans]

I would have bought it. I passed one up at Gwill, I recongized the name but was not for sure. Clock only had a chip in the wood frame and was selling for 5 bucks.

[2Minnesota]

I would have passed it up as well.....

[creeper71]

your ebay link is not the same clock could make a differnce in price

[GibH]

I know a bit about clocks. I'd have passed.

[batcap]

Thanks for all your input. I thought I'd posted a reply already but it seems it didn't go. It looks like the majority vote is "Don't".

I do want to point out that if you check all the Seth Thomas Clocks on eBay right now, the one at the yard sale has one of the best looking faces, with all the scroll-work and gilding, in my opinion.

I thought I found the right yard sale in Craigslist and sent an email. I'd decided to buy but they didn't respond.

[Ursus]

I have bought a clock and made money, but it was rather inexpensive buy. That much money without the knowledge, would have passed.