Sold Ratty

[chainmail]

15 years ago I dug up this little fellow, a silver rat pincushion. It was a bit battered so I got a friend to restore it for me. It was made by a Birmingham company called Adie & Lovekins of England and was dated 1908. I knew it was rare, as rats were never very popular as pin cushions, so I recently sold it at auction, this is what it made.

 

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[chainmail]

£940 is $1520.54, so you can make loads from a dirty Rat

 

[cudamark]

Well done! I'd be willing to play the Pied Piper if I could get rats worth that!

 

[kdbrich]

15 years ago I dug up this little fellow, a silver rat pincushion. It was a bit battered so I got a friend to restore it for me. It was made by a Birmingham company called Adie & Lovekins of England and was dated 1908. I knew it was rare, as rats were never very popular as pin cushions, so I recently sold it at auction, this is what it made.

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Congrats! Did it cost you to have it restored?

 

[Keppy]

You see Rat's like that i like ... good find..

 

[chainmail]

It cost £52 to restore, so a good result.

 

[spartacus53]

It seems you made out well on that deal. I hope you tossed a box of pins in for good measure

 

[kdbrich]

It cost £52 to restore, so a good result.

Cool!