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Offline Pinkspoons

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Pricing for a Holmegaard Aristocrat Decanter...
« on: October 03, 2005, 11:23:03 AM »
I was hunting for an Aristocrat decanter as a present for someone, and stumbled across one in near-immaculate condition (no label, unfortunately, though) for a big hefty price of £210. I always thought these retailed at around the £100-ish mark.

Is it a rip-off, or have average prices genuinely increased?

I know this is a very very specific question, but any help would be greatly appreciated. If I'm unlikely to be able to source one reasonably quickly for around my presupposed £100-150 mark, then I can stretch to the £210 without feeling unduly cheated.  :D

Thanks.

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« Reply #1 on: October 03, 2005, 01:31:12 PM »
I think too few of these change hands to really establish a value from sales records for the specific item, so it is just a matter of looking at other Holmegaard auction results. Check E-bay completed auctions - then look at Tradera.se. As far as I can see there no Holmie hype going on.

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« Reply #2 on: October 03, 2005, 04:06:13 PM »
Thanks for the directions, but alas, there're no Aristocrats either live or ended recently...

And you don't want to know what turns up when you type 'Aristocrat' into Tradera!!!  :shock: Holmegaard it isn't.

I shall continue my search, although I suspect I may have to grit my teeth and shoo the moths from my wallet to get what I want.  :(

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« Reply #3 on: October 05, 2005, 12:04:33 AM »
Fortune shines upon the persistent... I found one in a shop being sold as Blenko for £50.

*phew*

Talk about one in a million chance!

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« Reply #4 on: October 05, 2005, 08:35:32 AM »
:D:D:D Well done!  :D:D:D
Cheers, Sue M. (she/her)

‘For every problem there is a solution: neat, plausible and wrong’. H.L.Mencken

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« Reply #5 on: October 05, 2005, 10:47:55 AM »
Thanks!

Although I'm loathe to part with it now...  :D

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« Reply #6 on: October 05, 2005, 10:51:47 AM »
:D:D:D
I just wrote a quote from my mother in another thread, but I suppose it bears repeating here! "What is gained by a friend is not lost."
 :D:D:D
Or just continue persevering!
Cheers, Sue M. (she/her)

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« Reply #7 on: October 05, 2005, 10:55:28 AM »
I could always invite them round every now and again to admire it. Perhaps they'll appreciate it more that way.... *ponders*

Ah, if only that plan would work without me getting a slap!  :P

 

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