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Sabino ashtray history
tortentaumel:
The unpolished one doen't have the same smooth surface like the other one. Colourwise they appear pretty much the same.
All edges are not quite defined at the unpolished one while the other one has a much clearer contour.
I just wonder why there are so little around. I keep searching them through ebay.com and ebay.fr but since years i haven't found them.
The unpolished one i found through a "petit annonce" in France just recently and i payed 130 Euro for it. The other one i bought about 12 years ago in Zurich from an art deco shop and it was in perfect condition when i bought it. My wife dropped it from the top of our piano when she was sweeping dust
and it fell on the marble floor. Damned. Now i would like to find at least one of them which is in mint condition and polished.
If anyone would like to sell one or knows where i can find one, i would really appreciate to send me an offer.
Thanks for all the answers so far and please excuse my terrible english.
Regards
Torsten
chopin-liszt:
If you look at the first image, where the two pieces are side by side, you can see that the parts for laying the cigarette on (at each of the corners) have had the surface of the sides polished flat on the one on the left, while there are still raised curves from the moulding on this part on the one on the right.
Sadly, big businesses are not often interested in their history - just making money now and in the future.
I'm sorry you had such a dismissive response.
While your unpolished one may have been taken from the rubbish and deemed trash, clearly, if they are no longer making these, there is a limited supply and it does have value in the secondary market - to you personally and, I imagine, to many other Sabino collectors.
One person's trash is somebody else's treasure! :thup:
tortentaumel:
----- Original Message -----
From: Art Glass
To: Torsten Goddon
Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2011 5:47 PM
Subject: Re: Per E-Mail senden: IMG_0005, IMG_0001, IMG_0002, IMG_0003, IMG_0004
Why do you accuse the messenger for answering your question the best he can?,
Is it because you do not like the answer?
Is it because you do not appreciate the time spent for answering you with courtesy?
Your ash tray is trash.
It is what it is.
Sir! we have been the world's Sabino distibutor since 1963.
About all the sabino sold in the world comes from us.
Wehter you buy from us or not your Sabino will still comes from us trough a dealer who buys it from us.
The big difference will the quality and authenticity.
We do not, I repeat do not sell trash, all trash is destroyed.
It is what it is
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From: "Torsten Goddon" <torsten.goddon@bluewin.ch>
Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2011 10:09 AM
To: sabino@mail.sabinoartglass.com
Subject: Re: Per E-Mail senden: IMG_0005, IMG_0001, IMG_0002, IMG_0003, IMG_0004
I actually considered to buy a "birth of a star" object through you but since i have to realize that you are rather impatient and uncaring about collectors questions and needs, i will have to manage my interest for antique Sabino glass via different sellers.
Regards
Torsten Goddon
Muehlegasse 5
8114 Dänikon
Switzerland
----- Original Message -----
From: Art Glass
To: Torsten Goddon
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 11:35 PM
Subject: re: Per E-Mail senden: IMG_0005, IMG_0001, IMG_0002, IMG_0003, IMG_0004
Hello,
This Ash tray did not pass the quality control and did not pass the test of approval.
It is unfinished and unpolished and was to be discarded for some unkown reason it was gathered from the trash bin.
tortentaumel:
the text above shows how sabino art glass Texas is communcating with collectors.
No comment
chopin-liszt:
Very sad.
Even sadder - it's added a sour taste to my little Sabino butterfly - my one example of this maker, who I had liked very much for a long time. I won't be getting any more.
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