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lyndhurst44:
Hi Y'all.,
Nice little booty find today although I did not think it at the time. I purchased a boxed set of Caithness goblets because it was only £2 and because I thought the engraving was spectacular. The seller explained that both the goblets had cracks but would still display well. I just passed a glance at both "cracks" and still thought they were cheap at the price because one they came with the box, that I could possibly use for something else and two they also had a facimile hand written note from the Etcher, one Denis Mann, stating that they were a limited edition of just 50 and signed for 1975. Both goblets were signed and dated on the base by the maker, there was also a Caithness sticker.
Anyway, off home I toddled. Opened the box and was amazed and delighted to find that neither was cracked at all, the apparent cracks were the fishing line running from the fishes ( brown Trout) mouth, in fact I cannot find so much as sand grain of damage  :o . So I am extatic. :D :D  :D  
The question I would like to ask is does anyone have any idea what these might be worth and who is Denis Farquhar Mann.
Please take a butchers at the goblets.
http://i2.tinypic.com/s63hg2.jpg
Cheers,
Bryn (not Brian)

"It's a minefield out there!" :mrgreen:

Max:
I think your goblets could be described as a more than average bargain.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Denis-F-Mann-Boxed-Pr-Engraved-Caithness-Glass-Goblets_W0QQitemZ7367730321QQcategoryZ2685QQcmdZViewItem

 :shock:

lyndhurst44:
WOW!!!!! I'm shaking Max. :shock:  
That's fantastic, I was thinking £50 maybe with £100 as a far fetched chance, but £399 that's incredible. I know it has not been sold yet but I can see there have been loads of hits.
I thought I had scoured Ebay before listing on the board. I probably missed it because it was a Buy me now item. I've put that firmly on my watch list now.
That's my best glass buy ever.
Thanks so much for the info. :D
Cheers,
Bryn (not Brian)

"It's LESS of a minefield out there now!" :mrgreen:

Max:

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lol  Bryn, I was quite surprised at the price myself!  :wink:

Try Googling 'Denis Mann Caithness'.  See if you can find out anything else.   :)

lyndhurst44:
Quite a lot on him through Google Max, apparently he was the engraver for the BBC Mastermind Trophy even has his own Web site www.denismann.com WOW!!! WOW!!!  :shock:  :D
Cheers,
Bryn (not Brian)

"It's a minefield out there! :mrgreen: "

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