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Originally posted by ShankS
shit that fucking sucks!! :mad:
I know they're probably irreplaceable, but maybe try and claim on your home contents insurance, after getting a valid opinion on value from some sort of antique guy.... did you have any records of what was displayed, receipts or photos of the items? as now they're unidetifiable.
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yeah.. i had no records/pictures .... it sucks ..
a bit of a story to it as well ..
years abo when i was about 10 - 11 we rented a cottage on the St LAurence river .. there was a heavy rain that caused part of the steep hill that led to the water to wash away - uncovering an old 'dump' site. It was almost all bottles .. half buried in mud .. all ancient.
I dug up a large trunk full including this old glazed crock with 's.g. eastman' on it.
Well - stupid enterprising kids that we were we found an antiques dealer that gave me $30 for all the bottles (but a few i kept back for myself). so this was in the 70's.
10 years later i saw the same S. G Eastmans crock in a local museum display case.
So i kicked myself over that for years ...... but at least i kept a few.
Till now.
About 3 escaped demolition last nite. I might as well throw them on the fucking road right now so i dont have to wait for the inevitable.