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It's a table bottle, not a table bottle.

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« on: December 14, 2016, 06:03:57 am »

Hi Samson,

I can't understand why these auction houses can't do something very simple, just say an item has or doesn't have damage. While I understand it is a case of "Let the buyer beware" it takes a second or two to add a simple damaged or not to a lot description. They earn high commissions and an ever increasing amount of their sales go to online bidders so they could offer them a far better service. You can buy an item from ebay for a couple of pounds that may have 8 good pictures and a full description of any damage the item may have.

It explains the low estimate for that bottle although I see it went up by the day of the auction. As you say, how strange to treat the bottle like that.

Regards, Adrian.

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