Re: Shaker Double Rolling Pin

On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 13:11:27 -0500 (EST), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bonnie from SC)
wrote:

>I know it's authentic. I sent pics to Hancock Museum in Mass and spoke
>to curator. His quote was "Now I know of 2 double rolling pins". He
>asked if I would be willing to donate it for a tax write-off.
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>Only 3 out of 10 Shaker museums have 1 on display, so I know it's rare, 
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>My problem is there is no record of 1 ever being sold. I got it while
>living in CT in 1958-59 but didn't know what it was until I saw HGTV
>Shaker Special. I was able to track it back to approx the mid to late
>1800's.  
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>I would like to sell it, but not sure how to go about it. Has there ever
>been a site set-up to sell only 1 thing, and explain it's on a "Make an
>Offer" basis? Any suggestions would be helpful.
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>Thanks in advance, Bonnie
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The big auction houses (Sotheby's and Christies) have Shaker sales. 
That's an option and maybe a good one since you don't know how much
you want for it. Send them a photo in any case. See what they have
to say.

You would probably be better of selling it on eBay than you would
trying to auction it yourself from your own web site. 

In the end, you may not be able to squeeze the last dollar out
this thing... but you can probably get most of it. 

Please be sure to check in with us when it's all done and let us
know how it turned out. 

T.