Comments on: Boxlot Post No. 1 http://savoauctioneers.com/boxlot-post-no-1/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:50:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: J. Bear Savo http://savoauctioneers.com/boxlot-post-no-1/#comment-122 J. Bear Savo Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:10:10 +0000 http://savoauctioneers.com/?p=409#comment-122 My thought are worth at least a shiny nickel, no? My thought are worth at least a shiny nickel, no?

]]> By: Seraphine http://savoauctioneers.com/boxlot-post-no-1/#comment-121 Seraphine Mon, 15 Feb 2010 07:28:16 +0000 http://savoauctioneers.com/?p=409#comment-121 "I gather some of my miscellaneous cerebral tchotchkes into a virtual cardboard box..." i guess that must be where the term comes from: a penny for your thoughts. of course, having asked for your thoughts, i expect to get my two cents worth. it's a win-win situation, like the 80-year old possessing a vase for 100 years. tijuana brass, in case you wonder, will reach the sun in 8 (or so) light minutes. “I gather some of my miscellaneous cerebral tchotchkes into a virtual cardboard box…”

i guess that must be where the term comes from: a penny for your thoughts.
of course, having asked for your thoughts, i expect to get my two cents worth.
it’s a win-win situation, like the 80-year old possessing a vase for 100 years.
tijuana brass, in case you wonder, will reach the sun in 8 (or so) light minutes.

]]> By: J. Bear Savo http://savoauctioneers.com/boxlot-post-no-1/#comment-120 J. Bear Savo Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:40:38 +0000 http://savoauctioneers.com/?p=409#comment-120 There's a rare mint that grows in the Himalayas, I think. There’s a rare mint that grows in the Himalayas, I think.

]]> By: J. Bear Savo http://savoauctioneers.com/boxlot-post-no-1/#comment-119 J. Bear Savo Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:39:25 +0000 http://savoauctioneers.com/?p=409#comment-119 Not to mention "spearmint." Not to mention “spearmint.”

]]> By: Troy Todd http://savoauctioneers.com/boxlot-post-no-1/#comment-118 Troy Todd Sat, 13 Feb 2010 17:29:33 +0000 http://savoauctioneers.com/?p=409#comment-118 Mint has a cousin that I see likes to try and keep pace with her. That is Rare. On occasion Rare and Mint have set aside difference and married up to become Rare and Mint condition. Mint has a cousin that I see likes to try and keep pace with her. That is Rare. On occasion Rare and Mint have set aside difference and married up to become Rare and Mint condition.

]]> By: fast eddie http://savoauctioneers.com/boxlot-post-no-1/#comment-117 fast eddie Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:04:58 +0000 http://savoauctioneers.com/?p=409#comment-117 "MINT"-the most overused and misunderstood word to the novice collector and E-bayers worldwide. I find the best way to handle the person who is insisting that their "MINT" item is worth a fortune is to to say something like this: "Yes--your item may be worth quite a large sum if it is in 'mint' condition, however, you are aware that items which are in 'wintergreen' condition are worth much much more." “MINT”-the most overused and misunderstood word to the novice collector and E-bayers worldwide. I find the best way to handle the person who is insisting that their “MINT” item is worth a fortune is to to say something like this: “Yes–your item may be worth quite a large sum if it is in ‘mint’ condition, however, you are aware that items which are in ‘wintergreen’ condition are worth much much more.”

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