Recently at a Barn Sale in No. County San Diego, I picked up many woodworking tools, planes, fences and one in particular 'tool' that I could not identify at all. I called it an antique rolling pin, but you can see by the pictures it is not a rolling pin.
Inquiries to friends and even buyers who had purchased some of the other vintage woodworking tools led to several 'guesses' but I soon thought to myself, if these experts in antique woodworking tools could not identify it, then who could?
Then, through a series of fun correspondence with a buyer in Italy who was pleased with his item (once it arrived!) I took the liberty to ask him if he knew what this mystery thing was. Immediately Lazzaro responded with "Wood Corkdriver" complete with pictures! It has always amazed me how the eBay community, USA and Worldwide assist each other. Oh I have heard uncomplimentary tales of unhappy transactions, but in my experience, limited as it may be, I am happy to welcome Worldwide buyers. I find them to be very genuine and willing to wait for their item to arrive. In fact I would say that probably 1 out of every 5 sales is an international sale. I recently sold several lots of comic books, and if it hadn't been for Australia, Germany, Great Britain and Brazil...I would have still been stepping over all those comics!
So thank you to eBay buyers and sellers who are willing to reach out and help. That's what life should be about anyway, right!
Until next time, Cindy
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changinghandsboutique said:
Posted: 8:04 PM PST, 8/2/2009