Goodwill tour
May. 19th, 2016 10:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
offcntrWell, it happened again. I just wish I'd brought my phone to record the event.
I was on my way back from buying some silicone spray at Dick's to renew the waterproofing on my canopy, and thought I'd stop in at the Goodwill next door. Wanted to pick up a couple of things for the kitchen, and had a 20% off coupon that was about to expire.
I'd finished my purchase and was about to go out the door when my attention was drawn to the big glass case off to the left. It's where they lock the good stuff, the expensive stuff. Cameras. Crystal. Antiques. And a fair amount of pottery.
Including one of mine. A small square baker, hummingbird pattern, from a particularly nice firing was sitting on the bottom shelf. Turned so the pattern was upside down.
This has happened before. More than once. The last time, I even bought the little tea bowl and took it home.
That's mine! I said to the woman next to me, also examining the display. I made that. She asked if I was a student and I said no, a full-time potter, sold at Saturday Market. She said she loves pottery, buys it for herself and for her mother, who collects. Took out a business card and gave it to her. (Marketing 101…)
I was curious how much a used Off Center ceramic was going for these days, so I asked a clerk to unlock the case for me. Turns out it was a second--a couple of small grinder spots where some kiln wash had fallen into the glaze. They'd priced it at $9.99, which didn't seem unreasonable to me. The woman asked if I intended to buy it, and I said no, I didn't think so.
So she did.
I was on my way back from buying some silicone spray at Dick's to renew the waterproofing on my canopy, and thought I'd stop in at the Goodwill next door. Wanted to pick up a couple of things for the kitchen, and had a 20% off coupon that was about to expire.
I'd finished my purchase and was about to go out the door when my attention was drawn to the big glass case off to the left. It's where they lock the good stuff, the expensive stuff. Cameras. Crystal. Antiques. And a fair amount of pottery.
Including one of mine. A small square baker, hummingbird pattern, from a particularly nice firing was sitting on the bottom shelf. Turned so the pattern was upside down.
This has happened before. More than once. The last time, I even bought the little tea bowl and took it home.
That's mine! I said to the woman next to me, also examining the display. I made that. She asked if I was a student and I said no, a full-time potter, sold at Saturday Market. She said she loves pottery, buys it for herself and for her mother, who collects. Took out a business card and gave it to her. (Marketing 101…)
I was curious how much a used Off Center ceramic was going for these days, so I asked a clerk to unlock the case for me. Turns out it was a second--a couple of small grinder spots where some kiln wash had fallen into the glaze. They'd priced it at $9.99, which didn't seem unreasonable to me. The woman asked if I intended to buy it, and I said no, I didn't think so.
So she did.