I would have tried to rescue the box and binned the porter.Originally Posted by Binners
I took a day off to go to an auction in Devon many years back. The item I wanted was part of a Manor house sale. A 2 barrel Webley Service in the best original condition I have ever seen. ( the collapsed box was binned by the porter
I ended up paying over £500Now I'm chuffed I did
The moral of the storey, if you really want something really nice and not pay commission,
Come to Kempton in June
Auction house porters should never be allowed near pens or pencils either, as I won a pristine boxed item and discovered the porter had written the price on the label. Fortunately it was in pencil so I was able to carefully erase the figures.
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