Re: Promotional Giftware
Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2014 10:40 pm
It's much easier for me, I only have 4 bits of giftware. lol.
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Re: Promotional Giftware
Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2014 11:07 pm
Not sure how many I have, but around 180
Re: Promotional Giftware
Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2014 11:54 pm
Thats a lot of space needed to display them all, Good luck!!YYS4BOB wrote:Not sure how many I have, but around 180
Re: Promotional Giftware
Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2014 11:55 pm
Were the boxes made from exotic hard woods or are the varnished teak?
Re: Promotional Giftware
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2014 1:09 am
The boxes have a very fine grain to them so I think they might be box wood, Box is what was used to make old tool handles etc, More commonly known as privet or hedge.
Re: Promotional Giftware
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2014 7:32 am
Isn't this a truism?nickjones wrote:The boxes...might be box wood....
Re: Promotional Giftware
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2014 4:07 pm
Only if I am not lieismingIdris wrote:Isn't this a truism?nickjones wrote:The boxes...might be box wood....
Re: Promotional Giftware
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2014 6:07 pm
That's easy for you to say!nickjones wrote:Only if I am not lieismingIdris wrote:Isn't this a truism?nickjones wrote:The boxes...might be box wood....
Re: Promotional Giftware
Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2014 5:34 pm
Hello Bob,
I found on ebay, this collection in a wooden box.
Is this interesting or rare?
Greetings Mike.
I found on ebay, this collection in a wooden box.
Is this interesting or rare?
Greetings Mike.
Re: Promotional Giftware
Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2014 5:49 pm
Hi Mike
The much vaunted "Connoisseurs Set" from 1984.
The publicity said that the set would double in value in a given time frame (by 1990) and if it didn't, you could return it and get your money back. Whether anyone ever tried this, I don't know, but now only worth about 50% of the original retail price. Gave rise to the saga of the James Neale vans.
The much vaunted "Connoisseurs Set" from 1984.
The publicity said that the set would double in value in a given time frame (by 1990) and if it didn't, you could return it and get your money back. Whether anyone ever tried this, I don't know, but now only worth about 50% of the original retail price. Gave rise to the saga of the James Neale vans.