"Mark Thorson" > wrote in message
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>I was thinking about bidding on this, but it's so small
> and not particularly fine or attractive. When it was
> at $9.99, I thought about it. When it passed $30,
> I knew I wasn't going to bid. The silver has cutouts,
> but it's not engraved or anything.
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=310042750319
>
> $128.50? I don't understand that at all.

Evidently others fell differently. 120 years old, sterling, ebony handle,
good condition. Did you really thing $9.99 would grab it?