As we say here in NL, ``De een zijn dood is de ander zijn brood`` which basically translates to, `` The one is dead is the other ones bread``, or the misfortune of one can end up the fortune of another.
Of course this was a small provincial auction house, I think more used to selling furniture and household effects..........perhaps a little stuck in the times and I certainly don´t think they have discovered the macro function on their camera phone quite yet
This time it played into my hand as it turned out to be what I had suspected and I managed to snaffle it for a pretty good price. On the other hand it could have turned out an expensive dog with a chewed up movement and a dodgy redial!
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