Post #743565 by Bay Park Buzzy on Sun, May 24, 2015 2:31 PM

I almost went home empty handed after the entire week's worth of hunts. But, at the last minute, I found two messed up PNG pieces

I went by the guy's booth maybe 6 times before these were out. First time I went by the seller was getting "cockroached."Meaning, there were 5 people per square foot, digging through his boxes in a frenzy, making piles of finds/garbage, and filling up carts with shit. No cool stuff I could see coming out of there, mostly Asian antique stuff and oil paintings, so I moved on. On my way out, something told me to hit that row again first, despite it being out of my way... Then I see the seller drop the two on the table as I walk by, I say how much, I pay, and I'm walking with them two seconds later.

Unfortunate, but looks like there were eyes, a nose, and a mouth that were made from black clay that fell of this turtle shell. The left over black is clay, and the bottom of the shell is colored with red clay


I'll keep it, but I wonder if it's actually illegal to sell this?

And this guy is missing some threads on the ears and tusks, and is also missing his beard

It was either made of those bird feathers or this broom looking stuff, I imagine...

I hate busted up pieces. But at least they were priced as such. When I was once haggling over something broken, the seller told me that collectors actually prefer the broken stuff. He didn't take me up on my offer then to break the rest of his stuff up for him... to "increase the appeal to collectors", I explained.

Buzzy Out!