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Posted 1 year ago
Alfredo
(349 items)
FOR THOSE OF US WHO COLLECT AND RESEARCH ART DECO SHADES, THE MOST FRUSTRATING PART IS FINDING BASES WITH 3.00" FITTERS WHERE TO DISPLAY THEM.
SO I COUNTED MYSELF LUCKY WHEN I FOUND A BASE WITH A STAR SHADE (PIC. 1--6") , WHICH I REALLY DIDN'T NEED. IT DID NOT MATTER. I WAS AFTER THE BASE (PIC. 4, 12")
MUCH TO MY SURPRISE, WHEN I RECEIVED THE PIECE, I REALIZED THE SHADE WAS SMALLER THAN THE OTHER STARS I HAD (PIC. 2), WHICH MEANT I WOULD KEEP IT. BUT PREVIOUSLY I HAD BOUGHT A 7.5" SHADE IN A SHAPE I HAD NOT FOUND BEFORE. IT HAD "FITTER ISSUES"-- BUT, AS USUAL, I DID NOT MIND.
IT WAS OBVIOUS WHICH SHADE WOULD TAKE OVER THE BASE. BUT NOW I AM SHORT ONE BASE. AND I AM DESPERATELY LOOKING FOR ONE!
I WOULD HAVE USED THE WORD "RUCKL" BUT SINCE I HAVE NO HARD PROOF, I'LL ADD THE WORDS "TENTATIVELY ATTRIBUTED TO".
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