The look that an antique dealer gets
when she sees an antique she wants
in another antique dealer's hand:
Calm
Steady
Wishful thinking
that the other person
will put the desired antique down
so she can grab it.
Kind of like a game of cat and mouse.
The Look
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13 responses to “The Look”
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This made me laugh out loud because 1) I’ve been there, and 2) I’m envisioning you with the look. 🙂
The question remains: Did they put it down and did you pick it up? -
And another thing…Have you ever been the one to put it down, only to have another dealer pick it up, and then you walk away thinking, “Dang.”??? 🙂
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IN SHORT ….YES !
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I know this cat mouse situation well…. not to the degree of expensive antiques but my thrift sore finds-I hate when I see people looking in my cart and try not to gaze at others carts-it brings out the worst in me-not externally internally-jealous envy anger frustration-not a good side – working on this!
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I used to experience the same feelings back when I sewed most of my own clothes, and I’d see someone else with a bolt of fabric in their cart — hoping against hope that either they’d put it back on the table, or else there’d be enough left for me after they’d gotten the amount they wanted cut!
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I have had that same feeling and not a dealer, but just a lover of fine things.
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Too funny!
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Yep. You captured in spades.
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Once I was holding an item & discussing with my friend if I should buy it. I must have been taking too long because another person came up to us & bluntly asked if I was going to buy it- because she wanted it! Of course I bought the item! So I can understand the look & the emotion. Enjoyed so much the pictures and words from Willow. What a lovely picture of Chelsea being surrounded by her cousins in love❤️
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Oh yes, in so many instances…and often for me it is at the nursery in the springtime when buying a new plant or bush for my little yard, pondering the decision when along come strong hands, picking up the container I was pondering..learned that lesson and now I always put a hand on something I am thinking about.
The picture captures so very well those moments. -
Ditto….that’s often the case, and probably why I too will “put a hand” on something if I’m thinking of buying it before someone else does!
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Oh I know this feeling well! So hard to play it cool…while waiting…and hoping..and waiting…!
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🙂 Me, too. Sigh.
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