| wdswan@erols.com Many years ago I stopped into the shop of a
well-known dealer from whom I had purchased several pieces at what could
only be described as retail. I asked the price of a small Northwest
Persian or Caucasian bag face with great color and lustrous wool. At that
time, the exact origin of the type was unknown. The dealer's response was:
"More than you would pay." My unspoken responsive thought was: "How true,
because I wouldn't buy it at any price now." I left the shop and almost
never returned again. Within a year, I saw the bag face in the hands of
another collector and told him that I would like to buy it if he ever sold
it. About four years after I first saw it, the collector offered it to me
at what he had paid for it. It was not inexpensive, but I gladly paid the
price and still have and love the piece. In a turnaround on the phrase, I
can now say: "Which if not revenge is yet victory."
Wendel |