zarguy
fully equipped rock polisher
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Post by zarguy on Aug 21, 2017 14:22:41 GMT -5
www.potterybarn.com/products/framed-agates-wall-art/?catalogId=83You order a stone based on a generic catalog photo You pick the color & see what arrives in the mail. The sad thing is, many people love this kind of thing. I'm not sure if they think the color is natural. I guess some people like store brand Cola & some like Coke. There was a mall store called Black Market Minerals. They had lots of dyed Brazilian bookends, slabs & maybe clocks too. They also had some cool stuff like the first Moqui Marbles I'd seen, undyed mini Brazilian slabs, tons of fossils, & meteorites. Lynn
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Post by coloradocliff on Aug 21, 2017 14:29:25 GMT -5
WOW I bet you wish that you could frame and sell saw scraps for that huge price.
Yep, takes all kind Lynn, from skilled and experienced professionals like your self to internet fishing businesses.
Maybe you care too much.
How many did you buy?? Grin..
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Post by socalagatehound on Aug 21, 2017 15:02:54 GMT -5
HAhahahahahahahahahaha.... but really not funny. More sad that people are being ripped off. Wow!
Craig
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Sabre52
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Me and my gal, Rosie
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Post by Sabre52 on Aug 21, 2017 15:35:05 GMT -5
I guess framing is a bit expensive but holy cow that is a big price! Remember at Quartzite they had massive quantities of those polished natural a dyed slabs for a really tiny price. My buddy and I actually bought a few of the more natural looking ones with parallax, eyes etc just cause we liked them and they were sooooo cheap....Mel
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vwfence
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Post by vwfence on Aug 21, 2017 15:53:44 GMT -5
There is a company thats in Quartzite every year called Black market something that sells a lot of Agate . they are from up in Utah
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Post by fernwood on Aug 21, 2017 18:21:34 GMT -5
They also have these gold spray painted shells. www.potterybarn.com/products/gold-shell-shadow-boxes/?cm_src=AutoRel2A 3 pack of similar sized or larger shadow boxes from Michaels can be bought for $29.00 when on sale. Add a $2.00 mat and good to go. Oh the ivory linen-textured floated top and bottom mats are about $5.00 for 4-6, depending on size. So, some creative people here could make/sell these for about 1/2 of that, lol. |
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Post by MrMike on Aug 21, 2017 18:30:45 GMT -5
Hate the dyed stuff!!!! U-G-L-Y, you ain't got no alibi you ugly...
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Post by rockjunquie on Aug 22, 2017 17:38:45 GMT -5
Wow! Potterybarn is a really nice shop- why would they sell crap like that? Well..... it is on sale. Maybe no one is buying it.
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geezer
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Post by geezer on Aug 23, 2017 7:12:14 GMT -5
There's one born every minute, and they're looking for him!
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metalsmith
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Post by metalsmith on Aug 24, 2017 1:18:06 GMT -5
Thanks for the tip!  I bought a dozen seeing as they were on special. Once the price goes back up, I'll see if I can't sell them on the board here and make a small profit. Noooo ... Of course not!  A Chinese friend of mine did show me his agates like this and proudly explained how they are pretty good now, but just imagine how they looked before the dye faded?! In the wider community folk don't understand that is akin to splashing wall-paint over a Renoir. They see it as just being an expectation such as you'd expect your car painted wouldn't you? |
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metalsmith
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Post by metalsmith on Aug 24, 2017 13:04:40 GMT -5
To be vaguely fair, I think the shells are gilded in gold leaf... They're still not worth that though!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2017 13:29:55 GMT -5
To be vaguely fair, I think the shells are gilded in gold leaf... They're still not worth that though! The shells are fake! Made of resin per the advertisement! |
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Post by fernwood on Aug 25, 2017 6:28:28 GMT -5
Shadow box frames on sale locally for 70% off now. These are pretty nice ones.
This thread has inspired me to do something more classy than gaudy slices. With a local flair.
Also thinking about some smaller ones with natural shells in them.
Hmmmmmmmmm.
Imagine a smaller shadow box filled to the top with tumbles. That would be cool.
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Aug 25, 2017 9:03:27 GMT -5
Ripping off people big time....I won't allow dyed rocks near my house and (or) shop.. Nasty critters for sure....
Some people go googles over them though!
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metalsmith
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Post by metalsmith on Aug 25, 2017 13:33:58 GMT -5
To be vaguely fair, I think the shells are gilded in gold leaf... They're still not worth that though! The shells are fake! Made of resin per the advertisement! The shysters! I believe that I, probably like the majority of the public was guided by assumption. If I was going to shell out (pun intended) this amount then I'd probably be reading the description a little more thoroughly! |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2017 13:37:39 GMT -5
.....Google's??
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I bought a dozen seeing as they were on special. Once the price goes back up, I'll see if I can't sell them on the board here and make a small profit. 
