{"id":281,"date":"2021-01-05T21:05:19","date_gmt":"2021-01-06T02:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pre-pro.com\/new_and_shotworthy\/?p=281"},"modified":"2021-01-06T21:05:42","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T02:05:42","slug":"on-the-twelfth-day-of-christmas-ebay-brought-to-me-and-then-disappeared-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pre-pro.com\/new_and_shotworthy\/2021\/01\/05\/on-the-twelfth-day-of-christmas-ebay-brought-to-me-and-then-disappeared-it\/","title":{"rendered":"On the twelfth day of Christmas, eBay brought to me&#8230; (and then disappeared it)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There have been so many stellar glasses to choose from this past couple of weeks that it&#8217;s difficult to pick a favorite and I&#8217;m not going to here, but I can&#8217;t close without at least mentioning the ever-popular Royal Stag that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebay.com\/itm\/western-pre-pro-san-francisco-shot-glass-ROYAL-STAG-ahrens-bullwinkel-co-\/293894085997?item=293894085997&amp;ViewItem=&amp;nma=true&amp;si=rZ%252BWHuyYxCManZNL67T3BYxhUsw%253D&amp;orig_cvip=true&amp;nordt=true&amp;rt=nc&amp;_trksid=p2047675.l2557\">was listed by <em>digbybot<\/em><\/a> before Christmas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebay.com\/itm\/western-pre-pro-san-francisco-shot-glass-ROYAL-STAG-ahrens-bullwinkel-co-\/293894085997?item=293894085997&amp;ViewItem=&amp;nma=true&amp;si=rZ%252BWHuyYxCManZNL67T3BYxhUsw%253D&amp;orig_cvip=true&amp;nordt=true&amp;rt=nc&amp;_trksid=p2047675.l2557\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"662\" height=\"845\" src=\"http:\/\/pre-pro.com\/new_and_shotworthy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/stag.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pre-pro.com\/new_and_shotworthy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/stag.jpg 662w, https:\/\/www.pre-pro.com\/new_and_shotworthy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/stag-235x300.jpg 235w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Royal Stag was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pre-pro.com\/midacore\/view_vendor.php?vid=SFO10936\">Ahrens-Bullwinkel Co<\/a>., San Francisco  brand and there are at least 6 different variants of this glass that I know. This is another glass that usually stays close to home and rarely makes it onto eBay. The last one to show up sold for close to $300. True to form, the glass shown above <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebay.com\/bfl\/viewbids\/293894085997?item=293894085997&amp;rt=nc&amp;_trksid=p2047675.l2565\">was sniped<\/a> for a cool <strong>$290<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There were only two glasses to fetch more than the Stag recently, one from Marysville, CA., the other a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebay.com\/itm\/rare-western-san-francisco-shot-glass-louis-taussig-p-morville-s-aaa-\/293928273993?item=293928273993&amp;ViewItem=&amp;nma=true&amp;si=rZ%252BWHuyYxCManZNL67T3BYxhUsw%253D&amp;orig_cvip=true&amp;nordt=true&amp;rt=nc&amp;_trksid=p2047675.l2557\">P. Morville&#8217;s AAA Old Bourbon<\/a> from Taussig &amp; Co. of San Francisco (below, left). These were also <em>digbybot<\/em> offerings.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"755\" height=\"969\" src=\"http:\/\/pre-pro.com\/new_and_shotworthy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/morville.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"283\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/pre-pro.com\/new_and_shotworthy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/morville.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/pre-pro.com\/new_and_shotworthy\/?attachment_id=283\" class=\"wp-image-283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pre-pro.com\/new_and_shotworthy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/morville.jpg 755w, https:\/\/www.pre-pro.com\/new_and_shotworthy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/morville-234x300.jpg 234w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"766\" height=\"968\" src=\"http:\/\/pre-pro.com\/new_and_shotworthy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/morville2.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"284\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/pre-pro.com\/new_and_shotworthy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/morville2.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/pre-pro.com\/new_and_shotworthy\/?attachment_id=284\" class=\"wp-image-284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pre-pro.com\/new_and_shotworthy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/morville2.jpg 766w, https:\/\/www.pre-pro.com\/new_and_shotworthy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/morville2-237x300.jpg 237w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a nice showy glass that I would estimate to be worth around $125  base on how many I&#8217;ve seen and prices realized on eBay. Somewhat surprisingly, the glass shown was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebay.com\/bfl\/viewbids\/293928273993?item=293928273993&amp;rt=nc&amp;_trksid=p2047675.l2565\">bid up to and sold<\/a> for <strong>$305<\/strong> in the closing minute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shortly after the first of the two glasses sold, a second of these glasses <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebay.com\/itm\/rare-western-san-francisco-shot-glass-louis-taussig-p-morville-s-aaa-\/293939785502?item=293939785502&amp;ViewItem=&amp;nma=true&amp;si=rZ%252BWHuyYxCManZNL67T3BYxhUsw%253D&amp;orig_cvip=true&amp;nordt=true&amp;rt=nc&amp;_trksid=p2047675.l2557\">listed with an identical photo<\/a> (the one shown at right) with a $50 opening bid and a $250 bin.   Today, the listing vaporized with a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebay.com\/itm\/rare-western-san-francisco-shot-glass-p-morvilles-AAA-louis-taussig\/293941207621?hash=item447042e245:g:LTAAAOSwecZf84yx\">no longer available<\/a>&#8221; message. Did it get binned or better offered? Enquiring minds want to know&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today (Jan 6) is Epiphany, which marks the end of the 12 days of Christmas and is the day when the observant take down the decorations and pack them up in boxes until next year. Many of my neighbors stripped the Christmas cheer on Boxing day and deposited it on the curb for the trash dudes to pick up and are already looking ahead to Valentine&#8217;s day and St Paddy&#8217;s day &#8230; big sigh&#8230;..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Given the recent political shenanigans (I&#8217;m in Georgia, which appears to be ground zero for shenanigans), I&#8217;m fearful about what the coming year may bring us, but I wish you all a safe and healthy 2021, and I&#8217;ll see y&#8217;all on eBay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There have been so many stellar glasses to choose from this past couple of weeks that it&#8217;s difficult to pick a favorite and I&#8217;m not going to here, but I can&#8217;t close without at least mentioning the ever-popular Royal Stag that was listed by digbybot before Christmas. Royal Stag was a Ahrens-Bullwinkel Co., San Francisco &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pre-pro.com\/new_and_shotworthy\/2021\/01\/05\/on-the-twelfth-day-of-christmas-ebay-brought-to-me-and-then-disappeared-it\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;On the twelfth day of Christmas, eBay brought to me&#8230; (and then disappeared it)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pre-pro.com\/new_and_shotworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pre-pro.com\/new_and_shotworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pre-pro.com\/new_and_shotworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pre-pro.com\/new_and_shotworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pre-pro.com\/new_and_shotworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pre-pro.com\/new_and_shotworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":285,"href":"https:\/\/www.pre-pro.com\/new_and_shotworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281\/revisions\/285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pre-pro.com\/new_and_shotworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pre-pro.com\/new_and_shotworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pre-pro.com\/new_and_shotworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}