thanks for that,  i doubt i'd be able to top that description though.

i sold Lord McAlpine some painted barossa furniture once many years ago, he was buying up everything in sight back then. One of my near neighbors was seriously put out in regard to a Victorian stg silver tea service she offered a museum on loan, it sat in storage for more than ten years . after she inquired as to why , they told her they had quite a number of them and it appeared to have been sold off.  she was most unhappy.