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<blockquote data-quote="ScruffyLookingNH" data-source="post: 399859" data-attributes="member: 6563"><p>Holy **** :shock: You saying "she" has just triggered a memory I clean forgot. </p><p></p><p>Back in the mid 90s when I was collecting and sort of amateur level dealing a good friend of mine from Chester (my home when not at Uni) told me of an old woman who ran a toy shop that still had a few bits of vintage. I could have sworn he said it was in Mold, but that's only just down the road from Holywell so I or he could have got muddled. Anyway, he gave me the number and I called it. The old lady answered and I asked her if she had any Star Wars for sale. She said she had only</p><p>"One or two pieces left" and that she may have an X-Wing in its box but that was about it. I asked about any carded figures at which point she asked me if I was a dealer or a collector. I told her I was a collector and she in summary said "good, because I only want the bits I have to go to collectors". For one reason or another I didn't bother going. I think she had been asking a fair bit for the X-Wing (around £40/£50 as I recall) which in 94/95 probably wasn't bad but wasn't a steal. Well, not to me, anyway.</p><p></p><p>I remember thinking how shrewd and difficult she was to talk to. Shame I didn't go, though, as maybe she would have reneged and pulled out a box of figures or two <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>I'll bet my house it was Beeches. The only reason it never clicked until now is that I always assumed the proprietor was a he.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ScruffyLookingNH, post: 399859, member: 6563"] Holy **** :shock: You saying "she" has just triggered a memory I clean forgot. Back in the mid 90s when I was collecting and sort of amateur level dealing a good friend of mine from Chester (my home when not at Uni) told me of an old woman who ran a toy shop that still had a few bits of vintage. I could have sworn he said it was in Mold, but that's only just down the road from Holywell so I or he could have got muddled. Anyway, he gave me the number and I called it. The old lady answered and I asked her if she had any Star Wars for sale. She said she had only "One or two pieces left" and that she may have an X-Wing in its box but that was about it. I asked about any carded figures at which point she asked me if I was a dealer or a collector. I told her I was a collector and she in summary said "good, because I only want the bits I have to go to collectors". For one reason or another I didn't bother going. I think she had been asking a fair bit for the X-Wing (around £40/£50 as I recall) which in 94/95 probably wasn't bad but wasn't a steal. Well, not to me, anyway. I remember thinking how shrewd and difficult she was to talk to. Shame I didn't go, though, as maybe she would have reneged and pulled out a box of figures or two :) I'll bet my house it was Beeches. The only reason it never clicked until now is that I always assumed the proprietor was a he. [/QUOTE]
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