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setsunawolf wrote:
DM has a point. I think this was the universe’s way of looking out for you and whomever you decide to share your treasure with.
But if you want to look for more clues, be sure to look at the names Marge and Margaret. Maggie is short for both of those names.Yeah DM does have a good point that I didn`t think of….It deos make sense tho and that might be the case and I guess as long aas you know that the Dragons are all in good homes and loved than hopefully that might make you feel better but that is only if you decide to part with any of them.
Maybe even keeping the families together might be an option as far as all the pieces go…. 🙂Marzena
dragonmedley wrote:Aetharia wrote:I also think that I probably will be keeping all of these dragons, until I figure out what to do. If anything, I would rather give them back to Windstone, or give them all to one person. I don’t think I could seperate any of the pieces from each other. Not after all this mess.
I think you should keep them all for the time being. You don’t necessarily need to display them, but just keep them. Once we’ve either figured out who this woman was – or not, because we may not – then you can decide if you want to still keep them, sell them, or give them away.
If you decide to sell, don’t feel guilty. This is the reason why you bought them in the first place; to resell, no? As long as you sell to someone you know will love them as much as this woman did, that’s the important part.
I second this, do what feels right for you. 🙂
Goldragon2! wrote:Holy crap! Is there a possibility they can be *gulp* stolen??!! 😯
Stolen then taken to a store like that? Very doubtful.
As for the rest, this post was in the flea market section, so folks PMing is expected. No one even knew the extent of the collection when PMs were sent, and regardless, I believe she already said she was not going to keep them all. Regardless of where they came from, I am assuming folks who are interested in buying may continue to inquire? Or are they not for sale anymore till this gets sorted out? I would hate for folks who are interested and willing to pay the right price will not contact the seller for fear of being chastised.
Dragonmedly said:
“If you decide to sell, don’t feel guilty. This is the reason why you bought them in the first place; to resell, no? As long as you sell to someone you know will love them as much as this woman did, that’s the important part.”
To be honest, Medly.. I wasn’t thinking of selling anything when I first saw that Emperor staring at me. Being a college student I can’t really afford to invest in the windstones I’ve wanted. I thought I was looking at only one dragon at the time. I wasn’t expecting to find someone’s collection. When I posted on the forums, it was because I’d ended up with a lot of dragons I didn’t think I had to the room to keep. And.. knowing the community on this forum, you all love your windstones very much and would take good care of the ones I was going to offer up. That was the main reason I’d posted originally. I wanted forum members to have a chance at some old dragons for their collections.
I just wasn’t expecting to find family keepsakes and pictures, and the amount of love that was put into this collection. It’s really overwhelming, and maybe I feel a little strange for wanting to grieve over a woman I’ve never even met.
I haven’t said anything on this topic yet because a lot of you have said the same things I would have posted anyway. However, I have a Grandma Maggie. She’s certainly not the same person as this woman, but that really hit home. My Grandma was into crafting, and she quilted things for us when I was little, and now she’s in a nursing home, and her son basically dumped everything she owned that hadn’t be saved by the rest of us. If that’s what happened here, I know first-hand how horrible that can be for a person to go through, and I know my uncle is the kind of person that could have just dumped things like that at some shop for quick money and to get rid of it.
This whole story is really upsetting, no matter what actually happened. “Grandma Maggie” just did me in 🙁
Aetharia wrote:I just wasn’t expecting to find family keepsakes and pictures, and the amount of love that was put into this collection. It’s really overwhelming, and maybe I feel a little strange for wanting to grieve over a woman I’ve never even met.
Its hard because we know this person had alot in common with us and we would not want our stuff being treated that way. Its like one of our own is gone… thats how I would feel anyways… this could so easily have been me or you.
I do not mean to sound harsh but having just gone thru this with my mom and she was VERY LOVED thru the end and being the only one to be there to scatter her ashes it made me realize that life is very precious. Everyone looks at things differnetly. My mom was also the mom I talked about that NEVER liked my Windstone Dragons. All my friends are fascinated but she NEVER liked them. Maybe the family did not have the same connection to Windstone that we do.
The personal effects are sort of strange though.
Why would she or a family member wrap them so carefully if they did not care about them?
I’m sure Windstone and check and see if we have a Maggie in her area but I still do not really see what that would solve. Maybe she got so old she could not remember anything and and the family had to put her in a home where she died and since no one wanted her collection this seemed like the best solution.
People do CRAZY things when they are grieving.you did say one box got dropped and the items got destroyed. What if that happened to all the boxes??
YOU where the one that was supposed to find these Windstones. No one else would understand the meaning behind all this.
It’s VERY sad that we lost or can not find the original owner of these Windstones but it sounds to me like we all just found a Grandma Maggie we did not know we hadNO ONE who has PM’d me should feel upset about it. I did post in the Fleamarket stating I’d found a lot of dragons that I would post for people to see. If anyone had interest in any of what I’d discovered, I’d said myself to please PM me so I could keep track.
-I- said that. No one should feel bad. I just don’t know how long it will be before I can sort through everyone’s messages. But I certainly don’t want people to feel bad or guilty because of what I said they could do if they had interest in the windstones.
In the end it’s up to you Aetharia when it comes to what you want to do about them all. I haven’t sent you a PM cuz at first I wasn’t sure if you were going to sell them or what. But after finding as many as you did and then some of the keepsakes that came along with some of them (e.g. the one one the mother green dragon and the pic with the pink curlie), I’m not sure I could own one of them. I’d feel a little weird. but that’s just me I guess. I would love to get some of the ones that you have found in this collection, but now, being the circumstance I’m not so sure.
(maybe it’s cuz I believe in ghosts and Having one of her dragons which she clearly loved very much just seems like a bad idea to me) 😉My most wanted list: carnelian mouse wizard, copper patina frog wizard, autumn leaf poads, pumpkin spice kitties
Aetharia wrote:NO ONE who has PM’d me should feel upset about it. I did post in the Fleamarket stating I’d found a lot of dragons that I would post for people to see. If anyone had interest in any of what I’d discovered, I’d said myself to please PM me so I could keep track.
-I- said that. No one should feel bad. I just don’t know how long it will be before I can sort through everyone’s messages. But I certainly don’t want people to feel bad or guilty because of what I said they could do if they had interest in the windstones.
I know that I sent you a PM and that time I didn`t know…all that I know now and I totally understand and I am sure other do as well.
In the end you should do what feels right for you and you should take your time, as I am sure we all understand how overwhelming all of this must be for you.
Marzena
Well, the sentiment of her collection being sent to it’s newest guardian is a quaint, and sentimental idea. One, as a religious person, I’d like to believe.
Unfortunately, it’s most likely wrong. Assumptions being what they are.
I have absolutely zero faith in people these days, and I am not beyond thinking these were either stolen, or dumped by an uncaring family, or dumped to cover something up. The more momentos that turn up, the more I am thinking this is the case. If this is the case and they left these secrets out for anyone to find, well then, they can deal with the repercussions of not covering up such secrets. The presence of personal mometos that obviously mean something to someone is a dead giveaway that something is going on here, and it was a clue left behind.
You may choose to believe whatever you wish, and inaction at the end of the day is still an action. But if I were the finder of that collection, I would certainly make an effort to find what became of the owner given the situation surrounding the sculptures.
I am glad the collection is in caring hands, nonetheless.
the dragon collector wrote:In the end it’s up to you Aetharia when it comes to what you want to do about them all. I haven’t sent you a PM cuz at first I wasn’t sure if you were going to sell them or what. But after finding as many as you did and then some of the keepsakes that came along with some of them (e.g. the one one the mother green dragon and the pic with the pink curlie), I’m not sure I could own one of them. I’d feel a little weird. but that’s just me I guess. I would love to get some of the ones that you have found in this collection, but now, being the circumstance I’m not so sure.
(maybe it’s cuz I believe in ghosts and Having one of her dragons which she clearly loved very much just seems like a bad idea to me) 😉Ah…but some spirits would smile fondly on you for caring for their treasures.
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Sun Dragon Koi #3I think I would to, but you are in a better position to do that now than any of us, I suppose. … esp after how rude the shop owner was. There is no telling what happened. Any luck from your angle? I dont know what kind of sales records you guys keep but I cant imagine having records of everything everyone orders… I think they were dumped by an uncaring family after someone passed away. We all have family and friends that have no appreciation/inkling of what these guys are worth. Most fantasy stuff is crap, after all.
Any idea how long till pics of the PYOs?
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