Do you remember your first ebay purchase? (Mitchel Robertson lll 1928 Hingham, Mass.) I'll never forget mine. I typed in chinoiserie and there she was! It was love at first sight. I opened an ebay account and placed my bid. There weren't options like "maximum bid" or services like "bid snipe" then. Looking back it was all so straight forward. I kept vigilant watch over the auction for days. When the final hour was at hand I sat in front of my computer with butterflies in my stomach as the final seconds ticked away. Suddenly it was over and she was mine! I was overjoyed! The sweet smell of success was intoxicating. The next morning I received an email asking me if I wanted to sell the monkey! I was confused! I opened the email to discover that someone in San Francisco was offering to buy my chinoiserie monkey that I had just won but had yet to receive! I emailed back and a...
