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I have often thought that we should have a section devoted to stupid descriptions. This one is in a class of it's own.
A Tyrela gramophone, modelled on a Georgian wine cooler, has been misdescribed as a converted night cupboard.
Night cupboard was a polite term for the cupboard in which a chamber pot was stored overnight.
This brings a whole new dimension to the term "Crapophone" .

https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auct ... 512594286c

I literally did laugh out loud. Thanks. Needed that.

epigramophone wrote: Wed Oct 05, 2022 4:59 am I have often thought that we should have a section devoted to stupid descriptions.

There already is... viewforum.php?f=16

Falls under the "& other rubbish" heading.

JerryVan wrote: Sun Oct 09, 2022 3:14 pm

epigramophone wrote: Wed Oct 05, 2022 4:59 am I have often thought that we should have a section devoted to stupid descriptions.

There already is... viewforum.php?f=16

Falls under the "& other rubbish" heading.

I did consider posting it there, but only the description is rubbish. The gramophone is original and genuine.
It made a pitiful £110. Properly described it might have made more.

epigramophone wrote: Mon Oct 10, 2022 1:19 pm

JerryVan wrote: Sun Oct 09, 2022 3:14 pm

epigramophone wrote: Wed Oct 05, 2022 4:59 am I have often thought that we should have a section devoted to stupid descriptions.

There already is... viewforum.php?f=16

Falls under the "& other rubbish" heading.

I did consider posting it there, but only the description is rubbish. The gramophone is original and genuine.
It made a pitiful £110. Properly described it might have made more.

Good points!