Magical eBay Moments

My Mom died in November 1998. At the time, there was only one granddaughter in our family who was 16 at the time.

LB married in 2003 at the age of 21 after finishing undergraduate school one year early by taking full summer loads. I really wanted to get her something very special for a combination wedding/graduation gift. So, I asked her. And her reply astonished me. She said, "Aunt Ab, more than anything I would like to have enough place settings for the immediate family's table at the wedding reception that are complete with pink depression glass."

My Mom had left her several pieces of pink depression glass upon her death, but there was not a complete place setting, let alone 8. So, began my mission.

And with only three months to accomplish, I found the pieces to make those place settings using the assistance of 12 sellers on the eBay site. To my surprise and happy tears, at the immediate family table on the night of the wedding reception there were nine settings. LB used the pieces she inherited from my Mom to make a place setting for "Nanny" right next to her.

The entire table looked amazing. One of the sellers whom I had purchased the most from and shared the story with connected me with some referrals to assist me when I was having difficulty finding the last few pieces. Madeline, the seller, went even further and provided the pink and white carnations for the table's center piece that evening as a surprise gift to me for the amount of purchases that I had made from her eBay store.

This was indeed a magic moment. LB sent personal thank you cards to each seller for making her wedding wish a reality.

Abbey