YSaC, Vol. LXV

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UNIQUE SCULPTURED DOLPHIN COFFEE TABLE – $1250


For a discerning buyer or decorator looking for something a little different. Unique and contemporary sculptured coffee table with base of dolphins (momma, papa & baby) swimming together. Free-form thick glass top simulates ocean surface, with two of the dolphins’ fins appearing to break the waters’ surface and sit on top of the glass. Bought this from an upscale waterfront store in Annapolis, Maryland for several thousand dollars a few years ago as I fell in love with it when I saw it featured in their storefront window. Has been pampered and gently used, but looks fantastic. We’re changing decorating themes, so here’s a chance for you to get an expensive piece for a fraction of what I paid.

For the discerning buyer who would spend $1250 on something that looks like dolphins freezing to death on a polar ice cap. Seriously, the definition of “discerning” with which I am familiar does not involve spending $1250 for something that, as my submitter said, looks like it belongs in the Museum of Overpriced Nautical Cheese.

So the seller is changing decorating themes? I wonder what they’re changing to — Overpriced Moose Lodge? Overpriced 70’s Retro? Overpriced Santa Fe Southwestern? I can’t wait until they tire of that in a few years and grace us with a $1500 blanket with deer on it.

If they’re looking for overpriced decorating suggestions, may I suggest whimsical monkeys?

Submitted by SW — thanks!

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11 responses to “YSaC, Vol. LXV”

  1. Random Person Avatar
    Random Person

    I have to confess I sort of like this table. I don’t think I could actually bring myself to display it in my house. And I’m certain I wouldn’t pay $1350 for it (or anywhere near that). But somehow, I like something about it anyway.

  2. drmk Avatar
    drmk

    No accounting for taste! 😉

    1. NotMyName Avatar
      NotMyName

      Uhm…I’ve seen this table before. In a pawn shop. Seriously.

  3. Shiyiya Avatar
    Shiyiya

    I kinda like it too, though no way I’d pay that much for it. It fits the decorating scheme my mother picked for my bathroom though…. (Yes, my bathroom has a decorating scheme. No, I don’t know why. It contains a lot of fish.)

  4. TheWife Avatar

    I also kinda like it, at least in theory. But I’d never pay that much for it.

  5. VagabondClown Avatar
    VagabondClown

    I… I actually kind of love it.

    I wouldn’t (and couldn’t!) pay that much for it, but I think it’s rather cute. 🙂

  6. Windrose Avatar
    Windrose

    Must confess. LOVE it. Would also match my bathroom decors which is supposed to be a sort of grotto with merfolk and dolphins and stuff. I especially love the baby gently swimming over momma’s back, all playful-like. Sweet.

  7. Moira Avatar
    Moira

    I’ve seen this type of table for sale in boutiques in certain “tourist destination” towns and they’re neat but *very* overpriced. They also tend to be purchased by people who suddenly have oodles of cash to burn… or by waterfront hotels.

    Craigslist seems an odd place to look for a buyer for this sort of thing. I’d think you’d have more luck in a consignment store.

  8. Jill Avatar
    Jill

    It’s god-awful. What’s wrong with you people?

    1. wraith Avatar
      wraith

      That is the reason (if I even found it abandoned, no way I’d actually pay for this) that I would take it home.

  9. Pete Avatar
    Pete

    it’s not particularly of my taste, but i’m not going to knock on that aspect of it. but why must the fins stick out of the middle of the table? is the “breaking the water surface metaphor” really worth the inconvenience?

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