Friday, September 25, 2009

What's on ebay? This is not a GGO Decanter!



Vintage GGO (Greater Greensboro Open) Decanter Liquor Bottle By Royal Halburton China
As my reader(s)know(s) the ggoblogger likes to search the internet to find cool collectible tournament related items. I found this decanter and knew right away that it is in fact not a GGO decanter. How do I know this, because I wrote the book on GGO decanters.

I think it is over priced at $49.00, but if you're into High Point stuff or a member of the Hight Point Jaycees then maybe you should look into it. I can see why the seller made the connection. It is a decanter and High Point is close to Greensboro and the Jaycees once ran the tournament, but that was the Greensboro Jaycees and not the High Point Jaycees. (They did the boat drag.)

The building this decanter is modeled after did appear in one of those cool Wyndham Championship TV spots this year. The one with the giant golf ball rolling around town. Yeah, the ball rolled right by the building.
"This auction is for a vintage GGO Greater Greensboro Open decanter.(It's not a GGO decanter.) These were given away at the GGO tournament. (They were not given away at the tournament. They were sold at the local ABC stores for about $14.99.)
They are very rare & hard to find.(If you call 6,000 rare and ebay hard to find.) The decanter is porcelain and made by Royal Halburton. The decanter is a tribute to High Point, North Carolina and the Furniture Market. The decanter is in excellent shape. It does not have any nicks or cracks. It does have some light stains just do the shear age of the piece.(The stains are not age, it's the bourbon leaking out.) I do believe the gold trim is gold plated as well. It measures 6 inches wide & 8.5 inches tall."

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