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When you place an absentee bid, you’ll choose a bid strategy. Your chosen strategy determines how the current bid will be set at the time your bid is placed. Your maximum bid always remains confidential.
The available strategies are:
🐢 Slow & Steady — starts your bid low and lets others chase you.
⚡💥 Power Bid — starts at about half your max to show intent without revealing your top number.
♥️♠️ All In ♦️♣️ — sets the current bid to your full bid amount right away.
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Lot 116 - Antique Star Twist Silver Thread Display Case With Hinged Lid, Pastel Colored Cotton Thread On Wooden Spools, And Ribbon Supports, American Thread Co., Fall River, Massachusetts
Lot 116 - Antique Star Twist Silver Thread Display Case With Hinged Lid, Pastel Colored Cotton Thread On Wooden Spools, And Ribbon Supports, American Thread Co., Fall River, Massachusetts
Antique Star Twist thread display case featuring a hinged lid that opens at the back and is held upright with attached ribbon supports. The case contains 25+ spools of mercerized cotton thread on wooden spools in pastel colors including pink, purple, blue, yellow, orange, and green, arranged in organized rows. Display is marked "Guaranteed Fast Colors - Will Boil" and "Star Twist Trademark Article 400" and "Unexcelled for Sewing Cotton Silk and Wool Materials" by American Thread Co., Fall River, Massachusetts. The case appears to contain mostly the advertised Star Twist thread but also includes other brands including additional boilfast threads. Display case shows wear, soiling, and age-appropriate surface deterioration.