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You own an old item that you think is valuable and would like to sell. Write a letter to the owner of an antique’s shop. In your letter: explain how you found the shop describe the item that you would like to sell say how much you would like to sell the item for

#item #owner #antique’s #shop
Dear Sir, I am writing
this
 letter in relation to trade a very precious material that I possess with me at the moment. I found about your antique shop through one of my
friend
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, who has always bought stuff from your shop. When he came to know that I was planning to sell
this
 item, he suggested
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me
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your shop. The item is a silver trumpet,
its
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 really ancient and have been with my family for about
hundred
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 years. It is silverish in
color
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 with its measurement being 18*20. It is quite heavy and big enough and I very well think that it would suit in some bigger place as compared to my small lounge. It is a kind of
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, which has attracted most of the guests in my house. I am planning to give it off for $300 though it costs more than $500.
This
 historical piece was given to my ancestral family member by KochiRajavu, a king in
state
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 of Kerala in 1800. I truly believe that
this
 would be of great use for you as compared to me. I have enclosed some of its pictures along with
this
 letter. Kindly go through it and get back to me on my number, given in the back of
picture
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. Hope to hear from you soon. Yours faithfully, Neethu Babu
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