Cherished, Broken, Glued, Found, Restored, Cherished

 A number of years ago I was at an estate sale at the end of the day.  I saw two blue and white dog figurines on the mantel.  When I picked them up I saw they had been broken and glued back together.  They spoke to me and were only a dollar for the pair.

One of the owners approached me and told me the story of these little dogs.  She said her parents were from Germany and they were some of the few things hey had brought with them when moving to America. 

When World War II broke out they were afraid that if their friends knew the figurines were from Germany they would think they were German sympathizers.  They were afraid just hiding them away would not be enough so they broke them, but then could not bear to dump the broken pieces, so they put them in a drawer hidden away.

Years after the war, they glued the little dogs back together and put them back on the mantel.  So sad that no one in the family knowing the history of these precious little dogs did not want to keep them, so I bought them.

My husband wrote the whole story up and we listed them on eBay with photos of the markings on the bottom and a clear understanding that they were broken and glued.  A dealer out of Los Angeles bought them for twenty dollars.  I was happy to sell them; he had the story of their history to pass on and I am sure he would restore them properly and they would be worth much more than he paid for them.

Even the broken can be mended, the history lives on, someone else will enjoy their beauty and love them as the original owners did.