The Hunt and The Kill

Last May, I posted about my Bombay Sapphire Martini glass collection.

All these collector glasses are released in the Christmas gift box, one glass with a bottle of Bombay Sapphire Gin. I'm not a gin martini drinker, I prefer vodka, so I never buy the gift box. I usually pick them up on eBay.

The first in the series, 1994, was by Ulla Darni, famous for her stained glass creations. To find this glass is near impossible, and when I have seen it on eBay, it usually goes for anywhere between $80-$125, with a bidding war at the end of the listing.

So I just sit back.

And Wait.

Saturday afternoon, I did an eBay search for Bombay Sapphire glasses, but the only thing that came up were ones I already had. Then I ran a search for Ulla Darni. This glass came up. No mention of Bombay Sapphire.

No bids. Starting price was $24.99.

I bid $25.00 and hoped the fact the listing didn't have Bombay Sapphire in it would keep it hidden from other collectors.

I forgot about it until now, when I signed on and saw mail from eBay. Assuming it was a "you have been out bid" notice, I wasn't too excited.

Now I am excited.

I was the only bidder and won.

But now ... I need this one:

Wanted, Just so I Stop Obsessing

I really try not to be a pack rat.

I quit collecting Beanies and Barbies ...

Lenox Snowmen and Angels ...

BUT ....

Bombay Sapphire Gin has an annual martini glass in it's Christmas gift pack.



So it began:










I have been able to get some I missed from the years before I started collecting, on eBay.

The one I am obsessing over, is harder to find. If I see it on eBay, I am either outbid, or the price gets so ridiculously high I quit bidding.


Here it is. I think it is from 1994.

If you have one you'd like to sell, please let me know so I can get to sleep at a reasonable time rather than staying up way to late trying to bid on one!