Frames with Attitude: Rolodex Style

I guess you can call this Saver's steal, a frame.  It was in the general frame area if I remember correctly.  Since I love office supplies and cool frames I thought it would be ludicrous to not snag it.  I removed the price tag, but don't worry if it was more than $3 I would be greatly surprised.  I didn't see any other identifying marks on it and thought for a brief second that I might have stumbled upon something vintage-y, something rare.

When I got home I continued to look for anything identifying and eventually found it...yes, this Mid-Century Modern, functional art, cleverly mimicking classic office supply staple...is from Pottery Barn.

Don't get me wrong, I love Pottery Barn and I love the FRIENDS episode where Rachel tries to convince Phoebe that she buys all her cool stuff and furniture from flea markets, when really they all hail from...Pottery Barn.  Let's face it, Pottery Barn rocks and so does their non-flea market, paraphernalia.

I quickly went to Pottery Barn's website and tried to find how much this relic was going for retail.  To make a boring long story, a boring short story...my search turned up nada.

Ebay, Google, Amazon...nada, zippo, goose egg.

My husband told me it's made from Aluminum.  My first obvious question: And the street value of Aluminum these days would be....??

This website:
 http://www.vincentmetals.com/Daily_Aluminum_Prices.html

Says its $.82/lb.  My husband estimates this frame to be about 3 lbs which is $2.46. "Hello early retirement" to quote Paul Blart in "Mall Cop". http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0024SQZRS/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0024SQZRS&linkCode=as2&tag=crifoyo-20

I know from watching Pawn Stars: http://www.gspawn.com that if you don't know the real price of an item, then it could be worth millions...or zilch.  Since, this is the only Aluminum, Pottery Barn, Rolodex Picture Frame out there on the net that I can find...I'm going to price it at somewhere in-between zilch and a million and make it an even $500k...or let's make it an even $3...actually I think I'll just keep it for now because it's doing its job holding several dozen pictures, that you don't flip like a book, you roll...and when it does its classic somersault, you don't have to immediately get on the phone and act busy, you can just relax and do nothing...

And who knows...tomorrow the price of Aluminum may be an even $1.00...and if I've learned anything from this Recession it's the value of a $1.00.