It was early in my collecting, and Deb and I were starting to go to auctions. Well there were 2 auctions that day that we wanted to go to. I dropped Deb off at one, and I went to the other. The one I was at was rescheduled due to weather from 2 week prior. I parked and headed towards the house where everything was set up. Before I got to the house, there was a barn with tables of cast iron set up out front. About 10 of them if I remember correctly. I was new at CI, and wasn't sure about most of it, but I did like this oval shaped roaster. Long story short, I picked up about 50 pieces, then went to pick up my wife, got yelled at for spending $110, and headed home. I was curious, so I posted some pics of the roaster. Turned out that a fully marked cast iron Griswold #5 Oval Roaster with fully marked CI Trivet was a tough one to find. I think it was Perry that asked what I spent for it, and I told him it was the most expensive @ $60 . I asked if that was a good price, and Perry hated me from that time on. ;D That was my first "Most Exciting"
By the way, Deb changed her tune about yelling at me for what I spent. Her purchase for the day was a crusty, rusty, pitted slant #8. It cleaned up great, and is one of our users. She calls it her $1 pan cause that's what she paid.
P.S. Pics are around here somewhere, unless they have been deleted along the line. The roaster is shown in a display pic with alot of other pieces in the Eye Candy section.
