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William Spratling (Mexican) Sterling Quaich!!
Any Spratling experts here? I picked up two William Spratling objects at an estate sale yesterday (for pennies). One of them is a quaich. I’ve never seen a silver quaich by any Mexican maker... -
Primitive 5/8" X 3/4" Wrench: 'M' in Diamond No 1253
Charming ain't a word commonly associated with cold iron, but there are several aspects of this I find so. ~7" long, 1/4" thick, 6.35 ounces.
It's been stamp-sheared from hot-rolled steel, with... -
The Other Nicities!
So I forgot there were 3 other pieces, not two, and the 3rd I'm actually quite curious about!
First up, is actually the 3rd haha. I'm wondering if the backing is missing, and if this was once... -
CA oil painting: Haskin
Hi again. Does anyone have any idea who 'Haskin' might be? It's a common enough name that I'm not figuring it out.
Presumably titled 'East of the Sierras,' it looks a lot to me like Death Valley,... -
Modern pottery vase .... Smudged mark
Posting this for a friend so these are the only pics I have. Hoping that someone might recognize this. Not sure which way is right way up for the mark. -
Biblia Regia or Polyglotta (1571/1572)
Sorry to use this beautiful forum as some kind of personal blog, but here at last I got some feedback (that sounds pitiful
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I've got a new book in my collection, that is the most... -
What is it?
Hi! New member here. English is not my first language, so please bear with me.
I am a collector. No special interest, but things I find beautiful, unusal, interesting etc.
I bought this stone... -
Early 20th Century Lamp ID
Anyone know the maker on this one? My photo of the patent info was blurry. Didn’t realize until too late. I didn’t notice any makers marks on base or otherwise. Only had one or two mins to give a... -
Odd colored older plastic necklace. Celluloid?
Hi,
This has the strangest green but not hue. My first thought was bake but it doesn’t test. I actually got a red streak on the q-tip and then just some dirt lifted after that. I tested the same... -
Plate ID help!
I’m wondering if anyone could help me ID this plate?
Tiny capital A on back.
Thank you for any and all input! I love a good treasure hunt ♀️
Hollie
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