As they're from Japan that's a totally reasonable concept. Doesn't help though :D Your signature "This too shall pass" is a great quote from...
I never even considered asking AI, and I've got paid memberships to them, too. Our family has been collecting netsuke's for decades so I'm...
Here's another picture to show how small they are[ATTACH]
I'll look into that oil. Half of the pieces that I have are hand painted... Edit: Update: Whelp that's the end of machine oil: Applying sewing...
"Valuable" is subjective. We've seen these sold, with their original contents, for $100 each. The 'eggs' are hand painted, so that's an issue. We...
This is the same container, but opened. [ATTACH]
The whole container is bone/ivory. Sort of looks like an egg. Very small, about 15mm tall. It's supposed to contain very small dice, 2mm+/- cubes.
I've got an ivory [or bone] container with a screw top threaded lid. The lid is stuck on. Is there anything that can be done, that will not damage...
We've come across a lot of about two hundred envelopes. They're all postmarked and dated from about 1942-1948. About ninety percent of them are...
Hey. I'd like to bring some 100+ years old long guns to someone qualified to learn their authenticity, viability, and guesstimated value. How...
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