I'm helping my mother-in-law radically downsize/house clearance. There are several rugs I'd like to know more about. They are likely over 100...
Is there a way to tell if a ship's lantern is authentic (actually made for that purpose), or a repro for decoration. About 40 or 50 years ago, my...
Interesting story about a big counterfeit Native American jewelry operation....
This was my mom's and a favorite of hers. I'm trying to understand what it is, but it's an area I don't know much about. She got it in the late...
Folks here are pretty clever, so maybe you all can help me solve a photo mystery. This photo is one of many photos taken by my wife's great...
I'm hoping to narrow down the date range of an east coast USA photo by the fashions the women are wearing. I've seen this style of women's...
As best I can tell, the mark means German, possibly Dresden. What do we have? What is it for? Who made it? When was it made? Would all this...
Does anybody know offhand what this is? I don't have it in hand, mother-in-law sent the photo. I was hoping the look was unique enough to...
Sorry for the bad photo, but I snapped this with my phone in a hurry, and the piece is still in another state with mother-in-law, so can't take...
Below are photos of a Kalo pattern 10 set of serving spoons. These have been handed down in my wife's family, and were likely purchased by her...
I heard of a person that had a small, original Rodin sculpture, and had a nearly exact personal copy (surmoulage) made, maybe so he could keep the...
In the 1970's, just out of high school, I traveled to the Southern US with my granddad and we spent a few months visiting all the relatives. When...
Unfortunately this has a crack running through it, which I imagine kills the value, but it's a family item so, not a big deal. The only mark on...
I think this is an inexpensive little sterling pillbox, but I haven't been able to find the hallmark in the references. Is it a pillbox? Is the...
This is a ring passed down in family with other jewelry. It looks like Amethyst to me, but I know little about jewelry. I would have thought...
I have these two little forks I had put with plated stuff, and just realized they are marked sterling. At first I thought they had Birmingham...
When I was first trying to find info on this watch passed down in my wife's family, I didn't know about this site, or I would have posted it with...
Another inherited piece, but one with zero information attached. I know that there's a limit to what can be told from photos, but you folks here...
I have a handed down gold charm that has a family story attached that I was hoping to see if the story fits the item. The small charm (1.2cm at...
I have a family photo that measures about 8x11 inches. It's a somewhat artistic, well done (for the time) portrait photo of head and shoulders....
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