After the disappointment of last week, I hit a gold mine today and bought this lot of stuff. This post will have the pipes, pickelhaube crest, and...
Today I visited a flea market in Krakow. Naturally, working on 2 hours sleep, hungry, tired, I let my excitement get ahead of my brain and...
What are some of your unintended side effects of antiquing? We all have them I, for instance, can no longer walk past antique stores without...
I bought this pewter flask at a thrift store in Vienna. It has some significant wear, dents, etc., and the mark looks worn away. Any thoughts on...
What are your thoughts on these old Beardsley prints? They came in a pair of old veenered frames. They appear to have once been part of a book....
I picked up this locket this weekend. It's the second locket I've found with a Maltese/Iron Cross, but what makes this one unique is that it also...
Found these interesting shoes for 5 euros today. They're made out of a short, coarse, very shiny fur, that I would think was fake if not for the...
I bought this photo locket a while back, and I'm trying to figure out which army this soldier belonged to. Prussian, I assume? Is it just me, or...
Picked these garnets up for a decent price today, owing to the fact that they're broken. The bracelet is in need of a new clasp (and at 15 cm (5.9...
Now that I've got the previous thread on my mind, I've become fixated on finding faturin for myself. I bought these two prayer beads today....
What are your thoughts on this? I don't know if it's silverplate or silver, and I can't test it. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Picked these up today. :) There's a rhinestone snake brooch with a c-clasp. It sort of looks art nouveau to me, but I guess it might be art...
I purchased this medal today. (At 7.5 euros, I probably paid a bit too much, but I like collecting these.) I think that the inscription on it is a...
Can you help me with figuring out this silver mark? I'm wondering if these might be Scottish marks- the three-branched one kind of looks like a...
This is one of those situations where I return home with a treasure, notice a flaw, and proceed to kick myself repeatedly. There's always such a...
I like collecting random imperial badges and bits. Sometimes, I can identify them with Google, but in this case, I'm baffled. The back of this...
This bracelet caught my eye. As you can see, it has a good amount of wear to the gold plating, but I'm wondering if that might be intentional, as...
I picked up these items at the flea market. The coin is rather large, and although I've searched extensively online, I can't find other coins...
Sorry for the multiple threads. Here are a few other pieces I came across lately. I bought the stretch bracelet for 3 euros, so I figure there's a...
Here are some of today's finds. Are the circle pendant and the watch fob pendant Victorian or Edwardian? The cut-steel brooch unfortunately has a...
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