Perhaps a gift, signed by the givers? It reminds me of a bracelet I saw once, the owner of which got all misty eyed and said it was a gift from...
All I know is that I think it’s extremely attractive, and I don’t even like diamonds all that much.
I bet it did! Oberon work is much prized in Northern California. I used to go drool over their stuff at the Renaissance Faire and wish I could...
Welcome aboard!
I worked in an upscale pen shop for years, read trade publications, spent a lot of time with collectors of vintage and antique pen paraphernalia,...
What’s this, I wonder? Looks like scratching off a price revealed some paper with words on it, but I can’t read them: [ATTACH]
Now that would make an interesting collection: things supposedly made in places that don’t exist!
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Welcome aboard! People with other knowledge will be along shortly, but I can tell you that the Patent date most often isn’t the date something was...
I went so far down that rabbit hole! I definitely can’t say I found the maker for sure. However, I found a G.W. Wallace born in Oklahoma who...
Score! I don’t know if a new table top was added to an existing base and/or if there used to be something there to store game pieces, but either...
It always makes me happy when a big collection is kept together, but especially when it’s going somewhere more than a couple people will be able...
I could not have resisted buying this lovely thing! Black lacquer, fan motif, gold, maki-e, and quail too? I have almost a gigabyte of...
What a lovely piece of furniture! I’m with @verybrad - my gut says antique, and personally I’d be very surprised if it was made in the 20th century.
Welcome aboard, and I’m sorry for your loss. Lots of people here are willing and able to help, but more pictures of the couch will help us help...
I think it might be teachers, plural. One of the young women (the one in the middle) seems to have a pinned on watch…
That last photo raises soooo many questions in my mind!
Congratulations! Beautiful finds!
Just as well this thread is so old, because those yummy earrings are probably long gone so I won’t be tempted to try to buy them :hilarious:
I’m more of a gourmand than a gourmet when it comes to pearls, but my guess is that the darker ones are dyed/treated in some way, and that many of...
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