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Distilled water is the best water for cleaning, not drinking.
I can’t find a F&W edition or a portfolio. The 1st edition was a hardcover published in 1905 by Cassell Publishing in London. It had a total of...
My knees get weak when walking into an antiquarian book store and taking a deep breath through my nose. Something about pre 20th century paper….
Patience, above all, is the secret to successful coin restoration. If you're oil soaking, you can use a toothpick (wooden or plastic) without...
13 volumes, 500 pages per volume, 1914-1919. Looks to be the bound compilation of a periodical. I found this at Goodwill. They only had one...
Let me get this straight. I have a 1950s wooden cigar box from Cuba that I store coin cleaning supplies in. Fleabay and etsy would nix my...
About 20 bucks, a little more if in superior condition. I have the Colliers from the Japanese-Russian war. Those are great photographic record...
Very nice!
Extra virgin olive oil is a standard when cleaning bronze or copper coins. Soak for a few days and then brush with a cut down toothbrush. Wipe...
I'd like to add this one for ancient coins. Top shelf dealer with the highest integrity. https://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/
AI software. For $5-600 and 12 hours of processing time on a decent CPU, you can take really bad silent short and output what is shown above. I...
Thank you!
Unopened pages annoy the heck out of me. I try to read at least a good portion of the books I buy. I have never seen a premium asked for such...
Salesmen's copies are just that, copies that salesmen show. Typically used by door to door salesmen or those showing subscription books. They...
My grandmother was given this rocking chair by a friend in the summer prior to Pearl Harbor (1941). Was reportedly 100 years old then and the...
In one of my all time best garage sale finds, I bought a postcard album containing 61 cards, 1907-1910, for $10. Here's a sample...however there...
And as Born2it correctly observes, thrift stores are great. Don't know if its a covid thing, but lately people seem to just dump books from...
The resource list at the top of the forum is a good start. Here's a trick to cut through the chaff to get to the wheat. Lets say you're looking...
When you create the thread, just below the text box you type the message in, there's a button called "upload a file". That's where you go! Just...
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