Any info on this including a translation of The Russian makers mark/logo would be great. I know With samovars the more ornate the more valuable...
I got lazy sorry!!
I own and have used some surf rods. Ill have to measure them and see how long they are. Or find the jc higgins listing in a Sears catalog (if it...
Thanks! I am going to hold onto them for a few years until i can find period correct reels to put on them. Good to know these bad boys were made...
I think i can manage to get the concavitures measurement
So is the face original to the piece or is thqt just something someome cheeky added like im not sure of
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] it looked really old and antique... until I saw the face. And the bottom has some red thatched bottom . It's...
No cracks or hairlines, gold painted flower and edging is all 100% intact and not faded or rubbed off, and the gold flower handle can be used...
I love the item and will probably never sell it. For whatever reason I was thinking Mabel was just the owner but her dating the piece does add...
Jc Higgins is a sears and Roebucks brand according to my dad and internet searching easily confirms this. That rod is no more than 108 years old...
Does that increase the demand or does that reduce total desirability because she was probably not a known name? If it isn't a hobbyist piece it's...
Today I paid 12.50$ per rod for these old split bamboo (fly fishing? Seem to have slight corrosion from salt water jersey shore is 50 miles away...
It makes a fine paperweight though
I don't know it doesn't seem to be deeply enough concave to keep it from falling off or sliding off whatever object would go under it? It's a...
Underside is concave
Should I not have bought this? It cost me $3 and I have had it for a few hours... it is kind of brown/amber color. There are a few tiny air...
Maybe in fact you are right. I am almost agreeing. Her face does look as if it is a depiction of the Virgin Mary, The best thing to do is have a...
I got this from a nice lady who was moving houses & selling about everything they owned from this to their 4000$ leather couches. It is marked in...
Her hood/veil looked like a nuns. White under with black above. It's just my 2 cents!
Use google.com/images and input the search term "1800's nun" and similar looking pictures will come up. Although they are literally photographs
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