Reminiscent of the Great Northern Railway photos and publicity associated with the Blackfeet/Blackfoot in Montana, e.g., Hileman photos (see...
I think the best buyer is a music repair shop. Sell it to them "cheap" and they can then invest the time in repairs, and 'upsell' to students...
How old? That is the question... Nails?? Please check carefully, but they appear to be the heads of round wire nails. [ATTACH] The bottom...
so, what do you make of this sequence? [ATTACH] the white border line was painted onto the gold leaf (blue bracket). Then you look to the three...
I stand corrected: Star Wars is only a "vintage" space movie. [but in my defense the Greek image does show 'ancient aliens' in a 'chariot of...
to paraphrase from a now antique space movie: "I am not the pro you are looking for". But I am a devout skeptic. Why is the red halo painted...
two other commissioned pieces (of different style and subjects) each have the "made in Japan" label, and the first similar red stamping: [IMG]...
I'm wondering, @2manybooks @antiquelover69, if further dissection might be useful (at least it would help me). It doesn't seem to have sufficient...
of course, that makes sense to check there first, in retrospect. [ATTACH]
The loop pendant at the bottom is not a shape I've seen used in modern Native American jewelry. Navajo jewelry makers at road stands or tourist...
also, are those felt pads on the feet? The feet don't look very worn down, and the turnings look very even, so it has a bit of a 'factory made'...
Welcome. I'm not a furniture collector, but found the style intriguing, and, for sure, that style doesn't seem to want to be easily found online....
the three tuning forks is Yamaha, fwiw.
So, in recap, what have we learned today? Don't put this: [ATTACH] in one of these: [ATTACH]
@Bronwen -- Houston, we have a problem: [ATTACH]
Reiterating @Lucille.b: "Good idea for a thread @Barn Owl." thanks!
Aha! scanned the cameo articles and found "cardboard"... now there's a 'call in the usual suspects' candidate....
often "dark" = Sulfur exposure. so instead of reacting with O only, there's a "sulfide" group that attached to the alloy. so, looking that up, I...
I'm eager to hear the results of this thread... might be really useful.
It's all chemistry, folks. I would think that in the chemical/metallurgical literature journals there might have been some studies done on the...
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