Many thanks, Peggy -- I've passed your suggestions along to my sister -- keep your fingers crossed!
I've seen other folks discussing these check protectors on this forum, and am hoping someone can help. My sister wants to use our Dad's old check...
I can't assist with the signature, but the rest of the conversation got me to wondering. Because I'm a "just the facts" kinda person I checked...
I’m wondering what the meaning may be of the tiny mix of an Arabic and Roman numeral between the two dates. The number “21” on top and the number...
Great research, Dragonfly! Since the company still exists I’d be tempted to contact them, just for fun. Who knows, if they’re big enough they may...
Beachcombing, finding a mysterious spoon and loads of beautiful sea glass -- I call that a banner day! Good luck with your sleuthing.
My question about the spoon is, “Where did it come from?” If you can determine the spoon’s age you’ll be able to look at a list of shipwrecks off...
I saw my uncle’s once (he’s buried in France-KIA during WWII), passed down through the family & it was in much worse shape. Fraying of the ribbon,...
The cat LOVES it! That's how the needlework started getting clawed up . . . then an inquisitive 3-yr-old had fun pulling the cording around the...
Hello again my fellow Antiquers - I inherited the chair shown in the photos below from my grandparents. It has a needlepoint seat and has...
Wow, thank you so much for that info—had no idea! I’ll pass it along to my sister.
Thank you all for your input and thoughts! With your help, I took a deeper dive and eventually found: William Edward Meehan (Aug 31, 1853- Jan....
My sister acquired this item in Tampa in 1993. She says it stands 1'6" high and is 6" in diameter; she hasn't weighed it but my guess is about 5...
Thank you for your thoughts, “I Need”—I hope to keep it in the family, too.
Thank you "evelyb" -- great thoughts! The other issue is that after all the years in the frame it's starting to pull from the top, creating a...
That makes sense (or, dare I say, makes "sens-eney"? :)
I'm distantly related to George Eyster Senseney (1874-1943), an artist of some note (one of his pieces is in the Smithsonian American Art Museum....
To get a slightly better sense of its value I suggest looking on eBay like bluumz did, but filter the listings to see only the "sold" prices....
Agree with 2Many and Say_It . . . have my MA in Anthro/Archaeology (ASU) and it looks like debitage. If someone were making replicas they'd...
I just heard from my glass artist friends - they say: "This is really cool, it looks like a blown glass piece, where they have used black as the...
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