Most likely an amateur painting, but has anyone seen the name M.Y. Colson ? The painting is oil on canvas & dated 1933. [ATTACH]
How difficult is it to find OSS (Office of Strategic Service) items, 1942-45 ? My father was a Marine first Lieutenant , then Captain attached to...
My father brought this back from his 18 month around the world voyage with Irving Johnson aboard 'Yankee' in 1938. They went many places rarely...
What's the recommended way to finish a burled walnut slab for use as a tabletop ? Sandpaper grit, type of oil, etc. ? What did the high end crafts...
I'm looking for methods besides 'Restore-a-Finish' to bring back the portions of my sun bleached walnut table base - possibly an old school Technic ?
Terracotta, 20 inches tall [ATTACH]
Being a enthusiast of early electric lamps, I noticed something I'd not seen before...a six socket cluster, ca. 1920... it's signed Tiffany...
[ATTACH] Wanted to know what time period were these jeweled lamps popular and were most U.S made or imported ? Several I've seen have early...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Looking for opinions of how well executed this 20th c. reproduction of a Nayarit tomb figure was done ? Larger than many...
It definitely pays to keep looking for for what your're in search of - for many years (like 20) I've been looking for a painting of the schooner...
As a teenager, I found this in an antique bottle dump in in the woods - mid 1970's - everything in the dump was 1840's - 90's. It's hand...
Anyone know anything about the 'PHILABRASCO' company. Found a signed lamp circa 1910, painted brass. I imagine they made a variety of brass items.
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Hand carved hardwood, 18" tall, 26" wide, with opening doors. Depth and detail of the caving is rather nice. Has some...
Trying to determine what type of ship this wheel might have come off of, and what type of ship can be excluded. . . it's big at 68" total...
I figure this to be Mexican, about 50 years old. Wanted to know what is being symbolized. . . it's 33" tall and pretty nicely painted, shows...
Any recommended reading material on these - particularly the 19th c. French examples. Complete sets tend to be out of my price range, but I have...
Anyone recognize this mark ? It's on a circa 1910 lamp.[ATTACH]
I known it's a zinc alloy heavily used from about 1880 on, but what are the variations of the metal composition found in terms of quality. Some...
Just bought this rather nice, heavy & large table lamp base (27" tall). Previous owner had it rewired years ago, but never found a shade.... my...
Circa 1920's - 50's, marked PM & Co. Appears to be copper clad over base metal w/ hand done paint work.[ATTACH]
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