As AJ correctly states, the hallmark, in Chinese characters, is "Zu Yin" - literally "Pure Silver". In practice, the purity varied, but was...
Ribbons are easily found on eBay and other such sites (AliExpress, etc). There are some repairmen around who replace platens and rollers. One...
Olympia is a respected German typewriter manufacturer. Very nice machine! Looks 1930s, pre-war. After WWII, those classic, round glass keys kinda...
Yes. It's a "muzzle-loader" as they say in firearms circles. Goes down the front. Wind the pencil all the way back, shove in the lead, and then...
Certainly looks like it. Solid silver, too. Jolly good!
YES, but it can be a real gamble.
Thanks! It's a variety known as a propelling pencil. What the others have said is, regrettably, correct. The vast majority of these pencils...
Look like pretty standard sewing machines. Sewing machines that are "worth anything" are usually the really old ones (1930s and before) in great...
Lovely set. If the additions are just sitting on the surface, then most likely added in later. Numbers and letters added in when the set was...
I have a few, but nothing like this!!
Classy and extremely rare.
Here we are. For some stupid reason the images wouldn't upload... [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Japanese pens make good beginner pieces. Pilot, for example, and Sailor, make really good quality pens at all price-points. A calligraphy...
While I collect a lot of things, my first love has always been writing instruments and accessories. This last week was the Melbourne Pen and...
What a sweet collection!!
It looks like a pretty standard 144-piece Chinese set, from the 60s, as you say, which would make sense. Certainly still very usable. Best of luck...
Definitely not ivory, or bone. It'll be some variety of plastic. Most likely the Urea formaldehyde, going by the colour.
I just bought one set (about a week ago), and sold another one yesterday. I'll have to upload photos of the set I bought.
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Nice to see that my blog entry proved useful in this thread.
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