FAST might be the name of the design line. I've never seen the Brevetè mark before.
The stones are rhinestones. I don't recognize the maker - Brevete SGDG is likely a gold-filled mark. Beyond that I'll wait for the European...
When you find a cluch with a grabbing mechanism and a 1906 patent date on a 1977 goldtone initial pin for $2.99 it's a no-brainer.
John Oates wrote a memoir.
I had one. She got to ride on my dad's Standard-gauge trains. :p
There have been times I've bought crappy pins for a really well-made clutch. It was worth more than the pin it was on.
Me too. I've never seen anything exactly like them.
Love the Goth Barbie.
This could be someone's bead loom project, based on an NA design.
There's always one that gets away.
New Yorkers like New York stuff, and maps are cool. They're a paper thing that gearheads like. My late grandfather never learned to drive, but...
I'm betting on storage auction buy. Sometimes you clean up on a cleanout, and sometimes you get taken to the cleaners.
Some Narnia addict with no storage hauled it off.
Some green or orange rhinestones will glow like beacons under blacklight. Some yellowy-white ones too, aka custard glass. (real rubies and amber...
The old ones always find a home. I picked up a road map of the eastern USA, made just before the highways went through. Retail wasn't high, paid...
I was going to say "vintage last week". It's from the 2010s at best and at this point is just used furniture. Bombay Company is likely. It...
aaaaand now I want to live in Ghopper's house and read my way through his library. You had me at Harlan Ellison. I have an open burner natural...
No wonder it's familiar! Wheel hard over, matey!
The pointy bits on the old pins tend to tear holes in modern fabrics. Older ones tended to be a looser weave. I wear mine on jackets and blazers.
If you ever turn it loose, it will have an audience. That's way up in the Finger Lakes somewhere. There aren't a lot of locals, but New York...
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