Unfortunately, just by a hair.
Victorian furniture isn't the hottest right now. I bet @Ghopper1924 knows more than I do.
I don't think it's old enough for true ormolu mountings, but the glow under blacklight is pretty awesome.
If they don't want it, locally estate auctions are a thing. Pickup is usually local, but there is no one traipsing around your house. Some offer...
We've had a lot of three dog nights recently. RIP
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Yup. Mdina in not-too-neat dremel.
The leopard spot necklace is pure late 80s. If Joan Collins didn't have one, she wanted one.
NICE! I'm seeing somehing and then "Jr". No idea if any carvers were father and son acts or not.
Or even that they're going cheap? I can see that happening.
I've seen the outside stamps before. It sure wants to be jade, but that's one for the experts.
It might sell for that price, eventually, on 1stdibs, but the key word is 'eventually'. Locally... it's bait. I bet it's sitting there at full...
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Precisely. If if was bought for Mom, it would have been made to fit Mom. Adult females in the 30s could be pretty small. Certainly smaller than...
As I told a friend, Directed, Produced, Written and acted by Alan Smithee. If you don't know, think diss from the era of 1950s American studio...
It's good. He knows it's good. What he doesn't know is that he has to price for the market he has, and not for the one that knows "how good"....
Before nutrition and medicine were better, people were smaller. The Victorians made chokers as short as about 12 inches, about 30/31cm....
I'd say early 1950s, costume. The molded lady is a classic costume design and she goes back to that era. She's not bakelite and I don't think...
I might, but tag in @PepperAnna and @Bronwen - they're the cameo experts.
There is indeed. They left their name off, but the serial number is there. I figured it for circa 1970 based on the design and materials. How to...
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