I just watched a James Lewis video on Youtube about an auction he ran. One piece was a small, lovely display secretary/cabinet thingie with...
She'd darned good, either a professional or someone who could have been. The violin sounded like one any professional would be happy to use now....
I think that happened at one estate sale I went to. There was a dumpster out front, and on top were all of the family photos. I rescued an old...
Placht Brothers in English. Pest is half of Budapest, which was two cities before the Chain Bridge went in. From one source in the Eurozone,...
Four words: good luck with that.
It makes an unholy mess, is what it does. The term is "alligatored", i.e. makes the original lacquer look like alligator hide....
I've only been to one estate sale where the person who'd lived in the house was there. I think she was having a blast, but most people would be...
Linseed was the fashionable oil to use on Victorian furniture back when. It ruined the finish over time, and anyone into old wood here in the USA...
Two words: linseed oil. ((sigh))
Me too. I saw my grandparent' house, that sold in 1979. What's wild is that the independant pharmacy down the street from her house then is still...
I really like the inlay synthetic opal beads. I've restrung things like the foiled glass before; it's too bad about the big one, but if all else...
They are collectively kicking themselves. Even at full melt, they'd have doubled their money.
Meanwhile here those sales don't happen. Everything goes into the dumpster.:(:(:(:(:( THe little that doesn't goes into 'curated' on-line estate...
I'd have made off with it anyway. The repop watch parts necklace too.
Better scraped and original than "fixed", aka badly damaged. I'd only repaint if I found something like this already scraped to the bare wood....
I'd leave bad enough alone. I don't know enough about proper wax to weigh in, but usually with old stuff like this, the best option is to dust it...
I could get behind that. A quick Google didn't turn up bees with stripes, but Recency Stripe fabric is out there.
Very Napoleonic era idea. I like the hot pink, but could see the other in a formal living space.
That's a 14 karat mark. There may be more to the right of the second 5 (left in the image since it's upside-down)
Not if it's a trade school or seminary. Then there would be men of assorted ages, few if any women, and likely no children in the picture at all....
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