Cleanout companies holding sales can be sources of goldmines for antique junkies. They know enough to keep the jewelery box and look for gold,...
Caribbean area and critically endangered. I went looking. They alas were the shell source for tortioseshell jewelry....
NICE! Some pictures of things I found but never photographed: a Royal Copenhagen little baby bear and a Steuben crystal bear. The little whale...
Weird how that works. Learning to read bad handwriting has its uses. Old age and cunning (and ability to read cursive) for the win.
Backhoe!((sob!)) It's too bad you didn't have a semi and couldn't just haul off everything bu the busted stuff.
I'd think modern Chinese. If it wasn't "signed" I'd throw a few bucks at it as a pretty bowl. Not worth even spending pennies for a fake.
WOWWOWWOW - I'm betting the stuff they tossed would have sold for almost as much as the house if done properly, but then you wouldn't have hit...
I'd want a look at the bottoms. Then again I also wouldn't pay 10% of one individual price for the lot, not being a pottie of any sort.
It literally dripped. Got it! :rolleyes:
Now I need an excuse. I went out today and almost bought some beautifully engraved stemware...only I don't drink, and if I resold it to a dealer...
A plain old electronic gem tester would sort out the glass, but I'm not sure about dripstone .. whatever it is.
I would have done the same thing. Kept the good stuff, and the rest could get donated somewhere.
I thought about getting the training years ago. I don't think they cover anything but gemstones. GIA people can handle nice rocks, grade...
To help get rid of the green, get some cheap white vinegar and put the plate somewhere flat. Fill with vinegar and let sit. If you don't like the...
They're made to look like really old ones. The Victorian chairs were that low partly because they were on wheels; you used the wheels to move the...
You declare an end, until the next treasure turns up.
....and with or without high heels? Some weirdo somewhere wants to know.
That's possible; after all NADs that get stopped at the authentcators aggravate both buyers and sellers. As for why call ivory a lava? If the...
Nowadays you don't even have to use paper and ink; you can "publish" a digital download e-book. In the first century, handwritten scrolls might...
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