2004 must have been a big year for such enforcement.....I've been told that in 2004 there were 400 prosecutions involving fake Native art and...
Actually, meerschaum does get a sticky feel when wet; that's one way to tell a real meerschaum from a resin fake (yes, meerschaum pipes are faked,...
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I don't post in this thread a lot, in part because I don't buy for resale. But I do enjoy - among other things - browsing the CD section at the...
As others have indicated, it is an older banjo, not of real high quality (Harmony was mentioned, a US maker of beginner-quality instruments, and...
Let us know what you found out. I think Komo has covered it pretty well; there are quite a few members of the Joseph family, so a younger...
Welcome! Nice to have you here. We have a number of members who know something about Native American items, and are interested in discussing...
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That would be the best explanation I can think of, for the lack of dovetails/interlock on only one corner.
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Indeed. But the little pole on the bottom right of Aquitane's post is quite nice; likely from the Rudolph family of Angoon AK. There is just no...
Yes; when there is a whole industry in Indonesia cranking out hand-carved "NW Coast Native" items; and shops (for example in Astoria Oregon) with...
Welcome! And as others have said, the books should be worth something.
Re the lack of signature: it could well be Glass Eye; twice a year or more Glass Eye has a big outdoor sale, and many of their artists sell lots...
Yes....I used "seems" partly because I didn't want to do any actual counting. But then this morning I did some counting in the Canadian...
I don't know the show, or the expert.....but to put in my two cents worth, in an area I do know something about: I'd say that it often seems that...
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