Maybe I'll start a thread on it when I get home later.
Thanks AJ-- I appreciate the context (and correction!).
I guess it's an imitation? [ATTACH]
Small world! I found some of her FB posting for art fairs and such. Not sure how this piece made it out here to Portland Oregon, but I think it's...
... Two more... Tohono O'odham (formerly 'Papago') basket, $30. It's got some serious age and I hope I can make $20 on it: [ATTACH] And lastly...
Some of these were cheap and qualify as 'finds'; other were less so and so perhaps don't. Nonetheless... Ribari hat / cap, from India, not...
Sure looks old. Could be 'primitive' hand-made too: settler, 18th C farm etc. Can you tell how that crack was formed? Just the wood pulling away...
I think this comment distills the issue perfectly well. I'll only add that I'm also trying to calculate, for a few precious items, what might be...
Thanks @johnnycb09!
Thanks @Debora. I hadn't found that one, though there's lots of people with the surname.
Once again I humbly request your opinions on a painting, and your help with the signature. Do you like the painting? Is it done by someone who...
I must of had a latent gene, because avid collecting really came on suddenly, in mid-life, about 10 years ago. Before that, I obsessed about...
Thanks komo, 2mb, and AJ. Your guys's expertise and willingness to research and explain is so appreciated!
Yes, very cool!
Thanks @Drew. I appreciate hearing this. These lamps you posted are quite elegant. ...and seem like they'd be fragile as the decades tick on!
Interesting! I've been in that store many times, but didn't realize they specialized in lamps. Im hoping that this lamp will be desirable to the...
Interesting! I know what you're talking about. And I would never had thought of that. The shade, it upright, sits too low relative to the bulb,...
This is a big wooden lamp with serious MCM style. It needs a shade, but it works! Who made it? Is it walnut? teak? something else? Thanks for...
If the items depicted are meant to be Native American, as in an Acoma olla and a Navajo weaving, the designs are not quite right. This would...
That'd be awesome if they were Paiute. I've wanted one of those lovely beaded baskets for a long time, but can't afford them. Here's some...
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