I regularly watch some Youtube videos out of Ohio. The family running the antique center and auction house bought Wedgwood porcelain, and a nice...
Metall is a mark used on costume pieces. Just don't ask me which countries used it.
Those are sweet. Not my personal style, but mint condition and at a yard sale? Bingo!
Me either.
I remember the stamps; my mother collected them for a while.
Flat oval is about right. I called them Chinese because that's the country I associate them with. The stone itself may be Tibetan, but dollars to...
Chinese turquoise beads. Maybe the stabilized chalk turquoise stuff. I don't think they're anything crazy. These strings showed up in bead shops...
Those are what's called "waterfall" design, and dead bang Art Deco. The age looks right, although I'd think more 1929-1935. Deco was tamed down a...
Sure beats retail. I turned down a gold ring the other day; they had metal weight on it.(LOL) If you love the pearls, who wouldn't, and plan to...
Metal content marks aren't hallmarks, and in fact in the UK you can't sell silver or gold made elsewhere as silver or gold unless it has a full...
That's a proper estate sale! It's not my style of stuff, but it'll attract every folkie in the vicinity.
I would guess man, but that's just a guess; it could be either or both, and probably was. The picture of the back on the auction site shows the...
Toads are lucky anyway, as are frogs; that goes double if you find things from the American Southwest. Frogs are a water animal, and water there...
My grandfathers never wore a wedding ring for the same reason. One was a baker and worked around things where a ring was a bad idea. The other...
I don't think any do; around here you need a business license.
All I know is...thank goodness for gullible carp park lighting or lack of same. Otherwise Davey wouldn't have seen it. Looked like a full carat...
And boobies. Don't forget the boobies.
Or the opposite. Letters like these are a boon to historians and researchers of all sorts, but don't have a ton of monetary value as objects....
It's common for certain time periods in certain regions. In some places, you already knew what jewelry was made from, so marks were superfluous.
He already looks happier.
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