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Does anyone know the purpose of the four holes? I could imagine using them for hanging, but the picture on the inside seems to rule out many...
Carved ivory-like nuts might well be tagua nuts, "vegetable ivory." Native to South America, but used world-wide for bead and other carvings. It...
Yes, same as at the auction I attended last weekend; a few pieces went beyond, sometimes way beyond the estimates; but many more sold for far less...
Prices were not good, in general, sorry to see that.
Yes; and he played several musical instruments; was a patron of the arts, the Metropolitan Opera and others; and was apparently "smitten with...
Although known as a financier, Mr. Kahn appears to have had other interests; he is listed in IMDb as the producer of a number of movies in the...
I like it, reminds me of the ones my Mom used to do. I still have a couple of those. ( I find it hard to believe that the 60s were 50 years...
If I may digress with a little story: At one of the previous Seahawk auctions I bid on a lot with several NW Coast spoons, because there was one...
Yes; there was mention of the A. auctionhouse, and their Indonesian items; and someone mentioned that they knew a gentleman and scholar who had...
Thanks! I didn't see who got the Reid drawing, and am not sure if it was a phone bidder or in-house. There were four largish estates with items in...
That is great that it was featured right up front!
Not nearly as hard as I expected. There was one phone bidder going against me, but I expected that several others in the room would have jumped...
Nah, don't be nervous, it doesn't help.....and overall, regardless of estimates, which I don't trust much anyhow.....at Seahawk there was lots of...
Don't know if this counts as a find....I look for these pretty hard, haven't seen anything from this carver for nine years. Went up to Vancouver...
Certainly I didn't mean to imply they were in the same category, Komo. At this weekend's Seahawk auction a very large Davidson bronze went for...
If it were a matchbox holder the small piece could go on the inside bottom; possibly originally glued there. It would then keep the matchbox in a...
I've heard that a good test is to rub to see if static electricity results. Here's a good article with info, and mention of the difference between...
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