My church has a take it/offer it text group via Signal. I offer some things there first for free, and then donate them to a small local thrift if...
I think we both have collections of auto-immune problems; that makes us collectors whether we want to be or not. Might as well play the game since...
It's a fun gadget. I can see a bunch of engineers geeking out over it. Maybe the fluid thing is one reason it never took off.
My mom's cousin dug bottles too. She lived in an area of New York state that was all farm country, and midden/bottle dumps were everywhere. I...
My dad started collecting stamps because President Roosevelt did. I used to have a big collection of books and old SF magazines - I'd read them all.
Score! I bet the mark is on an edge on the handle somewhere, where it usually is.
I bet your buyer was a happy bunny.
Sometimes gold marks are illegible. The way the jump ring is smooshed tells me it's likely gold. What fineness...no idea. The stamping is all...
I'd be betting on Japanese glass (assembled who-knows-where) for the first. The second looks like it ought to have gold marks.
Wow. Dude was good.
Good carver using resale-proof material. That's really nice!
Keeps it out of the dump and saves someone else a few bucks. Good idea.
Or, lit up, a pile of glass. The shelves are a bit narrow, but shiny-shinies like lights.
Welcome ! Are you in the right place!
Depends on the pencils/pens. At least they're easy to ship. In the old days I used cheap/free pile eyeglass cases if I found hard plastic ones.
Those are becoming hot collectibles now, along with yardsticks and the like. If it's from a place that's still there but a business that isn't,...
That's a PILE. My family never had cigarette cards; no one smoked. I don't know anything about the British cards.
We were beginning to wonder! Welcome back!
For under a tenner, I don't blame you!
It looks like a dressing table 1910 ish. One of the furniture gurus might be able to pin it down. The board doesn't usually do values no matter...
Separate names with a comma.
