The first necklace looks like low-grade larimar. It could also be another blue and white stone, but I forget the name. The one in the last shot...
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Sixties is as early as I'd go on the back; the front looks old, but I have to wonder if it's not 1970s Art Nouveau Redux.
Not Japanese clay. The glaze wants to be German but the shape doesn't. I"d go with Bear and say Italian.
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I have two metal rules in the trunk of my car. IIRC one is from Finast supermarkets and the other is Wonder Bread. There were two folding...
If it's not carnelian it's sure trying hard.
File under: Things you wish you found a lot more often. It's amazing that the black ones are intact. Black 90s cotton often dry-rots.
I can see those going for $tupid money!
My guess is they were meant to be used as needed.
Yup. I doubt this one is truly "ethnic"; my guess is it's just a nice fancy buckle.
These were sold for quite a while as decorative art. My guess is the black ink is printed on and someone added the colors by hand. The Stones...
Pewter or some other costume metal, 1990s or later. Probably later. Beyond that, no idea.
I'd be wondering about a better tourist souvenir of some kind. It wouldn't need to be "from the area", just something that would sell. The...
Or just meant for walking on dirt. No idea where that came from.
Mine is el-cheapo. I usually set it to 1. Glass often doesn't register, and CZ goes up a bar. Sapphire goes up most of the way but doesn't ring...
Diamonds usually test as diamond no matter where you have the tester set. I've never seen a totally clear large-ish size diamond set in a modern...
I'd imagine the guy only dressed like that for formal affairs, unless he had a valet to help him shave and get all gussied up every day.
Orient and Flume is fairly recent - 1970s or later. Maybe 90s and later? I watch an auction house's Youtube channel and one of the young guys is...
The chin beard would help date it too if someone knows beards.
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