Why they cut slots in some I have no idea. Drilled and holed coins are easier to keep track of. Some of them look like they went on watch chains...
It's not nearly as old as it wants to be. The design is a classic, not made to fool anyone. The sticker designs mean it could be 70s, but could...
Thus why junquers go out scouring for mistakes. I was at a church sale last year on the second day, and bought a glass and sterling bauble for $5...
The construction says they're legitimately old, and not 80s or later repop.
I'd half forgotten that, possibly because the jade pieces don't often make their way West. The gold either. The few jade bits that did and went...
He watched My Big Fat Greek Wedding one time too many.(LOL)
That would be my guess. The artist may have gone into a line of work more likely to pay the bills.
she has "Cupid's bow" lips, straight out of the 20s into the 30s. It was a style thing, and bright red lipstick was part of it.
And whatever you do, don't elighten him.(LOL) One here always carefully looks over anything i like, just because I like it. It seems I've...
Seconded. They made Home Party jewelry along the lines of Sarah Coventry and Avon, only newer and not as nice.
Antler furniture here was a Thing in areas where hunting was a way of life. It's out of style now mostly, but old pieces turn up. Deer, elk etc...
Still is, in spots. I ran into some ladies in a store back in the 90s and I asked them what language they were using. It turned out to be...
If all else failed, color it some more! (LOL)
..and now we wait for an actual expert to chime in.
The market for some things has fallen since then. Proper auction records might sort it out.
Plastic on the 'good' furniture that no one ever used was a Thing. I've never understood having a room and furniture that was too precious to...
It's real slipware, and I don't think it's Old old. Vintage old probably - 40 years or more, but not 200.
Doubtful. I don't recognize the second mark, which means little other than it's not Mexican or Native American.
There are a lot of languages like that, darnitt. Forced into "scholars only" by one thing or another.
Nice collection. Does anyone use the billiard/pool table to play pool, or just to photograph pretty things?
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