How about calling her a not-so-tall case clock?
In Connecticut, you can "open carry" with the proper permit. I'd rather see it, because here a person carrying openly is the least likely to shoot...
Rare and with a set of rabid collectors. I don't want to know what that whistle sold for, but if the seller found it in a rummage sale for a...
The greenies might be diopside; it's pretty but awfully fragile. I don't know how it rings up. Fluorite comes in green and might ring in that low...
Doubtful, but that bang-bang will find a new home readily enough. Not sure of the UK laws or the legality of owning a billy club. Or whatever...
That's not glass; it's rock crystal, aka quartz. Glass might not register at all, or might just go up one bar if it's the good stuff.
Between the rhinestones on the front and the "greenies", I really doubt it.
DINGDINGDING! Score!
Probably about right. The question is where it came from.
Average for the time when he was born. Below average for moral character and treatment of other humans.
Ansonia is a town/city in Connecticut, relatively near New Haven. It's on the Naugatuck River, so it's one of the old mill towns. They used...
I think it's just polished. 1871 date, if that helps any. It wouldn't surprise anyone if the company who made the silver contracted out the...
Welcome!
I found two similar pins, damaged, in a "junk" jar recently. Now I need to go look for some foiling, but I suspect just french jet. I never get...
It's a really attractive design. Heh heh heh. I love "broken" autowinders!
I'm sitting on most of mine too. The rule I use for precious metal is the 3m - Modern + Mass-produced = Melt it! Everything has been so thin...
Better him than me. I gamble at estate and tag sales. The odds are a little better. Poker rooms I get, but not games whose odds automatically...
I agree. In these parts $150 would be top estate sale price, but only an end user would pay that.
Connecticut, believe it or not. Leaving church today and standing outside at noon gave me problems.
It's damascene, either Spanish or Japanese. The Spanish ones often have a tube hinge and the Japanese ones have a rollover. Smart money says it's...
Separate names with a comma.
