Last week's tag sales where of the Why Bother variety. Made up for it today. A little charity thrift sold me bangles at two for a dollar. Six...
I'm eagerly awaiting what the antiquarian says about them. Once he's finished drooling, anyway. Holy moly... for a whole flipping POUND.
Any old francophile would want them, so they'll sell. The question is for how much.
definitely Korean clothes. The thing I noticed first was that her eybrows are molded in one spot and enameled on somewhere else! It must have...
It's in the right place for us textile junkies to drool over it!
THe horseshoe is displayed right side up; the Victorians/British hung them ends down. Hanging them the other way is an American supserstition....
It's possible for certain.
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It does make you wonder. The cuts on the stones could certainly be that old.
The Sun King was Louis XIV (14th) - had to look up his reign dates 1643-1715. IIRC he lived so long he was succeeded by a grandson. He became...
Gold was even more expensive then than it is now. I've never seen one like that before, but silver foil backing diamonds sounds dead on.
It sure looks like amber from here. Not all amber reacts to blacklight. Does it feel heavy, normal, or lighter than it looks?
The diamonds look like they're actually diamonds, but might be legit Rhine stones too if these are German. The stones are clear quartz and if cut...
The glaze is great. The typo...DANG that's some joke fodder right there.
The mark is a blurry mess, but the vase is a beauty.
I've been hearing about that. Georgian and Victorian solid wood going for pennies, and yet people paying $tupid money for flatpack made of sawdust...
I liked the Arne Jensen painting. The sterling would make me happy too, especially for $40! WHOO!
I've heard that song before. Families going nuts over pennies while priceless family ties get the chop.
It just goes to show that things made to collect to not appreciate in value most of the time. It's the things made for the moment and not...
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