DINGDINGDING! We old boardies would know those marks, but I can imagine a British charity shoppe misquoting an old line from Saturday Night Live...
I've hit good stuff in those small stores fairly often. Sometimes the know what they've got and sometimes not. One really good one often knows,...
I'd have figured a water lily, but pterodactyl makes for a better story. And for a whopping pound...what damage? :p
They've gotten rarer here too. The good sales locally were killed off by Covid; the casualty rate of sales was higher than that of people. The...
If I find more than one thing to think about in my local thrifts, it's a good day!
Thanks! THe use of mediterranean coral makes me think it's on the older end. They don't harvest it any more.
I was at two estate sales on Friday and a church sale today. I'm nuts! The church sales offer the best deals, and sometimes you get a WHAT THe...
If it sticks and I keep walking, I have to buy it. If it's crying out "buy me" it had better go home in my car. You wouldn't want to. That's...
Oddly, the fronts look like gold-filled but the backs look like real gold. But..who knows. If you have a really good magnifying glass or loupe,...
I have to be at a church meeting on Sunday, but fortunately can go to the service itself on line.
Check the solds first, and then scrap with my blessing too. She looks like an apprentice who flunked out did the carving. Or I did!
I'd say that was worth the $10!
When I get up at 5:30 I pay for it for the next two days. Doesn't stop me. That dark amber is a score! I've never seen it that dark.
Certainly possible!
The question you asked - we have some Dutch posters. I bet they know all about Friesland.
I don't have a problem with seeing the repairs. People pay a lot more money for perfect examples of things, so obvious restoration saves...
They look like brass from here. Age is...not much. Someone may know enough to pin them down.
Garnets and diopside?
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I went to two today. The junkier one had higher prices on some nice things than the good one did. Go figure. There was a "designer" one too, but...
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