I look, and then keep my eyes peeled. Never have found a really good one locally, but I once literally scored a diamond in a tag sale so you...
Works for me!
I can honestly say I certainly won't be melting them. I may be flipping them to an antique dealer who will also not melt them. He's still got an...
None of this "when the War is over" garbage for those two! Knew a little too well that "later" might translate to "never".
Fancy silver to fly totally under the radar! They probably looked at the bottom and saw zilch and figured it was plated.
Only one piece from an Ill Will. I know another picker went right past it, not having a bunch of boardies in his ear. Probably thought it was...
Dad looks like the one we should be researching. The other two look dowdy in comparison.
Might be. I can't see it clearly enough to even guess.
While I was out today...Mr Nate would have been proud! Hit the Ill Will and found a Dala chicken, paper label and all. Wasn't planning on going...
I used to. A church thrift was a gold mine. Rich older congregation and some shop people who didn't always have a clue. Got a Sheffield plate...
No fear! I've done plenty of time in hospitals; I don't need any more.
It might be the original artist's signature. Copper embossing was a Thing for a while. The original artwork for this could have been pretty old....
Bits of opal in clear resin or some such. I see Sterling, a copyright symbol, and a mark I can't read.
But not kids with Brownie box cameras and a kitchen soup ladle!
Nessie has a neck like a periscope. This dude's too rubbery to pull that trick.
That's a classic Crown Trifari mark. Little 60s scatter pins, looks like. A Chinese company bought the rights to the name some time in the last...
They are ALL that cat!
:banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead:
They call them alligators for good reason. Sometimes the tread peels off of a truck tire and goes flying.
If the walnut ones prove hard to find, you may scare up some old-ish clear glass knobs. They'll look good and you can always pretend someone else...
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