I haven't seen a real digger sale in ages either. They happen, but since so many have gone to on line auctions most of the fun is gone. I look...
I wouldn't put the clasp in, unknown metal and all, but soaking nylon cord is usually OK.
I have some actual chevron trade beads around somewhere, exact age unknown. They've been waiting for the right project. The OPs don't seem to be...
I'd guess 70s/80s for that clasp. I've seen plastic necklaces with similar clasps from that era. The odds for bakelite just dropped again.
The Roycrofters had a big book printing business going. I don't know how rare this is, but they made a lot of books.
Way better than antique store prices. The scrapper seems to have a good eye.
Not bakelite. Does it have a screw clasp, or a magnetic one? The metal the screw is made from is way to determine age. I.E. if the screwthread...
I wish we could see what's on the pennant in the front of the boat.
A bus....and a semi!
I like the name too! Saw some jewelery in there but nothing to get excited about. It was all very pedestrian costume. THis may be a case where...
It could easily have been made by one of the factories that made other things for Weiss. Weiss was a notorious badger; they didn't have a factory...
I'm not a D&E expert, but it's not singing at me.
No idea, but for $7 you couldn't miss.
I rather like that first chair; you couldn't get the wood for $50 now, and upholstery like that now is unaffordable in new furniture. The second...
I wouldn't be surprised if someone took a really old, worn-out, Georgian ring and had it copied and moved the stones over. Old mine cut stones?
Haskell made all sorts of crazy stuff early on. Her later work from the 50s is so bland I often wouldn't know what it was except for the nameplate.
Either a whole string of beads is missing, or the necklace is a remix made of beads salvaged from other pieces. I'd bet on a missing strand. Some...
Some Baltic amber can be ridiculously expensive, but I'm not seeing that here. Whole insects inside some of the pieces can up the value.
Simichrome is often used to test bakelite, but I wouldn't put it on anything going anywhere near my mouth!
The upholstery looks more 50s than 20s to me. It's the way the pieces are carved, or weren't. (hand-carved that is.) Are there holes under the...
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