I was going to say the same thing. They only closed down a few years ago. Sometimes they didn't mark their pieces at all and you just had to Know.
You were an eedjit with a clue; you knew enough to buy it even if you didn't know what it was.
Example: Item plus shipping = $100. Buyer pays shipping, but so what? EBay charges 15% of $100, not 15% of the item price. Subtract the fees...
One reason I tend to avoid auctions. The "junk" lots tend to go high because people are gold-mining and sell the rest in their own stores, at the...
The typeface is straight deco, but the artwork is kind of garden variety Moderne. I'd be OK with calling it Deco, because Moderne isn't a keyword...
Now to find one with custard glass beads!
I've seen a bobcat near my house three times in the last week. Does she count as a stray cat? Not sure I'd want to try to socialize her!
Not when you add in the Promotion fees and what they scalp from your shipping costs. 30% is more realistic, especially if you sell jewelry.
I'm in the USA, so anthing I'd say wouldn't apply. I will say I wish I was at those UK auctions where they insist on selling gold for under melt!
...that no one who knows cameos would buy at 1/10 the price,if that much.
Someone's going to want it, is all I know. If the museum doesn't they may know who will, especially if they have a FB page with members/junkies...
The Native American pieces influenced American Deco to some extent, but bead loom pieces were done by all and sundry in the 60s and into the 70s....
New York collectors and any police veterans. From what I know, cops collect cop stuff with a premium on things from the area where they served.
As an old quilter...you're making me drool! I wouldn't know what to do with them either, but Asian textiles are a Good Thing.
Made to actually hold water.
Gold-filled fades and I'm told turns color under the acid. Most gold-filled items are 1/12 12k but occasionally you'll find 14kgf. If it's...
Where I live dining room sets don't sell for much, if they sell at all.
Moorcroft. It wants to be tube-lined and Moorcroft is famous for tube-lined flowers.
The base is different. It's not old but if you like it, close enough.
^5 on the Peruvian sterling box, Brad! I bet that was a 'Kthanksbye" purchase - hustle it out before they figure out what they did!
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