As AF suggests, there is comfort and value in having a hoard. While I don't see the value of the hoard one usually sees on the TV show Hoarders, I...
Thanks Shiloh! It is now 3:30 here, just finished watching Cape Fear for the umpteenth time, Had a good conversation, and I am off to bed.........
No problem. All we are doing is participating in a discussion. You responded to what you perceived and had an exchange about it. This is what the...
I have no problem with the course of this discussion. I didn't necessarily feel like the questions were rhetorical but that doesn't really matter....
Let me put it this way...... As a set, I can probably sell them for $100.00 - 125.00. I would be very lucky to get $40.00 for the stools alone. I...
Used to do a lot of flea markets/antique shows. Seems they really dropped off here 8-10 years ago so I quit doing them. I keep thinking that I...
You are not telling me anything I don't know. I actually have made a lot of progress in cutting this hoard. I sent a lot of stuff to auction...
This is my immediate catch-all room where things go first before listing, to the store, or sent to storage. I do have some of my personal...
I am storing my hoard ....... Hold on to your hats! Spare bedroom is chock full of paintings. There is a some furniture way in the back under...
Good article that points to the core of what makes a successful dealer. A long time antique dealer once told me that there was at least one...
Definitely studio pottery and very hard to attribute.
I see glass over oils from time to time but it is not common. I think this is a decorative (sofa) painting and think a bit older than the others....
Does a magnet stick? That sure looks like a weld down the center of the bottom. I am seeing a crudeness here that belies an antique. Not sure...
Have been thinking about this since yesterday. The glaze reminds me of the North Carolina potteries. The bottom is not right for most of them. I...
I see Hohure but agree that it looks like a factory painting.
Used to refinish stuff for people years ago. There just is not enough money in it to make it worthwhile. I am better off to put the work in my own...
Ran across this old 2009 thread about Illustration House. Looks like they have had some trouble paying consignors in the past. I don't know if...
That restoration price sounds a bit high but I am sure it includes a good cleaning, conservation, and varnish. Might be worth it to make sure it...
Just for reference, here are the nightstand and desk "before" pictures....... The wood grain was contact paper that just peeled off. The orange...
If I am interpreting the question right, I think what you are seeing is more an artifact of the lighting and photography. The top edge of that...
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