The hat, and at that age the SHOES. I've never known a little kid who liked shoes, and those button things must have been a horror.
Yep - confirmed Random Dyed Rock.
These days they don't bribe; at the Ill Will at least it's part of the job! Skim off the best stuff before it hits the floor.
What she said. I've seen those before.
No idea. Maybe a gift for a commanding officer?
I was told they get good stuff in other parts of the country.
Case closed; that inkwell is old.
And the first pickers are in the back room!
The square nuts on the bottom make me think older, but it looks stamped as much as cast. But... the detail is quite good, and usually the copies...
The blue paint means it was a practice piece, a demonstrator, or otherwise just for show. Never had anything explosive in it. Beyond that dunno.
My local store is a small one, but half the shelves are empty. People in other states keep finding stuff, but even the good states are drying up...
Not here in CT either. There's a Red, White and Blue a long ways a way but I can't get there. I think that's Disabled Veterans or AMVETS.
I keep looking at those cameos and thinking "poor Victoria took after Grandpa instead of Grandma."
Ill Will doesn't actually train their employees, not sure they even pay them, and sometimes it shows. They look up the sneakers and hoard all...
Exactly. Fix with gold..$$$. Fix with leftovers...free. And I generally don't wear yellow gold, so decision made. Someone else may have other...
Maybe, but you'd need a gold clasp too, and more gold beads. I'd hand-knot and use one of my surplus sterling claps, saved from broken jewelry...
Thritto.
Probably the framer.
That's what garnets are for, if there are any kicking around.
I'd be melting the gold and knotting the beads, with or without spacers.
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