I agree! My grammer is suspect these days, I'm bad enough in English, but I'd think it was originally gold-plated too. It wasn't valuable even...
One reason I rarely sold it.
They learned it was a good idea, apparently. Individual American GIs hauled "souvenirs" home, but it wasn't organized.
Lower-end costume, 1960s probably. Not an American back I don't think, but who knows.
Seconded I'm afraid. Gold-plate and stainless are never a good sign.
Haven't seen this thread in ages. The 1930s is awfully late for hand-painted china, unless Paragon had it done in-house for whatever reason. I'm...
1990s t-shirts are "vintage" collectibles. File under Pyrex I guess. Rave: scored a salt and pepper grinder set in the Ill Will for $4. I...
Unless this was carved for his mother.(LOL)
...and don't tell us who it is! It's a dangerous lot we are when jools are involved!
Isn't that what kids are for?(inoccent look) Mom found her keys btw - they dropped out of her purse and into the space between my passenger seat...
Banded orange agate. Might be dyed, but who'd bother. Sterling findings. I think there's a maker's mark on the clasp too, but it's under the...
That is a NICE vase; the design is Asian-influenced, from the era when Art Nouveau pieces borrowed freely from same. You could try rubbing a...
(as if I'd know) The mark on the base looks Chinese to me. I'd have nabbed it without a backward glance or a second thought if the price was right.
Then there's the stuff that was looted 80+ years ago and sold twice since. Invading armies took the five-fingered discount to new levels.
Holy simoleons! You did find a smidge.
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