Could go either way. These would be called scatter pins and worn on a sweater or some such.
Found this in my own stash. I was looking through a box I haven't been into for a while, looking for stuff to wholesale off onto another dealer...
Looks halfway familiar, but it's too new for me.
Could be. Beads hop from country to country; where they're made and where they are made into jewelry can be two different continents.
Cherry prystal bakelite? Score! 17 pounds the lot? Asleep at the switch is right. The maker's marks on the pearl clasps only pertain to the...
Those beads glued into the clasp ... and the wire windings on the ends of the strings. German is as good a guess as any. The glued beads often...
No one fakes rockers; they're such a hard sell there would be no point.
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Japanese foiled glass from the look of them.
Yep. Wood or coal stove.
Definitely NOT two for the trash pile. Somewhere out there is a collector seeing these images on Google search and drooling.
I've processed film before, but no way would I touch that. You'd need a real archivalist and crossed fingers.
That one worked. Nice collection.
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90 is a common silverplate mark. I've also seen 1000.
Wouldn't surprise me if it were a badly struck 800. That happens early and often.
Definitely NOT trash-worthy. I don't think either is really ancient, but I think the red one is early 60s or back into the 50s. The seams on the...
I was thinking vulcanite. It's hard rubber and turns that color brown with age. Browner than gutta percha. The trombone clasp means it was made...
They make some aimed at kids. This one is made to look like kid art and may actually be. A lot of menorahs are made in Israel; if selling make...
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