Good one! I got skunked today - spent $5 total between an estate sale (second day, nothing there for me the first day anyway) a tag sale and a...
That's what yard sticks are for. Whack-y sticks too, aka canes. Probably a yard stick for this one.
He seems uhmmm interested in that jug!
Pre safety plug, so 1950s maybe?
Yep.
I've had that hang tag before too. NICE quality piece, but never could identify it.
Now we wait and see. This ought to be fun.
Time to let a cat loose. Mine hunts loose beads; I bet she'd hunt a lid too! At 2AM probably, but she'd hunt it.
If they're as rare as we think he'll probably about fall over.
Those have to be rare. Only an "old boy" or worker would have wanted them and not all of those.
Nice job! I bet some other folks saw these, saw the green all over one fork, and couldn't hit the Back button fast enough.
Never pass on a railroad logo! Not in my house! My late dad was a hard core rail nut, live steam, diesels, toy trains, railroadiana etc....
That's a nice bit of beadwork. The AB stones indicate it's mid-50s or later, but my guess is not a lot. Went to an estate sale sort of south of...
Sounds like you have Stuff. This bunch of addicts loves puzzles and figuring out Stuff. Welcome!
For four squids? The framing would set you back over 100 in these parts. Or better yet, with something nasty-tasting but high-proof from a...
Probably made for the decorative market and never pulled a bell.
I've heard of the Lisa, but never saw one.
Welcome fellow accumulator of odds and ends, no end to odd!
The chairs look part Arts and Crafts and part 1950s, but trestle tables didn't get popular in the USA until the 1970s. So I'm no help whatever....
India/Pakistan/Bangladesh somewhere maybe. I've never seen it on Chinese beads, just on stuff identified as Indian.
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