It's a modern decorator piece from the look of it. Nothing fake or antique, just funky/cool/interesting.
I was thinking second half of the 1980s too. That's when tanzanite was the hot stone.
Any's cat swiped it! That is, if you didn't leave the paddock gate open again.
It's probably a Navajo ring, and it never did have any marks to wear off.
Define "many". I'd say 20-25 on the outside.
Looks like 14kfg or 14k RGP or something similar. It's an interesting ring though - perfect "cruise jewelery". (wear it on the cruise, and if it...
The B&W one looks like it's moving!
The desk set is fab, and Ted needed a home. I've run into it before, and the description is dead on. It's collectible, but I've always called...
When I find those, they're usually aventurine, but I'd guess amazonite on these. South American somewhere for certain. The mens' set is moonglow...
ACK. The USPS doing similar to me is why I quit selling fragile bits for the most part. And anything running afoul of the new US DIM rates is...
Mummified mice?
Those are Venetian wedding cake beads. The metal on the beads themselves is copper. As to the beading wires ... dunno. It's hard to be sure...
For certain, or just a box of weird stuff?
I think the mattress wins. I've only been to a live auction once, so I've been relatively safe. Did get some repro dolls that time, but it...
I was always a Mr Spock girl too. Smart beats blonde any day in my book.
Score!!!!!!!!! If you don't want it, that's an easy sale. Some car guys would go nuts.
I have a hunch that's legit. It looks like solid walnut, and nobody stamps initials into a piece like that any more. The white plastic could be...
That back often gives it away. Weight will give away bakelite vs celluloid if nothing else. Bakelite weighs more than you'd think, and celluloid...
No idea, but those are NICE.
It looked like painted bakelite to me, but ....
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