It's not the best stuff, but it's good. It used to be better before they got bought out. If you're ever in the Northeast again, check for...
I've used both the silver polish and the baking soda, but never the 409 or Simichrome. Your first testing tools are your eyes, ears and nose....
London or close to it. Here where I am, the spoons are almost unknown. Then again no one collects "collectible" spoons in this neck of the woods...
That looks like nicotine. I'd try cleaning a bead and trying again. The baking soda test might help on both the OP's almost 100% sure bakelite...
Baa baa flat sheep, are you made of wool?
It's hit or miss. This time, pretty much of a miss. I got beanie babies for Operation Christmas child, a little jewelry, and a craft jar of...
Porphyr glass, if memory serves. The glass is German, almost certainly. The settings could be from anywhere, and I agree with Bear on the 60s....
They were generally display items. The tin is really cool; we don't get those old British sweetie tins here. American ones sometimes, but the...
Yep - late 80s to early 90s from the design.
I've seen those. The deer with the glass cairngorm is supposed to hold a grouse feather.
Once it's in the recipient's possession, it's the recipient's problem essentially.
Our time period meanwhile won't have the paper trail; it stops dead. No one under 70 writes letters any more.
Maybe she hitched a rid on the Tardis and is genuinely that old...now?
Once it's in the trash it's fair game, that's the law everywhere. There's no question of legality here, just privacy and courtesy. And since...
Score! I went to an estate sale this morning. Almost didn't bother, but did get two sweaters for Mom, a vintage Florida A&M sweatshirt for Ebay,...
A local historical society would jump all over them. At least around here.
LOL!:p:p:p Tell her she makes a cute kitty. :cat::cat::cat:
The scenes look like Central America into South America, but the mugs could have been made anywhere and then exported. Brazil had a decent...
NICE find! I'd have rescued those too!
I was wondering if the windows were actually mica; they used to use it for airplanes, back when. They do look like pieces from an early car or a...
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