The University medical center thrift catches a lot of stuff before it goes out on the floor. Dagnabbit. Sometimes you get lucky though.
...and checking the junk racks, just like me and anyone else with some savvy.
Value Village under a different name, if memory serves. Aka Spenders, for their habit of seriously overcharging for junk jewelry and other bits....
That close-up definitely looks 1930s Japanese. The OP's camera angle made a big difference.
I'd guess made in India or East Asia, some time in the 1980s or later. Beyond that...dunno.
If I had to guess - 1950s Japanese. If they were near Meissen it was in someone's carry bag.
Ruby and pink sapphire are pretty much the same thing; it's just the depth of color. I don't know if the green rock is jade or not, but if the...
It's fun finding the pieces that cross over, artistically. Artists have been influencing each other, borrowing back and forth, since the Hittites...
I'd suspect it's an earlier work, probably 1980s. The canvas itself is commercial.
One guess who came out ahead! Nice one.
The staff blew it on that one! Nice chunk for the hoard! Every time I find "silver" in a thrift, it's Rogers Brothers or International Silver or...
Dead recent in fact; those leverbacks have become popular in the last decade. I don't think it's possible to pin those down. I could have made...
Same here. One witness who didn't see anything by his own admission? I'm surprised it didn't get thrown out of court.
Welcome to another lover of puzzles.
Just to chime in for no reason, those are gorgeous. A few paperweights have collected me over the years, but nothing like that.
Old Pawn doesn't mean much any more, as mentioned, but if someone calls it "dead pawn" they'd better be able to produce the pawn ticket or a...
All those socks - Borrower sleeping bags!
At least of beads, toy feathers, spiders ... and anything else not truly useful.
Beads all bounce; some bounce where you can find them, and some bounce off into the sunset never to be seen again. Some are found by the cat two...
The exact opposite is true; the really good old stuff is almost never marked. Older pieces were rarely signed; if it was good enough, everyone in...
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