Thanks. It's a tragedy native animals disappear and introduced ones thrive. Thanks for the clarification. It is a lovely carving btw.
Ravens in NZ went extinct in the 16th century. Rooks were introduced in 1800's to deal with farm pests, but in turn also became pests themselves...
I would also suggest Papua New Guinea. I just sent my collection of 30 pieces to auction. The colours are representative of PNG generally and I...
Welcome LordJ. You look like Storm Shadow from the GIJoe movies! Sorry about your Dad.
It is!! But I'm not sure I would get away with wearing the belt buckle, but it is lovely.;)
Really nice Charlie. The colours are gorgeous.
Hi CM. Lovely watercolour where ever it is. To my eye it looks quite well done. Nice quality. I can't help with the signature. I am just amazed at...
To me it looks like an inkwell/pen holder and his hat is the inkwell. Is the hat hollow? If you look closely at his hands, I think he appears to...
And you got a great buy.
"Scholars" objects are very collectible if you can establish provenance and they are good quality. I have seen some stunning scholars rocks that...
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Could it have been a desk or school chair? It would be able to move towards and away from a desk in a straight line if a student had a mobility...
I just love clever design ideas like this, and this one has so much character. Wonderful find MF.
Hi Jakes, I just did a couple of searches for ink stone turtles (I think this is the name AJ was think of) but nothing even close. Most ink stones...
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Amazing work as usual AJ.
Id give that a really good search and see what you discover. Good luck.
I have no expertise in valuations and it would depend on so many variables. I will leave that to an expert, but I have fond my local auctioneer...
Im not even sure it is painted on canvas. If it is that early, and I think mid-late 1800's might be close, they often used linen fabric. The...
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