These can certainly be rewired, but it takes some time and may not be worth it unless you want it for yourself. And frankly I think the previous...
I’ve never tried, but I would guess a reputable auction house would ask for provenance documentation on ivory these days. The link you show is for...
These are recent vintage, so definitely not for whale oil.
I don’t see those chairs in the US so it could be what you think. And they may have modified the design some over the years. But there are...
What is being agreed - so we're agreeing that it is fake ivory, yes?
The marks on the bottom could be numbers. Looks pretty much like "51" in japanese. If so that could be the model number of that figure's design,...
Thanks. Amazing to me that they don’t mention the obvious issue of most of these miniatures being painted on ivory. I have a couple pairs of...
I wondered how you were able to keep the pieces together for the pic you took of the reverse side. Great job on gluing - that can be tough when...
Recent, 20th century, English (not American) style. Unknown hardwood since it is stained.
Still useful, if I had it I would throw it into my clamp stash. I just used five similar to glue up a windsor chair I'm working on.
I'm in the US, and unlike ownedbybear I have no experience with Ercol furniture, so unlike owned my opinion has limited value. There are some...
Sorry, greg, I know it looked like I was trying to scold you for buying unseen from ebay but that wasn't my intention since I wasn't intended my...
By sweep around I assume you mean ticks are less than one second; as I recall mine clicks four times a second, not really "sweep". That doesn't...
Wow, then that was a very large set, of 22 or more chairs. Maybe originally made for an office or restaurant or something? And what is going on...
I would be happy to pay $100 to someone competent, unfortunately just don't know who that is. You aren't in the Boston area are you? The only...
That's hard when it's a $500 plus watch in running condition. Batteries are easy - you just need a tool to remove the back without damage; it's...
Not that it matters, but the two chairs should each have a different roman numeral on them. They were used to identify which chair in a matched...
It has circular saw cut on the back, modern original finish nails, and each of the backing boards is less than a foot wide, so probably late-19th...
I've collected a bunch of old watches, and a few very nice ones, but most of the nice ones I get need some amount of repair. Here's one I just...
At first Like you I thought that this was a later drawer bottom, and was going to say it was a later 20th century piece. But then I remembered...
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