Ce BCA- The lamp originally being oil sounds logical,it seems spot-on for the transition period from oil to electric.Yes,def a mash-up,Western...
Here's a 13" tall table lamp.It's made of brass (bronze ?). I'm not sure it was ever gas or oil,maybe always been electrified. The globular...
Great question Rachel.I wanted to genuinely thank you-but also bookmark this thread to educate myself !
Ditto Baker- Some of the Nippon Moriage I recently researched from the late 19th cent to early 20th cent,are the most elaborate late Victorian/...
It must've been instinct Evely,they figured it was a fun curiosity yet perhaps not enough to have any cash value ? PS-Nice cans Brad & good...
You wonder why someone would donate an old beer can to a thrift store.I've seen a half used box of Huggies ,a used Twinkie maker,a straight...
Looks a little clumsy to be a drawing by Rockwell himself,who Terry was is anybody's guess.
Prices on American Regional Artists have exploded in the last 20 yrs.All the NY art snobs used to consider these folks naive hicks (or worse...
Here's the two most expensive cans I've found after a quick search- 1.Crown Cork & Seal Prototype Can (circa 1935) - Sold for $24,150: This rare...
I meant in Morocco,it looks like a lot of these come from Fez.
The frame it yourself places were quite affordable-one of the better albeit brief capitalist experiments. Boy,the hoops we go thru to cut the...
AJ-Yes,I think it's common product branding in Morocco.Ah well-it's prob made in some tiny workshop in a stall of some souk by some skilled...
Ola-I'd take the Emerson Burkhart over even an original Blue Dog any day,sorry you couldn't snag it
Thanks AJ for the tea info & star/gazelle ID.The star stamp has an initial in each corner-S,A,T,L,A, but it could just as easily be 'ATLAS'...
For the fairly valuable cans-they'll remove the orig top/bottom,run the printed part thru a press to take all the dings & creases out,then reroll...
Louisville the set might go for a bundle-to repeat the Realtor's maxim 'Location,Location....'. PS-You nailed it Heno,'documentary' style...
I can't get that ginger afro out of my head ! Bob was sweet PBS pablum,the same as the endless Lawrence Welk reruns.It was good in the pre YouTube...
Would you guess cast iron, steel,plated brass ? I'd say they're worth at least 5-10 times $50,depending on condition & location.In BF Kentucky you...
Bev- From what I can see in the pic your talent w/ colored pencils is superb.Is that Prismacolor,Caran dAche,something else ?
Thanks Roaring.
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