Commonplace back in the day to see museum galleries packed w/easels and painters.
Cheryl & All-Thanks for all the studious research ! Cheryl-The cast lettering & background stippling texture identical to the die used on the 'Dug...
A study by a student perhaps trying to learn-Art Class ?
You'll notice his quick underpainting first (the black lines around the face and hands-he's sketching out the composition 'all prima',probably...
Ulilwitch- Natasha is beautiful and very stylish in her beautifully coifed ears (prettier than Boris Badenov's lady). Born-My lady turned me on to...
Dig/Look for the old stuff-big blobby (smeared on top) applied lip,and a pit,depression (pontil mark) on the base-crooked and crude w/...
maybe I should legally change my name to 'Ruby Lane,Antique Detective,No Item Unfound- Discretion Guaranteed-Dial 422-1st DIBS'
Komokwa-'A Place between Darkness and Light,in a chasm of hope and despair-a place we call The Twilight Zone ! -or Dead Picker Canyon.
verybrad- Great Thrift store finds ! That's one sad thing about greater Portland,Oregon-Goodwill almost has a stranglehold on the thrift market...
A member just told me my late 40's rhinestone watch is going for $550 (PS-on Ruby Lane).
David-Can't find too many Militaria experts in the Pac NW-recommendations ?
Thanks Cheryl.
Holy Cow !!!-I thought this thing was a clever design,but Junk ! Of course that's the Ruby Lane price- I imagine my Ebay Clientele....('Les...
I wonder if some old time Kingpin (like Soapy Smith or Al Swearingen in Tombstone) melted down some raw gold ore and had it cast as a gambling...
Jewelry Buffs-Here's a Deco /Mid Cent Watch marked 'Ledo' in script.It has a wristwatch hidden under the sliding front setting.Seems to be all...
Nothing more fun than digging an old dump-bottles,old dolls and god knows what else.We found an old city dump once in California and found (what...
Cheryl-Incredible catch ! You have an amazing eye ( hopefully a pair of them). With all the encrustation on that thing I never noticed it.Do you...
Sorry DragonflyWink/Cheryl- But where's the diamond shaped stamp on the back of the square Grenadiers Buckle ? Near the tang or somewhere else ?...
beats me.
Aquitaine-Thanks for your photo refinement skills,this darned thing almost looks Russian (or some type of Cyrillic ?) alphabet.I'll ask my wife to...
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