Something of a trip down memory lane for me with the old pictures. The garage is now tidyish with romm for a car, the shed is fairly tidy but...
I had the good fortune to be wandering the antiques orchard 20 years ago when the rise of ebay was something new, and there were tons of...
People who pay this silly money for one rather dreary looking coin are not coin enthusiasts but contestants in a dick-wagging contest. A real coin...
I have seen them described as Persian scribes' writing implement cases, pens, brushes, whatever they used. An ornate pencil case. It is probably...
Given the size, the 'Mickle Cup' might have been more apposite.
Early scientific and technical books are very popular with collectors, my experience of selling them is that Americans are the best and least...
No need to eviscerate it, it dates from the first decade of the 20th C give or take a few years. Could even be as late as the 1920s but it really...
Reading it reminded me of the German love for portmanteau words. No language I know has such an affinity for sesquipedalian polysyllabics. .
This item is East German and if it came with the possibly Russian compass, then the compass is more probably for surveying.
It may be Russian, possibly from a tank, Europe has tons of old Russian military junk.
With free postage?
Lignum vitae sinks in water. Looks like a piece of modernish craftsman turnery. No specific purpose.
As a clock it is a nebbish. As decor it may appeal to some.
They appear to be thematic collections, birds, flowers, animals, etc.and date from a period that was pretty well past having any valuable stamps....
Who would wear silver dollar sized cufflinks?
I'd agree with that. Considered as a piece of precision engineering and production it is truly a wonderful thing, a mechanism made by centuries of...
They look right to me, I had a Jaguar with the large size cat on it. I also salvaged one from a wreck that I had for years. The second Jag I had...
I am not familiar with this watch but I do have a couple of general observations. By the time this watch was made Waltham was history, the name...
Beats me, the lion is usually there even if the city mark is not. Opening the grille might show a mark inside the base
Starting at the bottom, the Kendal and Dent watch is Swiss made and cased and sold in Britain, probably, Kendal and Dent are well known London...
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