Britain has the occasional specialist piano auctions. Trouble is you'd be bidding against other buyers from the same market.
I suspect they will not quite reach scrap price.They appear fairly modern with that type of prick/dot 'engraving'. Since the assay is uncertain,...
The 'look' is more 1940 than WWI Maybe USA was ahead of the curve in fashion?
how immaculate the street is, as though it had been scrubbed. Regular rain plus street sweeping machines help. It is a different picturer after...
As a wee lad,about 14, I visited, from England,relatives in rural NJ. They took me to lots of sights and sites, but I had to be polite about the...
Just a couple of comments. Most things people are referring to as 'proof' are not that, they are evidence. Their probative value is variable,...
I cannot believe it was anything but a publicity stunt with the connivance of the auctioneer, bidder and vendor..
I could certainly use tips on how to be a better criminal. I watch police programs to see what did not work for others.
The screw is to fit an exchangeable wood and bristle brush head for a hearth brush. The whole thing is probably mid 20thC. After that people...
It is not the sort of thing that is likely to be faked.
The one shown here is Russian, late 19th C but the inscription is in English. REsize your pictures to under 1 megabyte each. Please select 'full...
I think earlier 20th C from the sans serif font used to stamp the initials. 1920 maybe?
we will need to date the print using a different method Is it on laid paper or wove? PS I'd say probably Wishert would be how it sounded.
The gun being fired is a flintlock, the artist has even included the detail of a puff of smoke from the pan. These locks were obsolescent in the...
Is an egg much too big? What we now seem to consider as a standard hen's egg would have been considered very large even 50 years ago. Quite a...
There is a language union between the Netherlands and Belgium, and we usually understand one another Can't really say the same for Belgium and...
If the size is right it is probably an egg cup.
I take the point regarding the carronade construction, I tend to think sinply in terms of long guns and carronades and their distribution and use...
I'd call it a carronade rather than a cannon. I think the salesman sample idea is a bit unlikely, you'd no more want to heft that around than a...
Weight of silver has a function we do not tend to think of, and that is portable value in troubled times. Cash in paper money may become useless...
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