Leave the crud, it is ancient tea residue and improves the flavour. Or so I'm told, I never drink the stuff.
Not earlier than the 1980s, from the ship design.I'd say hobbyist rather than POW, unless it was made in Gitmo.
It would be worth sorting out a proper camera. Or digging into the settings for your phone camera, I was surprised how sophisticated the camera...
If I ever come to Australia I will know what to pack in the luggage.
Here are some teapots from the rainy day chests. L to R, 860 gram late Victorian, 400 gram Georgian, 680 gram Mid Victorian melon shaped. The...
If you tried to sell silver for weight-value - God. You'd get people chasing after you with pitchforks Is this a good thing or a bad thing. It...
If you paid less than the metal value, you will be OK, but these are tricky to sell for more than scrap. They are not antique and are fairly...
People had their own opera glasses, especially this fancy. The glasses you'd find in seat back pockets with a coin release were very basic. There...
Could you go back to your post, select 'edit' and then select full size for all images.
That facetted design was everywhere when bangles were a thing about 30 years ago, and that is why they look like a pair. I'd scrap them, you...
Sight of the movement will tell all. You are still referring to Patex. Where are you located?
The key word to use when searching is'indenture'. And 'Vellum', possibly. I have sold many of these in my time,mostly from UK to America. The...
This makes the authenticity of the other watches more doubtful. No one who bought Patek and Breitling would buy this. It is just bling.
It needs a special case back opening tool that any watch repairer would have. Using improvised devices is not advisable in case it is genuine....
First thing is do the chronograph buttons work? Do the chronograph functions work? Does the watch work? It is another widely faked maker, so...
If real it may be 40 years old, current PP info may not mention it. It is one of the most widely faked brands after Rolex, so do not get your...
If platinum it should feel like 22 carat gold but even more so. I suspect you have handled enough gold to know what I mean, it just feels too...
Amen to that, the man must be an idiot,
It is too short for most people to use as a sideboard At 10 feet long?
I think most pieces I have seen were marked 'loaded' but some common items are never so marked, such as small candlesticks. There may be no fixed...
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