I found buying things out of their natural habitat is good. Modern art at antique and general auctions is usually a steal. A £500 limited Banksy...
Love the second most. Couldn’t find a translation what does the name mean spring? Also not sure who the person was who called it craft and not...
Certainly an oddity! I’m imagining it to be a quirkily designed initial with it being so large in scale with the locket. Somebody with a name...
I think early derby figures can be so cheap, just think for how amazing they really are up close they don’t get the acknowledgement. Then again...
Haha feel lucky to live in stoke on Trent for sure in Staffordshire itself. :joyful::joyful: Yeh the figure isn’t too rare but it’s ok value comes...
Hey everyone, sorry in advance for the photos, definately rushed them. (Maxed out the photo limit too haha) Anyway, these are two of my favourite...
It’s the last cry of the dip pen world. R.I.P 1910 Yeh I reckon your right there, 1910 is probably a better cut off :happy:
If buyers went by the prices things have sold for at auction antique dealers would definately be out of a business. I get your point though,...
Amazing! Thanks so much @say_it_slowly , were they easy to find. Nothing I searched showed anything. I imagine they will have made a few. My dad...
It’s edwardian for sure c.1910 maybe 1920 at the latest. Writing boxes are always irresistible, they’re usually cheap where I am too. Yours is...
Sorry @komokwa xD it just happens to be for sale, I’m most interest in a maker. That’s what I was hoping @Ownedbybear . Knox would be brilliant....
Didn’t quite appreciate how active Stoke-on-Trent actually was in the pottery when I was younger. Not surprised it’s nicknamed the potteries now....
Always got to love a labelled bottle, very nice
As good as it gets with arts & crafts, incredibly well made and designed. I was so sure it’d be an easy attribution to somebody but I’m sure with...
My first post in this thread. Nearly 800 pages of posts! amazing achievement @verybrad and everyone here. I found these on my first car boot sale...
....they stuck a $3.99 literally right next to the hallmarks. Now that’s just fate waiting for you to find it @anundverkaufen haha :hilarious:
My dad bought this a few months ago. An incredible inkwell, seriously underpriced at the auction. I’ll repost their description here instead of...
What an odd thing to stamp on the bottom of anything xD
Sorry it’s all in £ but these are a few I found on eBay uk quickly. Average around $50 but there was the one unusual example that sold at approx....
What a shame. Thanks anyway :happy:
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