Hi, I say it is imitation gold. Comes in 7 or 8 colors not really just shades of gold coloring for different periods. I used to buy it in 1 qt...
Hi Nate, Looks wonderful!!!!!!! greg
Hi, NO NO NO NO never use the hot needle test!!!!!! It has ruined so many items and people. If it is resin it can flare up and burn you it will...
Hi, My favorite car was a 1959 MG. It was fire engine red and I went every where in that thing. Put over 250 thousand miles on it. The only...
Hi Peggy, To keep the dust out you would have to put a back on it also and then you would not have look that it was indented for. I would leave...
Hi, Ceramics can always explode. I had a plate that I was painting and it was fired twice. I put the gold finish on it and it was firing with...
Hi, That test looks more like skin oil and tobacco stains. The positive is usually a bit darker. Try cleaning a spot and then test it again on...
Hi komokwa, It's true. I have a Queen Victoria parasol handle somewhere in this mess. The silk rotted away years ago and the ribs got lost in a...
Hi, I always thought shepherd's pie was ground lamb not beef. Is my mind going bad so fast??? I just hate when people make Chile con carne with...
Hi, The Library of Congress has a copy of every newspaper that is published. It is preserved using antacid and club soda. It is also...
Hi Kraftblue, Here is a photo of mine and it's box. This was bought in Japan in 1956 on my first trip there. greg[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Hi kardinalisimo, Never saw the same one but have seen many which are similar. different type clouds different "fake' signatures. If you ever...
Hi, It is a factory painting seen several when I was going through stacks of paintings when a place went out of business. They had hundreds of...
[ATTACH] Hi, Here is a photo of mine in use. greg
Hi, I use Wrights all of the time of course mine never gets tarnished that badly. I have other tricks for cleaning really badly tarnished items....
Hi Tricia, Nice job on the polishing!!! it will sell for a lot more now that it is CLEAN.:rolleyes::rolleyes: greg
Hi, It looks sun purpled which is considered damaged. Around 1916 the glass companies started using Manganese to make the glass mixture more...
Hi Cheryl, The Domino Sugar factory had a huge sign saying Domino Sugar for over 200 years. Lord knows I have seen that sign for many years and...
Hi, I have 2 or 3 of these things. I use mine as a pad for my PC mouse. I remember seeing a guy trying to sell them at a flea market as...
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