I love the discussions here-we all learn so much! You guys are the Masters I never finished lol. Exactly and that has really made me a far more...
That’s all so true and IMO most aesthetic elements have previous history within some culture. Art is overall circular. I have no issue with that....
Interesting question and I have no answer for others but my personal response to items that mimic the exact look of another culture with a...
Please don’t go down this same road again. We’ve danced this dance once already and I’m fine with your lack of belief in my expertise from a...
Thanks so much K! First I thought I was going to die and then I was afraid I might not. Today’s the 8th day and still hacking, wheezing and using...
Thanks and sorry I can’t help but the pattern definitely existed in vintage African trade beads.
Nice squash and Taupou took the words right out of my mouth-if you weren’t standing there when it came out identification is in most cases a...
And I think the top black/white stripe are copied from African trade beads unless they are glass but the stripe pattern definitely existed. I...
Just to clarify, material tells all. Rolex only works in stainless, gold and platinum. No one would fake a quartz Rolex in real gold.
Revising. I just learned that there were early oysterquartz watches that were only marked quartz. Didn’t know this although I owned an...
Agree it’s fake but not because it’s quartz.
With respect around here always, Rolex has absolutely made quartz watches. They’re called oysterquartz-I owned one many years ago although I now...
Lightbulb moment for me OBB. I’ve never heard that term before and one grandfather was Russian. (Russian then) Now I know why I love the Cartier...
Overall I agree with you AJ and I don’t consider Gaudi Brutalist in the traditional sense and he was way earlier but that bronze and glass...
Different strokes LOL. I love it-maybe because it brings me back to my hippy dippy days. Almost all the pieces I find are brass which I can’t wear...
That’s Brutalist IMO! Nice!
Agree US Brutalism was later here than in Europe as both MCM and Brutalism were architectural terms and the jewelry followed the architecture.US...
From the Vintage Fashion Guild: https://forums.vintagefashionguild.org/threads/hook-knowles-co-shoes.50062/
I think it’s a charmer too!
I went to the new Tut exhibit. Saw it in LA. Magical and loved it but I didn’t react with quite the same level of awe as I did in the 70s but that...
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