Hi, I should have known that other Asian countries lived in Chinatown also. Being from the rural country side with really no knowledge of Asian...
Hi, It looks like some Chinese storage jar that stuff was shipped in. I remember seeing them in Chinese grocery stores in Chinatown in...
Hi Marie, When I was a little lad I was "digging" in my grandfathers storage cabinet. There was a paper bag with handles that I could not...
Hi, All of my Hawaiian shirts that are vintage(30s to 50s) all have coconut shell buttons. Starting in the 1960s shirts that were NOT made in...
Hi, It is silver deposit. If it was overlay it would have been a piece of silver that was cutout and then applied to the glass. If it does not...
Hi Brad, Take out the cork, insert a long string, fill the jug with a flammable liquid and you have a nice old fashioned Molotov...
Hi, My strangest item was a locked streamer truck. It was very heavy. When I got it home and got the lock open to my surprise I...
Hi AJ, How do you define a tiny scratch,:oops:. We were told to make a fresh one since handling the piece, the oil from hands might have caused...
Hi Joe, The only thing I have from that era is the Reagan's Christmas cards from the first 4 years he was President. greg
Hi AJ, I learned the test from the MET museum in Manhattan. They use it routinely. If you use a drop and wipe it away there is no way for the...
Hi Mikey, That is one beautiful piece!!![ATTACH] greg
Hi, Here is the easiest way to tell alabaster from marble. On the bottom make a small FRESH scratch. Put a drop of white vinegar on the scratch....
Hi Mill Cove, I would not call these Depression Glass. The first one I would call Elegant Glass, a step above Depression Glass. DG usually had a...
Hi, I love the box and it has my Gram's initials. greg
Hi Huntingtreasure, It is part of my MIL's gift to her mother, the box and the tray. I like yours a lot better but since mine is family I have to...
Hi Huntingtreasure, I can not find the matching tray but here is the same box as the one you found, only in green. greg[ATTACH]
Hi, I have a green one very similar. My MIL bought it for her Mom with her first check from working. It was 1948. It has a chip off the the rose...
Hi, I have had photos printed on iron(tintypes) on white glass(opaltints) on paper on leather and copper sheets like these, They are not as well...
Hi, Even if thet were cheap Asian I would have gladly paid a buck for them!!!:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: greg
Hi, Must be something new from Crocker Farms. I have been sending them requests for years and have even offered money but was always told NO...
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