Well, not so good a day, for antiques in general anyway. It seems that 2 antique air rifles, 4 antique swords, including two 18th. C examples,...
It looks pretty modern to me. I doubt if the cats of the floating world had round pupils, an artistic trick to make them 'cuter'.
Let us have our tea back and it may go to the colonies.
it was one of a series of reprints of Great Authors.
The book is a fairly late edition and of no notable value.
A potting shed indeed. :-)
I will have a look, but this item is at home in the shed, so it will not be till Wednesday or Thursday
The base is blank, white. I have pretty well drained the camera battery and not brought the charger, so there may not be one for a few days.
A few more. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Could be an interesting read since the King had recently been restored. [ATTACH]...
It did seem a bit Benidorm to me too. I'll keep me rollups in it.
The old man was keen on Americana. I have some lighter and cheaper odds and ends.
[ATTACH] Vellum bound. Has only its age going for it. [ATTACH] Not 17th C. buit early works by the very popular Sir Walter Scott....
Waiting is what we are doing now. The general clearance man is at work, and we are sitting around. I took some pictures of stuff we now have in...
Tooled and embossed leather depicting Don Quixote, looks a lot like a book but turns out to be for cigars and cigarettes. 1930s? [ATTACH]...
Probably anonymous 19th C. Staffordshire, but I thought it looks a bit Wemyss ish. Mo mark, of course. [ATTACH]
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This is possibly the best CDV album I have ever seen. The covers are polished wood, possibly beech, the front decorated with an American flag...
I think I will have to rely on the attractive wood and metal work to sell it and let the buyer decide what they want to do with it. :-)
Is there a worthwhile market for this with collectors?
Illustrating the Cascade Gardens, fairly well tarnished but I was wondering if it is likely to appeal to collectors of Worlds Fair (was it a...
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