Welcome; we do get quite a few paintings in need of identification.
That's very nice; I like it a lot...and hope the furniture folks will be along soon.
Invaluable.com, which never opens right for me on this computer, lists his dates as 1930-2004; aspire.com lists a number of his paintings.
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Are those swords "cocktail picks?" Maybe someone thought it would still be a cool sign for a home bar, but was not fond of the Ballantine's...
I'd believe Mark London on this. They are walrus, not otters. Otters don't have tusks, short or otherwise. I'm not an ivory expert, but I've...
I have no idea, but I like it!
Yes...one of my pet peeves: calling all NW Coast Native art "Haida;" as though it were acceptable to say "He is an Apache, from the Navajo...
Yes; and to expand a bit, the Cree are a very large group of people, and some of the Cree sub-groups have been called "Innu," a word derived from...
I don't know much about wind instruments, but value can be drastically lower if the pads are not in good shape, because having them replaced is...
This should be the link to the full article. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02639904.2019.1599566 It begins with the abstract or...
Useful resource, though there are many others; it doesn't list a Joseph Mann however: http://www.vintagebanjomaker.com/#/about/4594323592 This is...
Joseph Mann is not a known banjo maker, so far as I've been able to determine, and it is possible the plate refers to an owner, rather than the...
Does look like agate; cut and polished. I'm not sure it is Brazilian, but others may have opinions.
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