It's the Phantom of the Opera without his mask. Or for the less cultured, Niki Lauda and his wife.
Looks like a variety of champagne tap. Keeps the bottle a bit fizzy if you do not drink it very fast or all at once.
The Longines movement should sell if it works, but not for a large amount. Maybe $10-20. It would depend on someone needing one just like it as...
I think Michael Jackson would have loved that. Is there a genre called Hollywood Chateau?
I think they are from the Bobbitt workshop.
What they are thinking of is as many key words for the search as possible, hence the tautology and hyperbole.
Arc welding of wrought iron is very tricky. It is more probably steel. Most 'wrought iron' work nowadays, apart from a few purist craftsmen, is...
They had been around for over 100 years at that time. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_eggs
There is a huge variety for not a lot of money in these boxes.
I have never seen one that I could confidently date earlier than 'about 1800' but they have been around for quite a while. An inscription will...
Nuff. the notes are not a major score but not rubbish. The New Franc French notes look to be in reasonable condition, The Hong Kong note looks to...
There does seem to be some potential there. I have a companion, very similar picture, that I did not photograph yet, but I will do tomorrow with...
I have seen similar with names or places that seem to indicate they were mostly Welsh made. Compare also a search for brass tobacco boxes.
Without having the thing in hand, I do not think it is a modern repro. If there had been lots of them around, I'd see them. They are quite rare...
20 or 30 years later, in my opinion, for the wrought iron look (may be steel, not wrought iron) stand.
A general picture of the bank notes would enable me to spot anything interesting.
Papier Mache. I have had many similar with the lid decorated with a stuck on printed picture varnished over. Yours is in pretty average...
I think this is about the best I can do with the evening scene, without actually cleaning it. [ATTACH]
Any ideas what may have happened to the one of the man that looks as if is painted with tar? Or what could be done if anything. I have loads of...
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