Went looking for an image of the original Albani painting & couldn't find it. Weirdly, I did find 2 other paintings that are being described with...
Just lately I am seeing auction house listings that are almost selling loose cameos by the pound. Most will be no great loss to the world of...
My favorite is the Madonna with the Animals, especially these guys: [ATTACH] Also the School of Cranach head studies & the very weird...
Just a little off the flank.
After a string of birthday & Christmas boxes with many wrapped gifts, all inappropriate, I suggested we stop trying to give each other gifts. I...
Catch a wave and you're sitting on top of the world. :singing: Miss it and... :(
Wonder how long they sat on these heavily included diamonds before they came up with a way to market them & make us think they're really special....
I thought so too, but maybe because there seemed to be a consensus & they didn't want to give it any more space? Making it up as I go along.
I find the decoration on the neck of the creamer really curious. Is the other side the mirror image of the side shown? The gold stars put me in...
OK, now what do I do with 25 years worth of Hallmark ornaments that are all houses or other buildings, including a Hallmark store that I think was...
I think many of us would like to see more of your personal favorites. :)
Imagine how thrilled I was when I began to received Wizard of Oz plates as gifts from my dad & his new wife. I don't know if it was my tepid...
Hard to be sure with pix of such tiny segments, but looks more like bone to me.
After my mother died, I needed to get her condo cleared out for the buyer, so hired a firm that would do the removal, try to sell the stuff, then...
To my completely untutored eye, the decoration looks very 'Bavarian'. Minton blanks, German decorator?
[ATTACH] And this looks like a German manufacturers registration #? Or am I misinterpreting?
I see no indication of a repair. Nor do I see any damage to the frame, so I think the stone is being held snugly enough in place to be stable....
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