It is possible that the painting fell onto its face and a burning timber fell on top of it before being extinguished.
Good score on that Jensen spoon!
All I can add is that the painting looks like it could be from the purported time frame.
Second pic seems to have some pyrite in it unless that is gold. 9th one looks to be granite with a bit of quartz in it. Last photo looks like some...
Very nice pieces. I might think these are French Rococo but am no expert. If period, this would put them within the reign of Louis XV or 18th...
Good item for ebay I would think. Advertising would be the more important category.
Thanks for stopping in and confirming my thoughts. After I posted the above about it possibly being a fan handle, it did occur to me that it...
I understand and didn't mean it quite the way it came out. It is greed that makes people overlook the red flags and behave illogically. Being...
Have tried to research the little pottery figure. There are some similarities to the Cochiti figures but some things don't match. The pointed...
Found this mention of Joseph Martinovich stating that he was a student of Robt. Von Neumann. Mentions that some Von Neumann drawings came from...
Believe this is Brush McCoy art vellum.
These are all keepers and much appreciated. The above is about as effusive as I ever get. No apologies as I really like and appreciate winning...
There is a long history of sellers on ebay selling paintings by well known artists with no provenance or guarantee. There is usually something in...
Not finding anything either.
Very nice painting. Could not find anything either.
Just received my box today and it was a complete surprise. I had totally forgotten about this give-a-way so winning makes it a special surprise....
You are right in that these have little collector value. That said, there are those who appreciate the images in old prints for decorative...
I meant the more modern era within the time frame given. It is an arts and crafts style font that would have been seen as avant-garde in most...
Would probably call the table Adams style with that urn pillar on the pedistal and those urn details on the skirt. It is not historically...
The frame could have been made most any time in that time frame. I think the type face more modern but hard to say.
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