I think you would be justified in withdrawing that letter if the following is true: The letter may reference J.J. (John Julius) Pringle Smith...
Fascinating stuff. Toss my name in the hat, please!
I think it looks like a very good piece of porcelain. Perhaps Magnien was a retailer?
The baseball player's a southpaw, if that makes a difference (and the negative didn't get flipped).
Preparatory drawings for things including tapestries were called cartoons. http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=cartoon cartoon (n.) [IMG]...
The man with Temple may be David Butler, the director.
Richard Starkey
The whole issue would be easier if you had prints instead of plates. Sometimes plates are cancelled after an edition has been pulled. This can...
A celluloid toy duck, 7" long, 5" high, by the Rheinische Gummi und Celluloid Fabrik Co. of Germany (called Schildkröt for their...
Rich Art is still in business, but I don't see any reference to them producing canvas board - only paints and glues. I found one online comment...
I don't see any postal code? But I wouldn't argue that time period. [ATTACH]
I don't think there's any reason to expect this to be particularly old. '50s or '60s is probably a good guess. It has its charm. It's a nicely...
I've had a couple of Joan Rivers pieces that sold. First one I bought, I couldn't properly read the siggy until I got it home, and then figured...
Looks plausible to me.
Is there anything in that list that you would walk away from, even if you knew absolutely nothing about it? A bigger problem is buying things of...
I was hoping there would be a Vermeer or a Rembrandt in the Whitey Bulger auction.
I don't know of any particular website. When you start looking at stuff, you pretty quickly find out some things from this maker or that are...
Quite a haul! I think pairs usually do better than singles for that type of lamp, but maybe that's just a personal preference. Selling them...
Absolutely congrats!
Maybe next year someone new will come along and prove it's a runic inscription after all.
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