These are the figures I had, each about 7 ½” tall. They seem to be of the same ilk, but neither had any maker’s mark. [IMG] [IMG] My...
Nice piece, but I confess I was expecting color. Nor did I recognize the mark as an anchor. (It reminds me of some pieces I had that didn't...
Search S. Morani Bronze and you'll find a lot of bookends. I found an example of yours called "Athena" with an eBay price of $1000 for a pair....
That's disappointing. I was hoping for a real find.
Well... the sphereotype specifically refers to "a positive collodion picture, taken upon glass". The paragraph before that talks about using...
Fig's link seems to discuss 2 different techniques. The fist involves taking a tintype and shaping it over a round surface (such as a...
Wanna see the whole thing!
Closer, clearer pictures of the marks might help. I'm seeing modele repose, which may mean the rabbit is laying down as opposed to sitting or...
It's a very fresh image and the sitters certainly look well-heeled. I expect it would have value just because of the arcane process, which I am...
If you take a photo directly from the side against a plain ground, you might be able to find the shape through an image search. Similarly, an...
You can only hope: http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot/a-wood-netsuke-edo-period-signed-4557702-details.aspx?intObjectID=4557702
I really like the rat, but does it have the netsuke holes? Assuming it to be carved, it's definitely the better of the two, holes or not.
That one guy's got the tree growing straight out of his head.
Looks Japanese to me as well. Hand colored transfer would be my guess.
That's 3 voted for new. Surprising to me!
I like this. I don't think it's amateur. Amateurs lack the confidence and ability to apply paint like that and still have it make sense.
These prints may be the only record of a lost original. I'm not finding the work by Rembrandt anywhere and copies of this print are at Princeton,...
There are two different versions with lettering. The lettering on one is completely different from the lettering on the other. On the first, I’m...
The writing looks Arabic to me. I'd guess the mid-east.
I can't state that it isn't.
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