This one is also suspect: https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/61521550_cameo-collection-21-pieces [ATTACH] There are 21 cameos; the...
I had to check for myself, but now I think I remember pointing it out to some other people at the time. It started at $1, had only 1 watcher,...
It's a prayer book & hymnal. There would be so many, whether this particular publication or others with the same content, both older & newer, the...
And that link includes this one, which tells you a bit about Kalderon: http://israeliceramics.blogspot.com/2011/08/david-kalderon.html I own a...
David Kalderon (signs K D).
Presumably reading a religious text, with a Torah scroll in the crook of his arm, so maybe a priest named in the Bible. As for maker...? But if...
Next question is who made this particular print. Best search results for images:...
https://picclick.co.uk/Pair-of-Enrico-BRAGA-Marble-Cherub-Plaques-Gilt-253819127256.html The more you trawl, the more of these two plaques,...
I think image search will get increasingly better, the more things it 'sees' & has identified. I haven't tried in a while, but first time I put...
Condition wear to cameo, some dents to mount, bent pin stem Their 'wear to cameo' is what you are seeing that makes it look less good than it...
In 2015, sold for $600, 6 Bids. Mount said to be 10K. It doesn't cost anything to register with LiveAuctioneers.
Well, this: [ATTACH] plus the depth of the frame, make me think this was once part of one of those brooches that swivel to show a cameo or other...
That's my opinion too & why I wanted to show them side by side. The majority of the cameos the Met owns are part of the Milton Weil collection,...
LOL I thought they looked familiar. They've been to antiquers before. If MCT had not already found it, I was going to check whether I was right...
He looks extremely well carved. One in the Met by Luigi Michelini is not in a frame at all; admittedly he is not on display either. He lives in...
[ATTACH] You can always send the bee to kyratango & the turtle to me. Of the 2 pieces circled together, is the pendant on the left stone?...
So now we all know why post #194 on this thread is funny: https://www.antiquers.com/threads/laughable-eboo-listings.28501/page-10
Make that 2 ringy-dingys. Welcome.
That's really great to hear from both of you. I wanted this thread to help people learn to distinguish quality from junk. It's true that as you...
Excellent! I used to take dance classes & do love to dance, but never did any kind of social dancing on a regular basis. Believe me, it was a...
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