"If you don't trip over it then it's where it's meant to be forever." Takes on a whole new meaning in this context. :angelic:
Agree, the modeling is very nice. Are you sure there are not a pair of real pigeons under there? Kidding, sort of. There was a time when...
It is you. EBay used to show a user's actual ID with their bid. They stopped this, maybe so bidders could not readily be in touch among...
Aqui has confirmed to me that it is indeed her bid. These assigned IDs appear to stay with you across auctions, not be assigned anew each time....
Aquitaine's own user name probably does not start with '8'. The rest of us see 8***u, with an indication that bidder is a newbie, but bidder sees...
Bids show up virtually instantaneously, unless the Internet connection is unusually slow. However, you can find yourself outbid the instant you...
BTW, it currently has 90 other watchers besides thee & me. If you go after it, good luck!
I have it on my own Watch List but will not wade into the fray with this many bidders already snapping at it. If it stays at a price you like, I...
How very nice to know! Thank you. It is ridiculously ornate. I have seen other sorts of things that were Columbian Exposition souvenirs; never...
I'm actually rather fond of forks but don't collect either. Since I do collect cameos, couldn't resist this spoon with the face of Medusa on the...
Which one was Trick & which one was Treat?
After posting I looked through more of the entries at the link I gave you above. There is a lot of info there, including some very specific...
I did not go all though this, but may have some tips:...
The mechanically minded will be along any time now, hopefully with the right terminology. It sounds as though in a general way it works like...
Thought of this thread when I saw this illustration in a scholarly paper. The brooch is dated to the 7th century: [ATTACH]
I hadn't heard of Gilson before so of course did a little Googling. They are credited with making opal simulants more like natural opal than any...
Reading French isn't the problem, reading the handwriting is. One word might be 'verte', green. Can say the price was 2 sous. Before converting...
The way the colors are limited, as you noted, & the way the material looks the same front & back makes me think this is a man made 'stone' meant...
The setting is definitely 'wire wrapped'. Are the photos accurately showing what you see with it in your hand?
I also see C.F.B.
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