I forgot to add, it's 6 1/2" tall and 4" across the top.
Bought this yesterday at an auction for $2 in the back room. It's larger mate sold in the front room for $65. I bought mine because it was...
I'm just glad I don't have a basement and the attic stairs are the pull down type making it difficult to put things up there. I tell myself that...
It's nice to know I'm not alone. This business can take over your home. My garage is full to the point that it's hard to work in there on other...
I've always called that style and size table a sofa table. It would have been placed behind a sofa that wasn't against a wall but free standing in...
I'm afraid I'm the one who thought it was a clock. It didn't look like any watch I'd ever seen so I thought it must be a small clock movement....
Here's an ad I found for the silversmith. [ATTACH]
I have an antique clock movement that has a mid 19th Century silversmith's name on it. But I know he didn't make clocks. Is there any way to find...
Thank you for your help Figtree. There's so much to know, I'm only scratching the surface with dolls.
She's unmarked, head and body. She does look like a Jumeau but every one I found was a socket head doll.
I bought an antique bisque head doll yesterday for $2. It's unmarked. The mouth is unusual because it's open, but not the pierced mouth with...
We're no longer allowed to remove any thing from the "dump". Probably because there were people who stayed there all day to see what was being...
Amazing what you can see when you look at something in daylight! Underneath it's marked "IRON ART" and "JM 210 211". I can't find much on the...
Oh, I searched for that too and didn't find anything with a raised edge.
Here's a similar pixelated design box. http://www.grahamsmithantiques.com/miscellaneous-c3/sold-archive-c42/victorian-tunbridge-ware-box-p368 I...
I bought 3 of these. They're 15 1/2" by 5" and made of cast iron. There are 2 mounting holes in the large surface and 2 more on the back edge....
By the way, it isn't my sale. Just one I go to.
There are some interesting things that will be sold at this auction....
My best guess is Strohbach.
My best find this week was a studio lighting set with everything but the umbrellas for 1/4 what it would sell for on eBay. I'm going to try it out...
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