I'll let the next "guy" have it. Cool calendar though.
Mine gets the overruns too from assorted places. They tend to move quickly. They also got the Christmas decorations from a mall store that...
Take everything they want and then .... digger /picker sale the rest? Priced by the boxload rather than the piece? (seller supplies the boxes)...
My local ReStore gets some nicer stuff in every so often, and you can bet they look it up and price accordingly. The really good stuff probably...
The modern ones seem to love synthetic opal. It's a lot easier to cut and works great in inlay. The real ones.... not so much. They liked...
I don't know that there's any real way to be sure. My great aunt died unmarried and childless as far as anyone knows. My cousins and I come up as...
Tobacco smoke would have sent me running for the hills; I turn green. Probably others too. You really worked for that one.
I've seen both, or a mix. Items the estate sale runner knows to be worth money will be priced. Other stuff... you never know. The "make a pile"...
A saint carrying a spear and a quill pen. After some googling - St Maurice maybe? He fits with the metalwork, since he came from Egypt.
Something like that. Maybe even later, but not much earlier.
Where's a frog icon when you need one? I've watched enough stories on Finding Your Roots and Who Do You Think You Are to know a lot of family...
High-priced resin will also show up.
If I had to guess I'd say it was modern, and made for "pretty" rather than to fool anyone. OTOH I'm no glassie.
It looks like someone used whatever came handy. That one "ring" is a metal washer pressed into service. Buddhist prayer mala?
And all other sales will be going under the table or in back rooms.
I bet someone would want it. I found a lady's wedding photo proofs (not the real ones on fancy paper, just samples a photographer sent out so the...
There's no question of that napkin ring being anything but silver-plated white metal. How do I know? I'm old.:oldman::oldman::oldman: Been...
Cute little guy. Once upon a time I'd have worn that comb if I found it.
The shape says Chinese but the stencils are speaking something central European. So...dunno.
No idea, but I like her.
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