Good perspective, bosko...when items several hundred years old are reasonably common, much of value can be, an' is, overlooked...or simply...
A great an' evocative Dragon...Good pics, too, Thanks!
Welcome, Justin...you're off to an excellent start with that fine simian sculpture!
That's not anywhere near recent...what a sweet find!
Bingo!! That's where I'll find them, now, too...I hope. Thanks, architrave, very much!
A great reference site, with some really fine sets for sale...Thanks, Books!
Thanks...I'll take a look, Terry!
Resin replicas, to be sure...but so evocative! The pawn is marked BMPL; the other 2 are marked BM. I gotta find out who's marks those are. The...
I haven't played chess in 60 years, an' though it was a youthful fascination I was never remotely competent. But these two, an' another pair I'll...
Huh...an' I don't even recall where or when I acquired it, nor at what cost. Funny how some things just roll to the top, without recognition....
Here you go... https://www.eyecarebusiness.com/issues/2004/march-2004/optical-pioneers
Marked "Julius King Optical Co. Pat Nov 28, 1882 & Mar 12, 1889" 5 3/4" fully collapsed, ~9 1/2" extended; the extension tube is ~5/16" diameter,...
It had been inna ground long enough to have the appearance of a longish lump of iron-oxide, with just a hint of its present configuration...
Got it, an' Thank You, Brad!
I thought a spile was for liquids...like in kegs or barrels.
8 3/4" long, 15/16" large-end opening, 5 3/4 ounces, including the lead filling in the pointy end. In my fantasy I picture stuffing this into the...
Take whatever comfort you may from my assurance that many folks share your wonder, m'self among 'em. Why, indeed?
There is one fairly large, open-air flea/swap, half-way between Port Angeles an' Sequim; Summers, from roughly Solstice to about now, Saturdays...
I'm right there with you, bosko...an' I'm near the end of a narrow, dead-end street, so there's almost no available parking. Once the word got out...
Google Translate offers 'empty pocket', from the French...are you saying the tray is for the loose items from the pockets, on retiring or such?...
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