i've heard of playing a headless electric bass, but not an acoustic mandolin. I can't say whether that piece is Meissen or not, but the mark is...
Carbon spots visible to the naked eye with your readers off?
Hey! A Nauga gave his hide for that container! :p:p:p:p
Hallmark ornaments from the 90s do have an audience. I'd split them into four lots or so and make some reseller's week. They do better than the...
They are starting, starting, to sell now if not for much and not whole sets. Individual dog or cat (mostly dog) breeds, and some Ooh Pretty ones...
Yuck. I've seen it before and hate it worse every time it shows up, and that's without being allergic to tobacco smoke. Good old oxidation is...
I call those courting scenes Phony Fragonards, but it's not an industry term. I have however seen those transfers, or something awfully close,...
Painting something that small, that well, is a very good trick.
I've never heard of those; they sound like industrial diamonds with pretensions.
Cottagecore and Grandmacore-adjacent? I've run into some GenZ and younger Millenials who are into Golden Girls and Arch and Edith Bunker's style.
Yup. That way no one else would copy it. Countries that didn't recognize the British registration would pay attention to the German one (i.e....
I'd say Eastern Mediterranean somewhere . My guess would be Syria, but I'm not an expert.
Arts and Crafts did a lot of those geometrics too.
The fruit center was a popular design in the 60s. Maybe the plates were sold in more than one country?
Hummels do sell, but for about 10% of the original price. A few do better, but they're brown. I wouldn't dare leave two alone in a cabinet...
A gold necklace for $1.99? BINGO!
It wasn't marked, so the yahoos who rely on loupes missed it. Old farts with eyeballs did not.
Yup - very 1930s Czech.
WOW. Someone was asleep at the switch, and it wasn't Mr Brown!
The Christmas stuff was a score. Nice little ring for a whopping $7. Are those gray diamonds? If so they're now a "fancy" color instead of...
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