Here some companies are known to mark things high, and then when they don't sell ("we're doing out best to make money for our client"...no you're...
That's what old toothbrushes are for.
St Louis huh... I wonder if that's on @Ghopper1924 's mantle about now....
Not to mention the bronze mantle clock next to it. Unless it's spelter, it might melt for more than it sells for.
The brass pointy-stabby bit on the back. When that's longer than the pin is, it's an old pin. Some from the 1860s and 1870s are even longer.
1880s? The pin stem is longer than the pin, so it has to be that old. Maybe even older.
I'd have been all over the paste cross, and the clear necklace has me itching to restring it. It's on cotton and already came apart once.
Same here. It looks like it's meant to deal with heat, maybe moving wood fire cooking pots? As for the other...(hand up)
It looks like homebrew to me. No through-tenons, and the ends have what look like bolts or some such. As for the "dealer" door's over there,...
Fat Hermann being the best, or worst, example.
Welcome!
Disabled old fart who's spent too long with antique junkies here. Welcome! I wonder how many things are going BOOM, and how many are vanishing...
I like the chinzware. I've never seen burgundy before.
Those are good work; even I can see that much.
I know which end of the club to hold. That's about it.
at least they got the materials correct, sort of.
Nadeau auction house in Windsor, CT? I was just there about a week ago. Love them.
Nice!
Now you can't find a butt to smooch.
Christmas Spode always sells. I use the old oven trick to remove wax, if you're so inclined. Put newspaper on a jellyroll pan or in a baking pan...
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