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But they went to me, so that is OK :-) In a local auction, well, sort of local, it's about a hour's drive each way, I bought a set of six china...
I have almost no knowledge of ceramics but this was purchased at a Christmas Fair today for £2. Not by me, my partner has developed a bit of an...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-41512796 to include antique ivory items. I expect antique items will simply trade between people...
I posted this in anther place, but it is relevant to so many questions posed by members that I thought to re-post it here....
A pair of English oils, landscapes. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] A really dirty Victorian 'Old Man Walking' [ATTACH] A small landscape with a possible...
Notable British literary figures from the 1920s onwards. While sorting out the shed, I found a small archive of family pictures, original prints...
I have just bought this silver hilted sword. [IMG] The design is that of the 17th C. with extended quillons and a cup guard and bow, but the odd...
I don't have the money to do this, and I am pretty sure no-one who does have the money would be interested. However, I'd like to take two empty,...
[ATTACH] Here is an odd item, presumably in the kitchen cutlery category judging by the handle that could be any old knife or fork. The white...
Found this in the shed. It seems to me to be a possibly 19th C Japanese newspaper, I could be wrong and it's Chinese. There seems to be some...
I recently found out that a new British law means you need a licence to buy certain substances, it is called the Explosives Precusor and Poisons...
I have a pair of pictures that appear to done in pen and ink and wash, with what may be a story by each one and a possible artist signature top...
A rummage in a neglected box of mixed ephemera in the shed produced these few items that may be of some interest. Item one of the lot is a cover,...
The trouble with selling off some of my junk through auction rooms is that I keep seeing things to buy. And saying 'contra this, please' does not...
To avoid the language problem, a car boot is an auto's trunk in America. Sounds pretty odd both ways, if you think about it. But let's not. The...
The recent Guess the Value thread and the auctioneers mistake with a lot reminds me that I still have no more than a hazy idea of what this might...
On Saturday, (tomorrow) two interesting items from the Manchester Hoard are up for auction. One is the pre-Columbian whistling vessel and the...
While packing up the coconut for going to the auction, I took a better look at it and found several details that make it seem a bit more hopeful...
Modern digital cameras are wonders of science and manufacture but still the horrible picture often features all over the internet, from ebay...
A late discovery from the hoard, it was so dirty and patchily tarnished that it looked as if it was worn off plating showing brass. It appeared to...
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