I bought this antique walking-stick about a week ago, and I'm trying to understand what these marks are on the handle. I was told it was European...
Picked these up at a local antiques fair. I think they're super cute!! [ATTACH] I had thought about cleaning/polishing them, but they're...
I completely forgot I owned this. I don't even remember how I got it. I stumbled across it today in my collection while I was sorting out some...
This had been on-offer at my local-flea market for something approaching a year, and today, I finally decided to buy it. I was told an elaborate...
I don't usually venture into the realm of porcelain and glassware, but this piece just sang to me. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
This is part of a bunch of stuff I bought while on a trip to SE Asia recently. I was told it was silver, but honestly I have my doubts. They ARE...
Picked this up while out window-shopping today: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] It's about 100 years old, give-or-take,...
I picked this up at a small antiques shop while out walking today. The shopkeeper said it was an Edwardian (certainly looks like it) sterling...
Picked up at the flea-market for the grand-total of $30.00 [ATTACH] [ATTACH] The marks are, sadly, rubbed to the point of nonexistence (you can...
Won at auction today. It was fancy, so...yay! It was sold as Middle-Eastern, from the 1800s, and...that's all I know. Would this have been used...
Bought this little chap today. Ivory or resin? I think resin, but the dealer insisted it was ivory. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Opinions,...
Ain't it cute? Won it at auction the other day... [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
This is going to be part of an exhibition on Peranakan culture, that I'm helping my friends to put together... [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
This is a bit of a repost, but I couldn't resist it. Exactly 4 years ago to the day, I uploaded this to the forum. I decided to upload it again...
These were an eBay purchase, which arrived this week. They're absolutely adorable, and they'll go great with my collection of silver chopsticks....
I won this at auction and picked it up today. I got it "cheap" ('cheap' is relative, when you're talking about Montblanc!), because the pen was...
Picked up at the flea-market today. Bought it from a friend. Chinese export-silver "Malacca" walking-stick. Late 1800s. The head is somewhat...
I bought these on eBay. They arrived this week. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] They've clearly got significant age, and while they were advertised...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I bought this rather neat Japanese-made folding tanto-style knife at the flea-market from a very nice...
This arrived in the mail today! [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] It's in virtually MINT condition! It even came with a period strop (not shown).
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