As they're from Japan that's a totally reasonable concept. Doesn't help though :D Your signature "This too shall pass" is a great quote from...
I never even considered asking AI, and I've got paid memberships to them, too. Our family has been collecting netsuke's for decades so I'm...
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I'll look into that oil. Half of the pieces that I have are hand painted... Edit: Update: Whelp that's the end of machine oil: Applying sewing...
"Valuable" is subjective. We've seen these sold, with their original contents, for $100 each. The 'eggs' are hand painted, so that's an issue. We...
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The whole container is bone/ivory. Sort of looks like an egg. Very small, about 15mm tall. It's supposed to contain very small dice, 2mm+/- cubes.
I've got an ivory [or bone] container with a screw top threaded lid. The lid is stuck on. Is there anything that can be done, that will not damage...
We've come across a lot of about two hundred envelopes. They're all postmarked and dated from about 1942-1948. About ninety percent of them are...
Hey. I'd like to bring some 100+ years old long guns to someone qualified to learn their authenticity, viability, and guesstimated value. How...
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This long? I have, and have seen many a jumbo pencil [both 'regular' and mechanical] and they're all about eleven inches.
Anyone ever see a nineteen inch long pencil? That includes the three inch glass(?) window that has a metal locomotive in it that moves freely in...
Ah. The website did that.... 1936 Gold Dust coupon front by gabatgh posted Mar 21, 2022 at 4:58 PM 1936 Gold Dust coupon back by gabatgh posted...
I did show the complete front and back. I'm not sure why you think it's not. It's not perforated, it's torn from a page, and from the texture I'm...
Hey folks :) Has anyone ever seen one of these? I've seen a fair amount of Gold Dust products, originals and replicas over the decades, but I've...
Risque, risqué, potato, potato :D. No, there's no mark on the bottom, not that it matters. This type of image has been on celluloid backed...
So I already know that this type of image goes all the way back to Victorian times. It can be described as risque, and called an optical illusion....
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