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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 4498410, member: 2844&quot;]Fantastic haul, K. I am amazed at how much you&#039;ve learned in such a short time, you have a great eye and a good memory.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am also amazed at how cheaply you can find things in the UK.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie56" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Unfortunately sellers here tend to be more savvy.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/frown.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":(" unselectable="on" /> A lot of overpricing too.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/frown.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":(" unselectable="on" /> I stopped going to flea markets decades ago, even though I could still walk distances in those days, just not worth it. I do find bargains on the marktplaats site, but nothing like the ones you Brits find.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now there is a monster I do like.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie58" alt=":joyful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Looks like it could be Dieppe ivory.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie99" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>If the very short soak doesn&#039;t work, you can try oil. I got a thick layer of ugly brown paint off a 17th century ivory keris hilt by wrapping it in paper kitchen towel and keeping the paper saturated with rice bran oil until the paint came off.</p><p>With the way ivory legislation is headed, I probably should have kept the paint on.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/frown.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":(" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Medallion?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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