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Are you sure your bear is ceramic? Could it be rock; serpentine (a black-green-mottled color)? It looks a lot like Inuit art. The Inuits are native to Alaska and Canada. Here is a link to their polar bear site; these pieces are considerably smalle...
That cannonball for sale on eBay isn't a cannonball. It's out of an old ball mill which rotated and caused iron balls to collide with ore and thereby crush it. Note that it was found in the Eastern Sierra Nevada's, perhaps near Virginia City? Ther...
Note: I posted this under Whadjafind but haven't had any response; am hoping this Group might be able to help me IDENTIFY its use or purpose.
I bought something last week. Haven't been able to ID it yet. Have written 2 e-mails to Ralph Lauren webs...
Julie, all I'm going to add to Les' assessment is that if you ever spill water or coffee or any liquid on your floor it will swell up and turn mushy. I don't know what it is called but it came out in late 1940s-early 50s and was used as a cushion ...
Why not provide us with your list of E.O. artists?
Also, your picture is too small; please increase pixel size. Based on what I think I can see, your picture looks like a pen and ink drawing, not oil on felt. It also looks like a fisherman with a...
I didn't know it was hollow; it's probably a horn of some type. I have no info on cow bones or whale bones.
I can't see the bottom and the markings you mention. No picture was supplied. As for the smell, I don't have any knowledge. My test was to ...
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Take some pictures of the other sized flatware. Close up of carved wood (It looks smooth, uncarved, in pix). Brass is yellow metal, others too. Copper is brown-yellow. I'm not a metallurgist. If you don't know call it "yellow metal".
During the B...
I bought something last week. Haven't been able to ID it yet. Have written 2 e-mails to Ralph Lauren website and received 2 "pass the buck" answers. One response was "it's not in our current inventory so we don't care about it." It might look good...
Anna, "Made in China" says it all. They are pretty but not old or valuable. I would imagine you could find similar vases at Wal-mart or other stores. If you like them, enjoy them. Sorry I can't be more positive. Tom
Terry,
Usually the makers name is shown on the handle's backside. If not shown don't assume it's gold because it probably isn't. These great looking sets are made in India or Pakistan. You might test the durability of the metal. Take a fork or spo...
Mike, you need to be more specific. Are we supposed to guess which picture you have? There are thousands of them..
Give details, names, places, size, history (where you got it). Post pictures. Click on black camera icon, follow easy steps. Click o...
I bought something last week. Haven't been able to ID it yet. Have written 2 e-mails to Ralph Lauren website and received 2 pass the buck answers.
Can you guys help ID its' use?
Flat ring, like a washer. Measures 2-1/4" diameter, is 3/16" thick. H...
I can't see where it says "Made Italy" or "Made in Italy". I think I can see "Italy" at the bottom of the small canteen/flask, but not sure. As Walter points out, being in English means it was made for export.
Tom
David, there was an author named J.R. Miller who was a Minister and has written numerous books from 1890s-1900. On eBay's "completed sales" there are 26 books, about half sold, half not. Lowest price was $2.22; highest was $26. There wasn't a book...
No, my link was provided to show you it wasn't military. As for weight, pewter was a preferred metal from which to drink. They didn't have plastic or aluminum as choices. That likewise indicates age. Early rifles were heavy and awkward, but they c...
Half-pond: I've attached a link showing the WW II Italian canteen and although it has its cover you can still see shape . The finial looks right, but the shape and lid do not match. Of course it could be earlier, perhaps pre 1940s.
http://www.svm...
In your post (not mine) on the right side are some Admin Options. I would guess you clicked on "Edit Discussion" and turned it off.
With it turned off nobody can reply to you.
I note on Google Maps there is a road by the name Panquilma inside the city of Lima Peru. As often is the case, road names suggest town names. Perhaps the area near this road was an ancient city by that name. Lima, itself is not an ancient Incan c...
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Posted on August 30, 2009 at 2:02am — 2 Comments
MARBLES SUMMARY FOR DEALERS
HI,
Dianne, IAO Editor-in-chief has asked me to write this Forum for the dealers. I am not an expert, but I have studied marbles intensely, have sold some on-line and spoken by e-mail to collector websites. The following is what I have discovered.
Marbles have been around for centuries. On line there are many, many websites devoted to marbles and history and some with prices. Glass artists today make beautiful marbles (small paperweights) and they sell for $350 and up. There are marble clubs an… Continue
Dianne, IAO Editor-in-chief has asked me to write this Forum for the dealers. I am not an expert, but I have studied marbles intensely, have sold some on-line and spoken by e-mail to collector websites. The following is what I have discovered.
Marbles have been around for centuries. On line there are many, many websites devoted to marbles and history and some with prices. Glass artists today make beautiful marbles (small paperweights) and they sell for $350 and up. There are marble clubs an… Continue
Posted on October 28, 2008 at 3:07pm — 1 Comment
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- At 6:00pm on November 16, 2009,
Amy Smith said… - How do I unblock it, I did not know it was blocked. Technically challenged with computers.
- At 8:22am on November 13, 2009,
Sue Swingle said… - Hi, Tom, Do you think I should put this on E-bay?
- At 3:56pm on October 30, 2009,
LECCHI MARINO said…
- ciao TOM
vuoi essere mio amico?
grazie
Lecchi Marino
- At 5:16pm on October 29, 2009,
Julie Clark said… - thanks Tom, I think I am across it now!
- At 2:16pm on October 26, 2009,
Deanna C. Kennedy said…
- Hi, Tom --- Thanks for the advice. I haven't yet nor will I clean it now. It is fairly clean on it's own. My son brought it home. All of the lettering and numbers on the Quarter are still very raised and clear. My best guess as to why it ended up in my son's change in such really good condition is that it was someone's saved coin.... a sign of the times maybe.
Thanks Again! Deanna C. Kennedy
- At 8:59pm on October 25, 2009,
Sarah Qualls said… - Hi Tom! :) I looked at her page when I first signed up but I don't know how to send a message. Is there a way to send her a message instead of a comment?
- At 10:24am on October 7, 2009,
Karen C.K. Ballard said…
- Hi Tom, Thank you for telling Ryan Marsden that his post requesting identification of 2 vases more appropriately belongs in the Whadjafind Group. I have just been made the "moderator" of the I Wanna Buy Group, but feel a little at loss in keeping it organized and logical without any edit capabilities. Regards, Karen
- At 2:23pm on September 13, 2009,
Victoria Benson said… - thanks, I'll try it. I cleaned it with dawn dish soap & it's beautiful. From what I've been reading I wasn't the only one disapointed with the "Road show " event here in Denver. Oh well.
- At 5:22am on August 16, 2009,
Victoria Benson said…
- I almost for got, I cleaned it! It is so beautiful! I'll get you some pictures. You won't belive it's the sme item. It cleaned up very well. I also opened a link to look inside. I'll get some good pic for you to check out.
- At 5:02am on August 16, 2009,
Victoria Benson said…
- a bunch of I'm sure tired but rude apprassers. I am so disapointed. I was really counting on someone telling me once and for all "it's a great find!"or "it's a dud!" At first maybe i thought it was just me, back when I left Iwas sitting out front of the convention center, and so many people where up set & just as dissapointed as I was. But here's a run down. My friend had a brass slave neck piece that he bought in a box of junk at an estate sale. So many people asking him about it. I took my little green snuff bottle, I was right, It is jade, but it doesn't have the top part that pulls the cork and little spoon out, so it's only worth about $40-$45. I was just happy iI knew it was jade. I had my friend take my painting, signed FX McDonald, Mich. 1889 as his secound item.(Thats was how he was paying so to speak for the ticket I gave him) we were allowed 2 items per ticket. Never even showed it to anyone because I was so made at the way I had been treated. Waiting in line to get to the back was great by the way.Met allkinds of good people with some very interesting things. Ok now the rest of the story.lol I waited in line for the snuff bottle maybe 15 min. Then we got in line for trible arts.(they tried to send my friend to metal works first) I sugested to the lady trible arts was the place he needed to go. Waited in that line for three hrs. WOW. When we finally got to show Mikes slave neck piece the man was confirming that all Mike's months of research was right. Then he said he'd have to research it some more. Mike and I got very excited, we're standing there, waiting to go do more research on it.... and the man looked at Mike and said his best bet would be to attach it to a nice piece for wood. Turn it into an art object, he says. That will make it valuable. Mike said to him "I thought you said you needed to do more research on it?" The man looked right at me and said "well if you have $200.00 an hour to pay for my services then yes, we can do that." I was confused and dazed by that remark. Mike was very heated under the collar. He went straight over to the comment booth, left me standing there. So I wandered over to the jewelry line.Waited quietly for an hr, & 20 min. I handed the appraiser the bracelet, not sure what to exspect. He said hi after holding it, turning it over a few times. Then he started to smell it. He kept smelling it, looking kind of puzzled. I asked him what was he smelling for? (I'm thinking this must be a new way of checking to see what kind of metal this is. Something new, no one ever told me about) He said it looked like a craft bubble gum wrapper chain he used to make when he was a child. I thought it was like a prison chain necklace I'd seen at a friends house when I was in my teens. Anyway i assurred him it wasn't gum wrappers. I said I think it's gold! He turned it over and over in his hand and said,"yep! I think your right! It's worth about $20. I asked him way he came up with that amount for gold, then I said You didn't even ask where it came from or how I come to have it! He looked at it again, never with a loop or magnifying glass, both sitting on the table next to him. I leaned over to him and said, it was found on a hiking trip on the back side of Casper mountain, near a town called Eden. No change in his exspression. Then I said "no one has lived in Eden for close to 200 years and this was baried in the dirt. Then he looked up at me. Then I said, "my friend had stepped behind a tree to relive him self when he notice the dirt had a little shine to it. So he dug up the bracelet." I swear the man learned to read minds right then because I;m thinking "and you've been sitting here smelling the thing". Instead I told him that I was afraid to clean it because I didn't want to ruine it. I felt a little smile come accross my face. Then he really blew my mind. He said "well you need to clean it. If you clean it, it will bring the value up as high as $75. I asked him if he thought it was old gold? NOPE he says. Hippys used to buy these things for $15 to $20 at concerts back in the 60"s. Told me to have a nice day and then said "who's next?" I was so mad, confused, when Mike came walking back up with my painting ready to go get it checked, I told him I needed a smoke and I'm ready to go home, get me the you know what out of there. I wanted to go back and see if my little hands would fit around his neck!
I was counting on this to be either the end or the begining of some great excitement. This was not a confirm to me or the big bubble popper and it darn sure wasn't bubble gum wrappers.
Now you know the "rest of the story". So far you have given me good advise, and your thoughts on this thing have been close to what i was thinking but to afraid to say outloud. I know it in my guts there is more to this than 1960's concert jewelry.I have never seen anything like it. No I didn't take it to the school of mines, for the same reason I haven't taken it to an appraisser, I can't afford it. I put my home up for sale last week, praying it sells before they fore close on me. I have the worst, and weirdest thing happen to me, I swear. I only owe $3500.00 on my home. AUHHH!anyway thanks for letting me bend your ear. I'm open for advice, your thoughts, hell tell me I'm just crazy wrong about this. Slap some since into me! opps. signing out finailly. ( I know my spelling is bad, I just get worked up and fingers can't keep up with my brain)
Vickie
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