Archive for March, 2010

More information needed on the Gorham Sterling Spoon

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

My DH. purchased this unusual Gorham Sterling spoon. By the shape I think it is for serving Oysters but I cannot find anything else like this. He

Painted Chinese Basket? What is its Use?

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

Hi. Is this an infant carrying basket as the auction house had it listed, the drawings don’t look right for that! ? It is Chinese, correct? What age

Sterling Brooches… Need Help w/ ID Please

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

We got these brooches today that are marked. The turtle is marked “Sterling Mexico 925″ with “MR” in the center and a mark on it’s leg as well. The

ID help needed for brass console bowl

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

I have this large solid brass bowl with fancy enamel decorations that are on separate plates and screwed on around the rim. It is 12 1/2″ in

ID Wallace Bros. Ornate 1880’s/90’s trinket/jewelry box

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

Good Afternoon, Thank you in advance. I am trying to ID the pattern of this Wallace Bros. silver plate trinket/jewelry box that I obtained from

Hlp w/silver marks on coffee pot: leopard? ‘c’ and griffin

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

These marks don’t resemble any I’ve found in directories. The leopard or lion on the left is just the top part of the body, facing right,

Value of my Steiff bear?

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010

Good morning! I was lucky enough to find this Steiff bear, but this is my first and I don’t know the value of it. I *think* I’ve figured out that

KHL or Judi- Japanese Marks on Porcelain-Translations Needed

Monday, March 29th, 2010

Lucky Something? This one is so tiny…

Dealer Lawrence Salander pleads guilty to fraud - going to prison

Monday, March 29th, 2010

For those of you who didn’t know about it, you may want to look up Lawrence Salander on Google. As I know personally some of the key players, it

Turkish, Arabic, Iranian, Middle Eastern? Has writing on it.

Monday, March 29th, 2010

Anybody know the origin, age of this. Can anybody translate the writing? Thanks in advance for assistance again. Peace be upon you all.