Archive for the ‘Antiques’ Category

Recognize this antique print? Glass Float marks help?

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

I promised my mom I’d help her ID this print. It was my gt aunts and my mom and her sister always wondered if the dogs got the rabbit when they were

antique jewelry???? please help!

Monday, March 8th, 2010

Hello and thank you VERY MUCH for your help. I have this jewelry that was my grandmothers. I never got a chance to ask her the history of it or where

Please help ID this silverplate pattern!

Monday, March 8th, 2010

Hi silver people! Thank you for your help last week with some of the flatware i have. Finally getting around to look at more of what i have…i’ve

Question about Pin-up/nude photo regs.

Monday, March 8th, 2010

Risque, do the OLD ebay regs still apply? And I also noticed that many of the sellers accept PayPal. I know we used to not be able to on things

Help to date & describe demitasse set by Theo. Haviland

Sunday, March 7th, 2010

It seems unlikely we’ll be able to ID this pattern. Other than “embossed,” what other words would describe it? Could it be Victorian? Here’s the

Help to ID pattern, 20th century demitasse by Haviland

Sunday, March 7th, 2010

Here is another pretty demitasse set that I bought on the rue de Paradis in Paris in the 70s. And here’s the saucer by itself, in the hope that

How much would you pay for this old painting?

Saturday, March 6th, 2010

? I really like it except for the weird unfinished tree stump thingie in the foreground they want a couple of hundred-I think that might be too

Slightly OT: Has anyone ever changed their selling ID?

Friday, March 5th, 2010

I’m ready to stop being ‘thelma.’ Much as I loved my Mom, it might not have been the best idea to choose her name as an ID. Pros and cons? Do

Antique vs. Vintage. Definition and differences?

Friday, March 5th, 2010

Anyone know the correct definition of Vintage? vs. ‘Antique’? If one says ‘vintage’ in a description can it mean antique? Or is ‘vintage just from

Antique book "Battleship Maine 1898"

Friday, March 5th, 2010

Does anyone know anything about old books from Congressional printing office? I bought a box of old books at an auction and in it was this book