Featured Finds Thread

Should I at least finish shooting the can with flat black?

 

If it's already halfway done might as well finish the paint. I'd have left bad enough alone, myself. Let the buyer decide what they want to do.

 

You did !

 

I got it for free!!! Lol

 

Thank you - that makes sense as I imagine glass would shatter.
I was unsure as I had tried rubbing the brooch on the back of a tile (unglazed) but it didn't leave a mark as I would have expected with jet.

 

Some things I've had kicking around. The round Mexican piece has foiled dragon's breath at the center. The deer is old hard plastic, post-WWII but not by much. The souvenir bracelet has French symbols on it, but any marks were on the long-gone clasp. The glass is glass. The little cross is stone, and mined that way. The M is Maplewood Junior High - wouldn't mean much to y'all, but my dad went there. The Hockey thing is a medal from Britain awarded to a (field) hockey team in the military in 1922. Gloucestershire according to Davey; it has the awardee's name and service number on the back. Probably not a high value item monetarily, but definitely a rarity.

 

I can only clearly see two of the "French symbols" but... They both appear to be emblems of Queen Claude of France.

Debora

 

The stone is staurolite also known as fairy cross or fairy stone.

 

We found a lot of the stones in Virginia years ago, my sons gave most of them to their friends..... https://www.dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks/fairystones

 

The crowned salamader was the emblem of Francis I - still all over everything in southwestern France. Or was, anyway, back when.

That's the name I was trying to remember. Not worth a pile, but fun.

 

cleaning garage a bit
destroyed this crate

 

Why did you destroy it?

 

more like how ?

 

Probably forgot it was there.

 

Made use of the rest saving this punkin from falling off. The rest of it was uninteresting and poor condition. The opposite end had same design but had been painted over.

 

Any clock folks here? Looking for date and original price of this small carriage clock. Not antique, but maybe 40 years old or so. What say you? I paid $15.

 

two right here...

https://www.liveauctioneers.com/price-result/a-vintage-swiss-bulova-brass-carriage-alarm-clock/

 

I see them on Ebay, but I am more interested in the original information for the clock. The more detailed the better.

 

good luck !