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  1. evelyb30 replied to the thread I got my mind set on you.....

    I'd be thinking pure fan art. There may have been four originally and may not.

    Feb 1, 2025 at 5:26 PM

  2. evelyb30 replied to the thread Fake or Real Simon & Halbig Porcelain Doll?.

    I'm not a doll person, but I remembered that Simon and Halbig made reproductions of their old dolls in the 1980s. They weren't meant as...

    Feb 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM

  3. evelyb30 replied to the thread $50 Van Gogh ?.

    Vincent Van No, more like it. It looks like someone's junior high art class drawing that Grandma framed.

    Feb 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM

  4. evelyb30 replied to the thread Help identify what the item was used for.

    That's what I was thinking. It's shaped wrong to hold sheet music, but perfectly to hold mail.

    Feb 1, 2025 at 3:49 PM

  5. evelyb30 replied to the thread Three wise monkeys.

    Post-WWII Japanese for me too, probably 1950s-1970s. Similar items had paper labels, which often came off.

    Feb 1, 2025 at 3:36 PM

  6. evelyb30 replied to the thread Finds Thread.

    Hope you make some good money on that!

    Feb 1, 2025 at 3:34 PM

  7. evelyb30 replied to the thread How did this happen ?.

    I'm more inclined to spend $10 on a $100 item; I can't afford the $100, but might go as high as $40 if I really wanted it. I saw a...

    Feb 1, 2025 at 3:24 PM

  8. evelyb30 replied to the thread Help w/Japanese watercolor? Woodblock print?.

    The copies could be really old too. Art students did and still do make copies of known art, just for practice. Yours are numbered...

    Feb 1, 2025 at 2:43 PM

  9. evelyb30 replied to the thread Freebie Brutalist Bonanza ?.

    My church has a take it/offer it text group via Signal. I offer some things there first for free, and then donate them to a small local...

    Feb 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM

  10. evelyb30 replied to the thread How did this happen ?.

    I think we both have collections of auto-immune problems; that makes us collectors whether we want to be or not. Might as well play the...

    Feb 1, 2025 at 2:36 PM

  11. evelyb30 replied to the thread Not an Antique, but check out my new clock. Clepsydra.

    It's a fun gadget. I can see a bunch of engineers geeking out over it. Maybe the fluid thing is one reason it never took off.

    Jan 31, 2025 at 5:53 PM

  12. evelyb30 replied to the thread How did this happen ?.

    My mom's cousin dug bottles too. She lived in an area of New York state that was all farm country, and midden/bottle dumps were...

    Jan 31, 2025 at 5:47 PM

  13. evelyb30 replied to the thread How did this happen ?.

    My dad started collecting stamps because President Roosevelt did. I used to have a big collection of books and old SF magazines - I'd...

    Jan 31, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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