Recent Content by Pat Dennis

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    Reference books

    This eBay seller in NJ is always listing tin types, etc. I am not a collector, but I always enjoy looking at them. The photos of the period are...
    Post by: Pat Dennis, Aug 15, 2022 in forum: Antique Discussion
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    Blue & White Asian Bowl with Blue Mark - Help Please.

    The maker of your bowl.
    Post by: Pat Dennis, May 18, 2022 in forum: Pottery, Glass, and Porcelain
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    Blue & White Asian Bowl with Blue Mark - Help Please.

    A bowl like yours is on Etsy with the sticker of the maker on the back with the mark.
    Post by: Pat Dennis, May 18, 2022 in forum: Pottery, Glass, and Porcelain
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    Blue & White Asian Bowl with Blue Mark - Help Please.

    There are many different marks on imported Chinese and Japanese ceramics that have the ANDREA sticker, as you know. As a collector of Meiji Arita,...
    Post by: Pat Dennis, May 18, 2022 in forum: Pottery, Glass, and Porcelain
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    Blue & White Asian Bowl with Blue Mark - Help Please.

    Search eBay for "Asian Andrea Sedak" and you will find several of this vintage bowl. Below is one:...
    Post by: Pat Dennis, May 18, 2022 in forum: Pottery, Glass, and Porcelain
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    Blue & White Asian Bowl with Blue Mark - Help Please.

    A similar bowl is currently on eBay made by ANDREA BY SEDAK. At one time, it had probably a gold foil sticker. See the second eBay item with the...
    Post by: Pat Dennis, May 18, 2022 in forum: Pottery, Glass, and Porcelain
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    Help with identifying

    So true. Similar to "handmade" and "handcrafted".
    Post by: Pat Dennis, May 12, 2022 in forum: Pottery, Glass, and Porcelain
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    I wish I had a lot of money .... to take to this estate sale

    As a member of the "Boomer Antique Collectors Club", you can understand why dealers in the 70s kept saying how it was getting harder to find the...
    Post by: Pat Dennis, Apr 30, 2022 in forum: Antique Discussion
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    Thrift Find - Los Castillo "Metals Castillo" brass/married metals plate; Can I polish dull front?

    It’s understandable how labor intensive this type of metallic item would be when hand made by artisans. Plus, neither silver or copper are cheap...
    Post by: Pat Dennis, Apr 5, 2022 in forum: Antique Discussion
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    Thrift Find - Los Castillo "Metals Castillo" brass/married metals plate; Can I polish dull front?

    :rolleyes: IMHO: Here's where we get into semantics. Mixed metals are known as alloys that do not chemically combine. The metals may be in...
    Post by: Pat Dennis, Apr 5, 2022 in forum: Antique Discussion
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    A couple of antique chinese necklaces and a possible antique japanese button

    Just for the sake of discussion: Carving a linked chain from any hard mineral would be very labor-intensive and therefore, very expensive. Would a...
    Post by: Pat Dennis, Apr 5, 2022 in forum: Jewelry
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    Id Japanese ? Bird statue/figurine

    Whether the base is marble or onyx, it has a made in the past 50 yrs Italian look to me. I've seen similar birds on branches made of ceramics on...
    Post by: Pat Dennis, Apr 5, 2022 in forum: Metalware
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    Thrift Find - Los Castillo "Metals Castillo" brass/married metals plate; Can I polish dull front?

    The silver color metal might be "alpaca silver" which is a combination of metals formed to create a faux silver metal. This metal is also known as...
    Post by: Pat Dennis, Apr 5, 2022 in forum: Antique Discussion
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    Thought this was a Jimmy Swinnerton painting, but all I've found have printed sig's not script?

    Go to YouTube and search for “Chinese Painting Factory”. I think you will find some interesting and informative videos.
    Post by: Pat Dennis, Mar 24, 2022 in forum: Art