Featured Finds Thread

Me too.(LOL) I like $300 necklaces just fine, no matter how gaudy they are.

 

My local auction does 300 lots in under two hours, so you have to get there early!

I've got that necklace. And very similar AB earrings.

 

300 lots in 2 hours? Wow, that must move quickly.

Is the necklace D&E?

 

He tends to know who buys what. Mind you, many auctions over here seem to zoom. The only time it slows is if he has lots of no reserve stuff.

I dunno who did my necklace, I bought it in a job lot! I shall go hunt it out.

 

All the Indian , ethnographic, or triblal auctions I follow or have ever been to start out with a few nice items and then BANG !! , they throw out the prize items everyone is there for.
The last 50 to 75 items are always box lots , books, or dribs and drabs .
Not that you can't score a prize at the end ......cuz the room's now 3/4 empty !

 

I went to one auction that ended early... when the police showed up! You never saw a room empty so fast. And the auctioneer up front pleading, "I swear, none of it's hot!"

 

A guy in line this morning pointed out this on craigslist

 

Was there anything interesting on the table or were you just killing time?

 

bought this chair today. haven't gotten it in hand yet, so hoping it's old old. local auction house that I normally attend but couldn't get there today so bid online.

 

Nice chair!

 

I know I didn't buy anything there

 

I got this bracelet and brooch combo. Both are stamped Italy.

 

Pretty chair. Hope it's as good as it looks. I went out at 7 this morning and shouldn't have bothered. The sale I left that early to find was a church tag sale ... spent four dollars on nothing old. I did pick up a 1959 ordinance map for a friend; that was half of it. Not worth much more than I paid, probably, but he'll like it. I did score a meerschaum necklace later on, but the rest was a waste of gasoline. (sigh)

 

That is lovely moreotherstuff! I love micromosiac jewelry.

 

https://www.ebth.com/items/2052864-1956-number-2-1-2-erector-set

 

I *think* that while the bracelet & earrings are "mosaic", they are not micro mosaic.
Micro uses the teeniest, tiniest, pieces - some no bigger that the head of a pin.
These are bordering on pietra dura.

 

Messi, they do tend to get described as such, although I agree "real" micro mosaic is minute. (Made by nuns in Florence and Rome in the 19th C to raise funds!) That set looks 50s or 60s.

 

Any ideas on what this is worth? It's being offered at a local estate sale, but I can't find one online to compare to and gauge its worth.

 

Sal,that chair is lovely ! Are you thinking its English ? Roccoco ?

 

Hi Joe,

Couple of things, the "FINDS" thread is not for questions per say, it is a place to post items already purchased.

There are general categories where we post questions, "antiques", "art", etc.

For now, I can give you a suggestion. Look this up on Ebay to see comparables. Type in: "Erector, 100 toys in one" in the Ebay search engine and you will see several of these. If you refine your search to "sold" you will see what they actually sold for. Prices seem to reflect condition of the box and how complete the contents are.

Best of luck.