Featured Finds Thread

I never get to post finds BUT just did research on this find from a few years ago. Only recently able to read the siggie..

6x8 stone (slate?) 1/2"thick

Rodney Marshall Winfield etched/carved scene. Signed and dated 1970 edition 10/175. Knowing me..got it at a thrift store and probably paid under $10.
Winfield worked in different mediums and was a painter, sculpture and jeweler. Was a designer for Emil Frei stained glass studios.

 

I had a Winfield in glass a couple years ago. Ended up selling to Winfield Gallery - cheaply.

 

He passed in Dec 2017..so not sure if his works have gone up in value. My picture truly does not show the nice detail...hope this one helps

 

That IS lovely .. Joy.

 

I was going to list this, but realized it felt heavy for its size. OK, gold-plated sterling but let's test it, says I. It scratch tests like 18k but doesn't have a single mark. I'm having it professionally tested tomorrow at the local pawn.

The second shot is part of today's haul. I normally don't find a ton in the local charity thrifts, but this includes a reverse-carved lucite necklace, a Mikal Golan piece, a modern cameo in 14k setting (paid under $5 for it!), an enamel fox, and some 14k and pearl earrings. My favorite is the fox.

In the third shot - a sterling collar bought for less than the silver weight, two pair 14k and pearl earrings ($5 each), a Corocraft Sterling birdie, a mechanical pencil, an MMA museum souvenir fern pin, and what I hope is a high karat and precious pink topaz stick pin. It may originally have been an earring.

 

Your dagger is a typically UAE design and not all their gold is marked. It might even be 22ct.

 

The dagger is sweet !!!!

Jimbaya...

 

And to think it was sold as costume...oops.

 

Heh.

 

This was in a bag at the thrift store for about ten bucks

No gel in it. $15 a tube. Supposed to be good for 100-200 tests. I ordered one.

Missing 'clipboard' but a simple alligator clamp works.

Still not working. Check the probe and no continuity. Apparently the gel eats up the insides of it. Ordered a used one on feebay for $30.

Found some 14 in the scrap 10. The mess of Jostens scraps were 9.5K, thus not legally markable. Some dental over 18.

And it does platinum too!

 

I love the glass, aaron. Evelyb, I love the fox, too. The dagger seems to be the jackpot.

I went to look for the necklace for the turquoise cross, didn't find the dealer, but found a fun antiques flea market...too bad it is 90 minutes away. Mostly antique dealers, but some regular people mixed in. I had a stomach bug, so I got there late by flea market standards, 9:30 a.m. No great shakes. Then I browsed the antique shops a few mile down, hilarious, the astronomical prices. And I was treated shabbily in one of them.... I hate when people look you up and down from head to toe. I did it back. This was Lambertville, NJ.

 

Love that fox,Evelyb ! I can see you,but you cant see me!


A little nap on the warm paver...

Now on to my latest finds....
6 inch Savoy mid century vase

2 1/2inch crackle glass shot glass(?)

4 inch Blenko(?) mini pitcher

5 inch Japanese nordic style bell

Murano champagne flutes made for Macy's

3 1/2 inch tall sterling encased perfume bottle (no stopper but for a buck,why not)

4 Beyer & Beck "happifat" plates,5 inches wide


Im loving my new "pickin" place,but my god the heat in that place is stultifying! I was only able to hang in there about 30 mins today,its too much! But they LOVE the $1 price tag and so do I !

 

You need to gather up those lovelies and find them good homes. Precious.

 

I already have 2 claimed,thank God ! And a friend is lending me his carrier so Girl Kitty can get snipped.

 

Is the 9.5K marked 10K? If the pieces were made before 1976, 9.5K could be marked 10K and a content of 12.5K could be marked 14K.

 

These were not marked at all. But they weren't finished pieces either. From around 1930. I hadn't known Jostens went back that far until I ran across these.

 

Both signed by Jean Lambert-Rucki, Jesus is 10" on a 16" cross, the medallion is 4-1/2" dia.

 

Wasn't familiar with Jean Lambert-Rucki, just did a search. Good heavens Anund. What a score!

Great finds all around.

Love the kitten pics, Johnny.

 

Another WOW Anun!!

 

This is a closed auction for one of the crucifixes. Whoa.
https://www.aspireauctions.com/#!/catalog/98/546/lot/25735