Featured Finds Thread

Hoping you hold on to it a tad bit longer till I can sell mine

When I was a kid, about a week or two ago, I................ummmm, never mind. Somethings better left unsaid.

 

If that letter's legit...

 

Yesterday at the local table top sale. Alas the ruby glass casket is damaged at the back but it’s not too noticeable it will do for my dressing table and it was only 50pence.

 

Also over 7grams 9ct for £2.
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Alas, I am not putting to much faith in that prospect. The original looks more like it came from the Civil War, as mine looks like it went through the Civil War. I can tell you that my $1 investment is not printed via todays printing machines or copiers. Looking through a micro loupe you can see the ink is a solid aplication and the actual paper fibers possibly from that era, so I am thinking more of an ink press or darn good forgery. Handwriting for the most parts have extremely little variations as well as the spacing. My piece also looks as though the writing was applied over the already folded creases. Both letters are folded differently and mine looks to be the more modern way, although I dont know what the norm of the day was. It’s said that many museum pieces are copies as they don’t want originals to be in any peril around the public. So I might have a billion to one chance . Hahaha

Ok, so that all said, riddle me this. Lincoln was a well educated lawyer, so why in the Mighigan library original does it read:

“I regret the necessity of saying I hays no daughters I have three sons.”

am I missing something? Either way this in no means legitimizes mine.

https://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/0903/detail/letter03.html

 

I finally got time to photograph some of my recent finds. I will start with costume


This was 50 cents at the church sale, amethyst and rose quartz knotted strand

The pins were 25 cents each

The Barse sterling turquoise necklace was 15 cents

thrift shop pin, coral, maybe sterling (unmarked), any body recognize the origin? Asian? Middle Eastern? I splurged, $10. It's heavy.


I picked up this sterling turquoise bear claw set at an outdoor antique show for $8

Same show, this 10k CZ ring (bad picture, the stone really sparkles) a dollar

Today's antique mall find, "Nice Olde Beads," 14k clasp, 20" double strand of angelskin coral, Merry Christmas to me, $4.

 

wow on the 'nice olde bead' necklace Marko

 

Looks you did OK for costume! That funky pin is sandcast Navajo, or a good clone thereof.

 

The coral pin looks Asian.

 

If you ignore that downstroke, which looks like a random mark, the first 'have' looks just like the second.

What your document is missing is the word 'Private' at the top.

 

That's what it looks like......nice too.
Oh..& the coral is very nice too !

 

Well I will only ignore the down stroke if they ignore the missing word “private”, which no one seemed to have respected anyway.

All kidding aside, since the moment I picked it up in my hand I knew it was spurious. But I will “hays” to “have” fun with it .

 

I love Grace's grasp of the situation: All ladies love whiskers; if you grow whiskers, all the ladies will love you; if all the ladies, who cannot vote, love you, they will convince all their husbands to vote for you; if all the husbands vote for you, you will win. QED

 

Wise beyond her years indeed. Even when the laws prohibited womens rights to vote, an eleven year old girl understood “Behind every great man, there is a better woman”.

 

I like to play with my Dragon buddy....& noticed this on his butt,,,,
Any idea where this makers mark hails from ???

 

Well I've been out of the game for a while due to medical issues but I was able to stop my a local antique shop for a minute and found a few neat items for my collections.

Below is a 1936 Landon Knox License Plate.

 

You okay, Joe? Glad to see you back!

 

I'm feeling better currently but my physicians have not yet found the root cause of my condition which concerns me greatly. I've been in and out of the hospital and testing so hopefully I get some news soon.

 

Hi Joe,
Glad you are back.
greg

 

Ditto from me!