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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ActualProof, post: 3817855, member: 19340&quot;]Hey guys. I was searching for some info about some trinkets/trash I recently acquired when I stumbled upon this message board full of all of you attractive/handsome people; I simply HAD to join, <i>teut de suite! </i>I would like to pester the board experts for some approximate date ranges for a couple of these. I hope I haven’t already broken an unwritten rule or breached etiquette already...&nbsp; someone among the lower caste, please let me know I have. </p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, on to the garbage:&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>item 1 is a hanging scale of the “Steelyard” variety, used for the ultra-risqué, super-sexy task of weighing tobacco or cotton. My closest guess is that it was manufactured by PSW&amp;Co around the end of the 19th century or beginning of the 20th. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]317528[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Next up is everyone’s favorite, impossible to pinpoint item: an American-made, metal-covered travel trunk!&nbsp; So far, the most confident estimate I’ve heard from an expert is “After 1882, but before 1891... most likely 1888-1889”. I have no idea how that specific date was arrived at, or if it’s even accurate. What I do know is that it smells like it’s lived 1,000 lives... not bad, but very distinctly “old”, kinda like your grandpa’s attic smelled when you were a kid, times 1000.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]317529[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]317530[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]317531[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]317532[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]317533[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]317534[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Hopefully, everyone’s browser is still intact after that image bombardment. </p><p><br /></p><p>Ok, that’s enough for now. I would be very appreciative to hear from the experts on this board.&nbsp; More items to follow, if this goes well!</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks!!</p><p><br /></p><p>AP[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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