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<p>[QUOTE="'Nuff_Said, post: 57743, member: 181"]@Komo, yeah I know what you mean about the acidity. It's pretty much normal when the piece is housed in its original framing material.</p><p><br /></p><p>@King, (New) JERSEY baby! All day! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":D" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=497]@bob[/USER], thanks so much for your thoughts. That's one of the things that caught my eye when first purchasing this piece.....the description/breakdown of the symbolism. We had hundreds of bookplates in the past, but never seen one like this before.</p><p><br /></p><p>@Silver, bookplate designer/engraver.</p><p><br /></p><p>@Fig, I wrote that description, can't you tell by the writing style and typos? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /> Only kidding, but thank you!</p><p><br /></p><p>@AF, <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/mad.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":mad:" unselectable="on" /> DAMMITT! Leave my poor plate alone...geezzz! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>@Don, thanks for sharing that story. I know a number of years ago these things brought good money (depending on who and what you had). If I recall correctly, we sold that 18th C. album lot to a local collector for around $5K or $6K. Not too long after that sale, we received a PM through eBay from a European (don't recall if it was England or France) institution interested in purchasing the lot. The dude was some sort of expert in French bookplates and was very excited to get his hands on them. Sadly, we had to tell him we sold them already. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/frown.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":(" unselectable="on" /> He wasn't to pleased about that...</p><p><br /></p><p>@CX, thank you! That's one of the designs/symbols on the plate that I like the most....witch and bats.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="'Nuff_Said, post: 57743, member: 181"]@Komo, yeah I know what you mean about the acidity. It's pretty much normal when the piece is housed in its original framing material. @King, (New) JERSEY baby! All day! ;) :D [USER=497]@bob[/USER], thanks so much for your thoughts. That's one of the things that caught my eye when first purchasing this piece.....the description/breakdown of the symbolism. We had hundreds of bookplates in the past, but never seen one like this before. @Silver, bookplate designer/engraver. @Fig, I wrote that description, can't you tell by the writing style and typos? :) Only kidding, but thank you! @AF, :mad: DAMMITT! Leave my poor plate alone...geezzz! :) @Don, thanks for sharing that story. I know a number of years ago these things brought good money (depending on who and what you had). If I recall correctly, we sold that 18th C. album lot to a local collector for around $5K or $6K. Not too long after that sale, we received a PM through eBay from a European (don't recall if it was England or France) institution interested in purchasing the lot. The dude was some sort of expert in French bookplates and was very excited to get his hands on them. Sadly, we had to tell him we sold them already. :( He wasn't to pleased about that... @CX, thank you! That's one of the designs/symbols on the plate that I like the most....witch and bats.[/QUOTE]
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