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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Firemandk, post: 2296226, member: 7258&quot;][USER=4864]@Barn Owl[/USER] , here is my 2 cents worth .... and I only comment about the age and the relative damage and why some things rot and some things last under conditions they should not.&nbsp; 37 years ago when I was 21 my cousins grandmother died and they were left the house . It was next to&nbsp; creek and had a &quot;root Cellar&quot; which is an interesting feature on a California house next to a creek. In that root cellar were stacks and stacks of 1950&#039;s newspapers stacked like cord wood . Next to them was a wood cigar box with no lid, filled with civil war letters form Family members in Lansboro and Lowell , Mass that were sent back to California... all these people are buried in the local cemetery .... I also found a Photo book circa 1890 with Carte de viste ? and tintype photos. All of this was absolutely perfect , yet right next to it a diary from 1926 was worn eaten and deteriating . ( I still have all of this except the newspapers.... I think I have a few still stored away. ) Point being there is no way those&nbsp; should have survived for as long as they did , where they were ...but they did .&nbsp;&nbsp; That easily could be the victim of wood rot , just as my Spanish American War leather items are victim of brass leather verdigris even though stored in a safe&nbsp; out of the weather in a nice cool and non damp place . The corrosion on the plating / brass looks as legit as most I have seen on things left in semi damp places , and I have seen a lot over the years of antiquing and flea marketing.&nbsp;&nbsp; The person on ebay has 100% feedback: doesn&#039;t raise too many red flags with me . Did you ask them how or where they came upon this ??? </p><p><br /></p><p>I think it is wonderful , and for $83 didn&#039;t break the bank , looks legit to me , definitely worth $83 for a cool glass / amethyst carved seal , definitly worth the price for the fun&nbsp; and thrill of the search to find out who or what the seal&nbsp; means / pertains too. Now comes the time to decide whether to leave as be or restore / clean / rehandle .....&nbsp; &nbsp; I myself might clean and rehandle but keep the old wood &quot;just because&quot;.....&nbsp; if it was a museum piece, leave as is .....&nbsp; have fun..look forward&nbsp; reading if you find out who it belonged too.....[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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