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Post by shangas on Mar 26, 2015 6:52:19 GMT
...aaaaaand more antique ivory:  This thing was SO cheap, for a moment I thought it was fake. But it's real alright. Victorian-era ivory letter-opener. |
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Post by snacky on Mar 26, 2015 8:44:45 GMT
...aaaaaand more antique ivory: This thing was SO cheap, for a moment I thought it was fake. But it's real alright. Victorian-era ivory letter-opener. Where did you get it? Poor little elephant!  |
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Post by shangas on Mar 26, 2015 9:23:19 GMT
The elephant's dead. Long since. I'm not gonna feel guilty about buying it.
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Post by Hodge on Mar 26, 2015 14:42:53 GMT
...aaaaaand more antique ivory: This thing was SO cheap, for a moment I thought it was fake. But it's real alright. Victorian-era ivory letter-opener. Wow, it looks brand new! |
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Post by snacky on Mar 26, 2015 17:38:13 GMT
The elephant's dead. Long since. I'm not gonna feel guilty about buying it. Elephants never forget! What if they have ghosts?  Just teasing - it looks very swanky! |
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Post by shangas on Apr 1, 2015 2:21:28 GMT
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Post by shangas on Apr 1, 2015 2:27:17 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2015 0:27:04 GMT
WOW!!! Good work Maestro!
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Post by shangas on Apr 3, 2015 9:47:37 GMT
Thanks, Eus. So glad to get this thing in working condition, again.
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Post by lovemondays on Apr 3, 2015 15:49:27 GMT
Thanks, Eus. So glad to get this thing in working condition, again. Shangas, you are very close to becoming the God of Historically Accurate Gewgaws and Gadgets! |
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Post by shangas on Apr 3, 2015 23:58:57 GMT
Hahaha, thanks LM. I do my best.
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Post by shangas on Apr 5, 2015 4:37:25 GMT
 The Metropolitan
J Hudson & Co.
Barr St. Hockley
Birmingham& The Metropolitan
Made in EnglandThe one on the left is Ca. 1910. The one on the right is Ca. 1920. The whistle on the left is the oldest police whistle in my collection. Of the whistles used in MM, that one is the closest in style to what was around in the 1890s-1900s. |
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Post by shangas on Apr 12, 2015 5:07:31 GMT
 Not often you get a two-for-one sale! Ivory & sterling silver pen & pencil set. London. 1901. Manufactured by London jewelry firm Mappin & Webb (Est 1775, and still going strong today!) |
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Post by snacky on Apr 12, 2015 18:35:14 GMT
Not often you get a two-for-one sale! Ivory & sterling silver pen & pencil set. London. 1901. Manufactured by London jewelry firm Mappin & Webb (Est 1775, and still going strong today!) What is the price range for something like that? |
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Post by shangas on Apr 12, 2015 22:44:49 GMT
Not often you get a two-for-one sale! Ivory & sterling silver pen & pencil set. London. 1901. Manufactured by London jewelry firm Mappin & Webb (Est 1775, and still going strong today!) What is the price range for something like that? Antique ivory and silver dip-pen & pencil set. Mappin & Webb. 1901. Made in London? Well. I did some digging last night online. ONE pen or pencil - single - on it's own - sells for $250-$380.
ONE pen or pencil SET (a pair) sells for $600-$760!! Not bad, when you consider I only paid...oh... $65.00!!...for the pair. |
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