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Antique Questions Forum / What the heck are these?

« on: August 25, 2023, 07:58:48 pm »

I know they're called Spade Coins, but I can't seem to find anything about this particular form of them. Most certainly replicas, as they appear to be some kind of advertisement/promo item for Guangzhou Restaurant - which one is anyone's guess: a google search reveals that there have to be thousands of them with that name lol. They're at least as old as mid-80s if not older, as they were brought back by an aunt who went overseas a fair amount. I'm trying to get a bit more info since I plan on trying to list them, assuming they'd be worth my time to do so.

Any help is greatly appreciated!

EDIT: Please disregard the first thread - the site told me there was an error so I resubmitted 😑

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Mystery Sewing Cabinet?

« on: June 29, 2020, 05:27:11 pm »

When I googled 'yarn hutch' or 'knitting hutch', all that came up were either things that looked nothing like it and Starsky and Hutch sweater knitting patterns 

When I looked up 'knitting cabinet' and 'sewing cabinet', the Martha Washington-style ones popped up - very similar, but I couldn't find any with a dropped middle like Mom's has.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: does anyone know what this is?

« on: June 28, 2020, 07:40:30 pm »

It's a Shriner fez!

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Antique Questions Forum / Mystery Sewing Cabinet?

« on: June 28, 2020, 07:33:46 pm »

So my mother picked up an old piece of furniture that looks like a sewing cabinet, but I can't find anything like it in a Google search. Does anyone know what this it? It looks like it might have had a manufacturer sticker at some point, but it might actually be homemade.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Interesting find - Miniature Handpainted Portrait

« on: January 10, 2017, 09:59:14 pm »

Well, my sister did anyway. She's very happy to know more about it. Thank you everyone!

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Interesting find - Miniature Handpainted Portrait

« on: January 10, 2017, 07:26:28 pm »

Hah! Indeed. In any case, at least we know it's a Legras and not an Ingres. Still not a bad find for a 50-cent estate sale find!

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Interesting find - Miniature Handpainted Portrait

« on: January 10, 2017, 06:16:52 pm »

Just got a reply from her - ivory wafer. Someone did apparently try to mount the leather to posterboard, then later tried to remount the ivory wafer that is painted on to the board, and did a pretty fail job of it, haha.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Interesting find - Miniature Handpainted Portrait

« on: January 10, 2017, 03:15:17 pm »

I'm not sure of the front surface, but the back of it under the brocade (with the lettering) is leather. I'll have to confer with my sister to find out if the leather is mounted on the back of another material.

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Antique Questions Forum / Interesting find - Miniature Handpainted Portrait

« on: January 09, 2017, 10:52:21 pm »

Hi all! I have an interesting piece for you all to check out. My sister found this at an estate sale, and she's wondering if it's something that she should look into having professionally appraised. She suspects it's an early Ingres judging by the signature, but she's just not sure.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Interesting Pin

« on: November 13, 2010, 12:52:02 pm »

Those filled holes look to be about the right spacing for a dual-drilled bead, like on one of those wide bracelets. Are they present on the other side too? It could be a part from a bracelet, repurposed as a pin!

Example of what I mean:

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Mene sculpture?

« on: November 02, 2010, 06:08:38 pm »

Maybe they meant Wolfhound rather than Greyhound? They're a bit shaggy.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Age of a Pie Safe?

« on: October 28, 2010, 04:26:26 pm »

Huh, luan is available at the Home Depot near me - comes in huge sheets (4' by 8' or so), but it's fairly inexpensive. I usually find it with the plywood that has a fairly nice surface finish (1/2" and 3/4").

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Mene sculpture?

« on: October 27, 2010, 12:05:10 pm »

Looks like a wolf or a dog, to me.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: antique eletric stove

« on: October 05, 2010, 04:08:44 pm »

Or, maybe they want it back because it works -too- well... Maybe it's a tank of a machine, and it'll never die, leaving them out the cash you'd spend to replace a worse-made one that they turn out nowadays? 

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Japanese back saws

« on: September 23, 2010, 11:05:06 pm »

The pics show up fine for me...