Messages

1

Antique Questions Forum / ivory painting

« on: July 26, 2005, 09:02:42 pm »

have a painting done in ivory , jade, mother of pearl of man wearing clothes like bible days . he is sqauted on ground in front of wine and theres grapes .each piece has been delicate cut and placed. frame is inlaid ivory. it is 8by 10 in size and very old . i would like to know more about this . it is signed  but to small for me to see. thank you.

2

Antique Questions Forum / document appraisels

« on: June 24, 2005, 11:33:46 am »

I,got the reply from Dand B antiquies about appraisells and being original papers on lincoln , washington , keyes , the star spangled banner writter, how do I go about doing this? Finding a real person who knows , I live in a small town ,muskogee , okla and there is know one that I,know ofthat has the ability to do this. the paper is real old ,its very brittle and if you hold them up to light you can see dark stains like dried blood. I,was told it is called parchment paper but again your talking about muskogee. I,found these papers in a very old house aold rock house. along with them was some very old things that I know is very old and valuble . the house belonged to a very important person at one time.we bought every thing on the property. thanks for any help given.

3

Antique Questions Forum / documents handwritten , presidents

« on: June 22, 2005, 06:23:54 am »

I,have several documents hand signed by president lincoln , also washington.One is speech given about gettysburg. signed and dated. Two documents is signed also by all the cabinet members.There is also a handwritten paper with signatures of lincoln and francis scot keyes , dated. There all wrote on parchment paper , you can see the blood in the paper, this is the STAR SPANGLED BANNER. Theres two photographs of elvis presley from the army,wanted poster for jessie james ,booth ,bellestarthere in pretty good condition . Would like to have estimated value and where to sell these at. Any information on these is apreciated.