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ho2cultcha

Oakland, CA

Personal Website: flickr.com/photos/eastbay…

i love a good mystery, but i love solving them even more. garden antiques are what i collect, but i like all kinds of things from mid-century design to ancient antiqi love a good mystery, but i love solving them even more. garden antiques are what i collect, but i like all kinds of things from mid-century design to ancient antiquities. i am a native plant gardener and own a native plant nursery. (Read more)

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Another Unsigned Pottery Sculpture - this one w/ a very unusual glaze treatment - Art Potteryin Art Pottery
6 days ago
Tiki Statue 
6 days ago
An Old Mexican Flower Pot - Art Potteryin Art Pottery
6 days ago
Recuerdo de Xochimilco - Antique Aguamanil - Native Americanin Native American
6 days ago
Another Great Old Garden Gnome 
7 days ago
Old Mexican Olla - Art Potteryin Art Pottery
7 days ago
Old Chrome and Leather Barstool - another street find! - Furniturein Furniture
7 days ago
Unsigned Pottery Bulbous Vase - Art Potteryin Art Pottery
12 days ago
Mystery Tools - what are they called? - Tools and Hardwarein Tools and Hardware
12 days ago
Bizarre Sculptures - Saint Figures Carrying a Toaster and a Cactus - Art Potteryin Art Pottery
12 days ago

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  1. I planted it w/ Monardella macrantha 'Marion Sampson' - Marion Sampson Hummingbird Mint - a rare and beautiful flower and i stacked it on this old iron plant stand i had kicking around.
  2. i'm having serious book envy here!!!
  3. this is a hat-box, for a particular type of hat - forgot what type - maybe a tricorn?
  4. i just added a couple new photos of the interior of this piece. it's pretty unusual. there are many layers of details on this piece. i like it alot. reminds me of the work of Peter Voulkos, kind of...
  5. in my experience, people throw out fabulous things everywhere in this country!
  6. wow!!! i LOVE this one! [clown envy]
  7. yes, a kahlua bottle from mexico.
  8. love awaji!!
  9. i have a whole bunch of these carved shells. i should take some pics and post them. most of mine are from mexico, but some phillipines and maybe italy too.
  10. i would guess that it's from the usa. i love how it looks like the girl is trying to imitate her doll, but she looks wantingly as if she feels she didn't quite get it right - which she didn't. it loo...
  11. love this - a Baby Ball!
  12. there is so much beautiful mexican pottery! i am always blown away by the beautiful pieces i see while traveling around there. my favorite area for pottery is Michoacan - where every little village h...
  13. anyone have an idea of who/where/when this was made? i'd love to find out more about it.
  14. i've got to post some better pics of the glaze treatment on this piece. it's really interesting.
  15. hi bratjdd. do you have a pic posted of yours? i'd love to see more old planters in cw!
  16. i really like trying to solve art/craft mysteries too. but i also love to discover talented artists who never did achieve fame or production status. even people who are no longer alive can achieve f...
  17. thanks stillwater. i thought 'fantasia' when i first saw it too. maybe it's pre-fantasia?
  18. thanks bratjdd. i really like it too. i think that the designs are derivative of aztec designs - maybe w/ a baroque interpretation.
  19. good thing we don't break fingers if you can't solve one eye4beauty!!
  20. wowza!! beautiful find!
  21. i agree, but still i see lots of pieces that aren't so great but sell for high prices solely based on the manufacturer. meanwhile, there's many beautiful unsigned pieces out there.
  22. i think the other guy is saying 'in this toaster, use only TWO pieces of bread!'
  23. really wonderful distribution of color in these ones.
  24. these opals all have related flash - the same, small size w/ lots of red. i think that indicates they are from the same seam. definitely looks like coober pedy to me.
  25. this one has so much green and blue flash that it could be a lightning ridge stone, but instead of black potch, this one has white potch. i have no idea where this one is from - besides australia.
  26. the sheets of color are called 'flashes'. this opal has excellent flash - particularly the green flash. the orangeish transclucence is what makes me think that it is an american opal.
  27. oops! i didn't mean to post that twice. the reasons why this is such a nice piece is the size, color, and distribution of the different colors inside it. [i forgot the name of the reflecting colors i...
  28. this looks like one of the most beautiful 'american' opals i've ever seen. american opals can be either from the usa or mexico. in general, they are inferior to australian opals, but this is exceptio...
  29. good question stillwater! ideally, a piece should always stand on it's own merits - regardless of who made it. the whole idea of collecting work by particular artists/companies is fairly recent in...
  30. i agree phildavidalexandermorris. it sucks when i'm trying to grow things and the land keeps flying away!
  31. ready for a feast of sparrow!
  32. the varying shades of clear opals are interesting. i wonder if these are american/mexican opals... they don't look like australian opals to me, but i'm not an expert.
  33. i like the chairs alot and have two more to go w/ them!
  34. thanks nldionne and stillwater. this piece is beautifully made - w/ perfectly even walls, and a great lip, proportions, and glaze job. it reminds me a lot of some of the Scheier pieces i grew up with.
  35. hi petey and blunderbuss2. although they work like a hand auger, i don't think that's their purpose. that's what is used to anchor them, but the tall piece above the auger is key. also, on one, the...
  36. my uncle collected quite a few and he had this table made w/ a long seam of first grade Lightning Ridge Opal - which was amazing! i'd love to get a photo of it.
  37. my guess is that this is a Lightning Ridge opal - by the color. I'm not an expert, but i've bought and found a few opals in my lifetime and when i was 16, i dug a few at Coober Pedy in South Australi...
  38. wonderful!! beautiful Coober Pedy opals! congratulations!!
  39. it's a beautiful design. i spend a lot of time in guanajuato each year. i'm familiar w/ dolores hidalgo more than puebla.
  40. too funny blunderbuss2! i can relate... but won't!
  41. d'oh! i finally figured it out. thanks for the help dave! [and the patience!]
  42. i'm scrolling down and it ends at page 578. i'll see if i can't type something in somewhere.
  43. wonderful photos!!
  44. The first pic looks like a wooden clog on wheels!
  45. it's like a skateboard. a slight lean w/ the bar is all that's needed. it's about as stable as a skateboard - or the person who is on it!
  46. that's so strange! i just copied and posted and still get only to pg 578. maybe someone else can try it?
  47. pw-collector, the link only goes to page 578? is there a way i can get to pg 913? thanks!
  48. i agree w/ you about the age gargoylecollector. blunderbuss2 - that handle that sticks up in the front is for steering, although i haven't exactly gotten the hang of it yet. hence a few casualties [as...
  49. blunderbuss2 - i think the study you are referring to was by Prof. Joe Schaeffer who was at Columbia working on his phd. he got a lot of press about it for a short while. i think he even published h...
  50. thanks seaking67, i've managed to collect quite a few old california tiles over the years. i think that this is a D & M Turtle design. some people say that Hispano Moroesque was made by D & M, while...
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1880 Home Hand Book of Hygiene and Medicine Original artwork by Ernesto Hernandez Old wooden Pyramid shaped box Saul Steinberg Drawings RARE LOETZ Art Glass Copper / Brass Mounted bowl, Thea with Blue Phänomen gre 85/5039 ca. 1902 Loetz Orpheus Vase 19th Century Photo Album With Hand Painted Wrens on Cover Carved vase mystery Lux clown clock A Kennemerland Kannetje vase by Gellings. Vintage Japanese pottery vase with relief design Wrigley's Gum sign... Still trying to get this appraised. Marino Marini original appears to be. Mystery Tile Most recent welz piece-yellow zig zag Unknown Stoneware Vase covered with Volcanic navy and gray glaze. Carved Shell Impressive Large "Satin White" Gourd Vase / No Mark or Label

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1941 Coca-Cola Wooden Bottle Carrier? Vintage Tin Toy 1933 Mini Pinball "GRACE" WHERE THE BLAZED TRAIL CROSSES THE BOULEVARD ABERCROMBIE & FITCH CO. MADISON AVE & FORTY FIFTH STREET NEW YORK( VINTAGE POSTER) czech spatter, end of day vase Citizens Independent Telephone Company Optical Goods Folk Art Trade Sign Eyeglasses Store RPPC More Vendor Booths at the Alameda Monthly Antiques Show Vintage Clown Paint By Number Antique Toolchest Getting 2 the point Kansas Toy Cabin Plane Antique Mining or Assayers Gold or Silver Ingot Mold Our Favorite Bunny St. Aubyn's Laddie "Nervous City Street Scene" by Red Grooms (1970) Pressed Steel Toy Hand Truck 1957 Circus History Book

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