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Okie, Oklahoma

Went to collage in California UC Berkeley, went to work for the government for 2 years, quit and started driving tractor trailers. Been buying and selling antiques sWent to collage in California UC Berkeley, went to work for the government for 2 years, quit and started driving tractor trailers. Been buying and selling antiques since Jr. High School. Purchased my first home cash at 18 years old and rebuilt it. I have rebuilt homes in Oregon, California, Arkansas, Minnesota and several east coast states, right now I am in Oklahoma. I collect anything I think I can make a large profit on. (Read more)

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Soapstone village - Asianin Asian
6 days ago
Old Shoushan stone - Asianin Asian
6 days ago
Shishi lions - Asianin Asian
13 days ago
Huge cocktail ring - Costume Jewelryin Costume Jewelry
1 month ago
Unknown antique charm bracelet - Costume Jewelryin Costume Jewelry
1 month ago
Schrade 152 old timer - Tools and Hardwarein Tools and Hardware
2 months ago
Old feather hat - Hatsin Hats
2 months ago
Amber necklace broken but real? - Fine Jewelryin Fine Jewelry
2 months ago
Three old bangles - Costume Jewelryin Costume Jewelry
2 months ago
More jewelry unknown - Costume Jewelryin Costume Jewelry
2 months ago

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  1. It arrived, new photos, seller was off on measurement close to a foot tall on stand; heavy rock too, not like soapstone. Heavy like marble. Only flaw is a couple scratches on fingers or carvers mistak...
  2. Thanks, Manikin
  3. Thanks Jim, looks like two peaches, don't know till mail shows up. Tracking says it is in town but might not show up till Monday. Less then a carton of cigarettes. Sure glad I quit both smoking cigare...
  4. Nevada opal specimen.
  5. Watched the glass blower make this one. Not sure where he learned the trade but came from the coast of Oregon. Do have some real Italian Murano glass and the vase is close but doesn't have the ease of...
  6. Think the Chinese white jades are an albite plagioclase feldspar mineral. The mutton fat ones tests out as a white beryl. Nice white jade art work.
  7. Ok, Stillwater, what kind of stone do you think it is?
  8. Nice color in that stone.
  9. Thanks, think the blue and white one was $5.00
  10. I thought they were nice too; but was getting several comments on ebat that they were plated junk copies. One buyer insisted the Navaho mark was a Chinese mark for fake. They're not plastic stones??
  11. Nothing goes in the trash; I recycle with donations to the YWCA for the battered women's shelter. I even buy stuff at estate auctions to purposefully donate; those boxes of kitchen items, refers and ...
  12. That would be funny; buy a whole bag and none fit?
  13. Thanks bratjdd, guess there are mass produced reproductions, once you know what they are called. Spanish Damascene Charm Bracelet on eBay cheep, cheep. I swear I looked at the 30,000 charm bracelets l...
  14. Thanks bratjdd, must not be mass produced or I would be getting responses. Living in a military boarder town, most likely a bring back from a war zone.
  15. Thanks Manikin, exhausted the local shops in my little town; put it on my maybe fix list when I have a reason to go to the big city. Looked on eBay but do not need a whole bag of stone, just the one.
  16. Thanks Bellin68, but need to find a stone? Bet this ring would cut you up if the lady got mad at you. Must be why it's called a cocktail ring.
  17. Listed these on the internet and got people saying silver plated chinese copies and I need to lower my prices on poor quality stuff. So, I ended the listings and put them back in the drawer. Last thin...
  18. Thanks davyd286, doesn't really bend but the teenage girl across the street popped it onto her little neck. Looked good too. Called a torque necklace sounds good to me?
  19. Just put some salt in the water, not 2 to 1 parts. That's alot of salt. Dissolve the salt completely? That should be a challenge.
  20. Michael Peter Sabarich American artist; not finding much, one item on worthless point web site. None on eBay or the 500,000,000 prints from the far east?
  21. Flapper girls feather skull hat. Found on internet, Find 1920 Hats Today. Shop 1920 Hats on Amazon, flappers, gangsters, gangster molls zoot suits, fishnets & accessories, mass selection of retro clo...
  22. A hand carved cameo will show undercuttings and tool markings, also the line work will look more fluid. Looks like the French actress Sarah Bernhardt style, 1930's but markets were flooded with plasti...
  23. Nice amethyst, I posted one amethyst necklace and brooch a year ago that did not match my construction boots; tried to sell it on eBay but collectors said my price was totally unexceptable, so it went...
  24. Thanks Maikin, do you have the designers name on these bird feather hats; very important to know designer with all the knockoffs to ride the fashion and celebrity trends.
  25. Don't want to mess it up Bellings, the netting is way old and not sure if I should be handling it with acidic fingers. Try to keep old stuff as original as possible for collectors. No clue about hats,...
  26. We had a couple days of snow this year which put my heating bill up to $35.00 that month. Do not like chilly weather much. Gets a little warm in the summer but hardly any cold weather. 68°F today and ...
  27. Reminds me of Haight Ashbury hippies from the 1960's and the flower power movement. Back in the 60's and 70's they actually used real stone insted of simulated stones. Did spot the Peru alpaca silver ...
  28. Might be a hair headband accessory or small woman choker like Asian. There are some tiny women in this world. To small for my biceps?
  29. Thanks Newtimes; I decided to sacrifice one stone to testing seeing the necklace is all broken anyway. Hot pin test smell is sweet smell like flowers. Tried salt in a glass of water and does not float...
  30. It's just stuff in two piles, the keep pile and the donate pile. Pick-up almost full and headed to the YWCA to unload this weekend; need my shed back for springtime yard work.
  31. Have a police scanner and understand that many women and children have to run away with nothing but the clothes on their backs. Was my police scanner and a couple officers conversation that keyed my i...
  32. Real tiny womans choker. Good enough?
  33. Unless you have a 3 inch neck there is no way. It is 4.5 inch at widest point, 3 inch open end, no flex, solid.
  34. Kind of figured India.
  35. Yes, hate giving stuff away too, unless it's to the battered womens shelter. Send boxes of stuff through the YWCA to their shelter because the location is a secret. They even take fridges and washers ...
  36. Thanks AmberRose; do girls still wear sweaters???
  37. Thanks Manikin; trying to thin out my shed and hardly getting anywhere. My save pile is still way to large. Springtime, I need the lawnmower, wheelbarrow, ladders, power tools and have all these aucti...
  38. Thanks, stefdesign. Found some Russian baltic cognac amber on eBat that is close, but looks more like plastic and they have perfect mosquitoes in every stone? Nothing perfect about what is trapped in ...
  39. Thanks for mentioning rubylane, never been on that web site. Much easier to see what you have then all the repros on eBay. Would take months going through all the stuff listed as vintage antique that ...
  40. Thank you valentino97, one says icing but looks to be the cheepest quality and newest of the bunch. I will put them in my maybe fix later list. Thanks for the information.
  41. Red chop seems to be "one and only studio" do not know artist.
  42. Reminds me of a child declairing: But; Mom I did wash up.
  43. Shocking how so many rocks can fit in one china hutch.
  44. Notice none are yours but internet pulled pictures.
  45. Thanks Bellin68, guess it's not Hollywood designer necklace, hahaha
  46. Thanks PhilDavidAlexanderMorris.
  47. Using a magnifying glass the bullet shaped ones have some kind of tool marks like they were squished into that shape; not exactly the same, drill holes are center on some, others off center, flattened...
  48. Thanks Stillwater; The shapes are round and bullet but tiny compairing ebay pearls; plus the colour is more pink then off white. Strange little pearls; the photo in my hand is under a desk lamp 100 wa...
  49. OK, I will post it today. Worth more then I paid for everything.
  50. Been a long time since I've seen one of those.
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1970 K0 Honda CL100 Scrambler first year 1964 Honda CA100 C100 Cub 50 push-rod engine Antique Chinese Carved Jade Jadeite Dragon Pendant Necklace 14k 63mm x 33mm OCHUMICHO 1960 CERAMIC TABLEAUS Is this costum jewelry cant tell or where it was made.... Vintage Antique Deco Amethyst Paste Filigree Sterling Lavaliere Necklace 1845 Model Allen Thurber Pepperbox Red coral necklace Interesting print rockford national furniture company modren desk Nephrite Jade? Carved FooDog or Lion? Help me please! Chinese Jade Antique chinesse pillow box with signiture in chineses Anyone know where to find more of these? 1950S STATE FAIR PINBALL MACHINE Antique Japanese Mortar & Pestle~Paper, Leather? Handpainted Figures My Small Bugatti Collection etc. cheech and chong big bambu with rolling paper still with it

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Miniature repro of Seljak Lion Incense Burner ? 5.25" X 5.25" Information about my emperor and empress...... m. medeiros pictures Old Bowl Curved Hook Blade OLD TOOL Cool w/pistol grip wood I dont know what it is. Coke Cola Bar fenton glass hand painted egg paperweight limited edition 1933 Modern Boat Equipment Catalog.