AW says: This is an Eastlake style mirror made in the American Victorian period, circa 1870-1890. It’s frame is made of Black Walnut. Your’s appears to have the original finish.
Best of luck and thanks for your question.
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AW says: This is an Eastlake style mirror made in the American Victorian period, circa 1870-1890. It’s frame is made of Black Walnut. Your’s appears to have the original finish.
Best of luck and thanks for your question.
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AW says:
Hi Daniel, if by getting them out there, you mean selling them, there are a few ways you can do this.
First, make sure what you have is interesting enough to spend time on the process. Many old newspapers are very common and worth little. Visit this page for a guide to what may be valuable. Historic sporting events are among top sellers.
Next, if you’ve found some that are worthy of selling, take some good clear pictures of what you have, and list them on eBay. Be sure to use good keywords in the title and description as this will help your papers to get found by more potential bidders.
I don’t recommend trying to sell your papers to a dealer.
Best of luck,
AW
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AW says: The first and most obvious choice is to look for the word reprint or a phrase such as …reproduced by etc. Believe it or not, most reprints actually have an indication that they are a copy on the front page in plain sight. However the absence of such an indication does not automatically qualify your paper as an authentic one either. Size, texture and coloration are all things to take into consideration when authenticating such a piece.
Since you didn’t send a picture, of the paper, there’s very little to go on. After reading my statement above, if you still have thoughts that your paper is legitimate, you’d need to bring it to an expert to view it in person.
There are hundreds of thousands of antique newspapers around, some a very valueable, some are not. There are some basic rules of thumb you can use to find out if what you have is worth anything.
Good Luck,
AW
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An absolute auction is one which the item is sold to the highest bidder without reserve. They are a bit of a gamble, but by far the most popular type of auction with auction buyers, and have the highest sell-through rate.
Although some sellers are leery of selling via the absolute method, it is the absolute method that, when advertised and conducted properly, will bring the highest auction price the market will bear.
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Kristi
AW says:
This is called a “console”. It’s circa 1960s and looks to have a fine maple cabinet. In it’s day, this was quite a desirable piece. It’s no longer it’s day. These units are not very salable anymore, but sometimes those with a creative bent will salvage the wood cabinet to make another piece of furniture.
Good luck,
Walt
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This is an antique 18” Kestner doll #167 Made in Germany, and I have to decapitate her.
Having four older sisters and no other boys in the family except for my Dad, I’m sure at one time or another, I must have separated one of their beloved Barbie doll’s head’s from it’s body. Maybe even more than once,
BUT… I wouldn’t do such a thing today, …at least not out of anger;)
Take a look at this Doll. Do you know WHY I must separate it’s head from it’s torso? (Hint) It’s not because of anything you can’t see in the pictures.
The first person with the correct answer will win an evelelpe with vintage ephemera. Enter your answer in the comments section below.
Now of course, I’ll need a way to get that package to the winner, so I’ll contact the first person with the correct answer to get your snail mail addy.
As I said earlier. the prize is a neat collectibles surprise envelope which includes things found in a recent estate purchase I made. Things likely to be in said envelope are vintage postcards, ephemera, books, old photos and who knows what?
(The contest is free, but you must a AW newsletter subscriber to win. )
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Hi Wally,
I can’t tell you much more than the pictures show. Really old Heywood Wakefield piece that I’m not even sure what it is called! My best guess is that is was some sort of work bench or knitter’s seat. It has a pull-off organizer tray that exposes compartments and a pull out drawer. It does have the branding inside as the picture shows.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!!
Amy Frasard
AW says: I Amy, I know exactly what that is. It’s a “Cobbler’s Bench” it’s made of Maple and is a Colonial revival piece that HW made in the 1940s.
These are very durable and useful to a great many crafters. The tray on top would be for the various size nails a cobbler would use, the drawer for tools.
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Hello
My husband found this old farm implement while cleaning out his grandfathers quonset. Can you tell us what it is and what it was used for, and possible dating?
Thank you
AW says: This is a Stanley no 45 combination plane. It was used for moldings and trims of different sizes. It’s circa early 1900s.
Thanks for the question!
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Sue
AW says: Yes it will affect the value. One of the best ways to get the smell out of magazines and almost anything else, is to put them in a plastic bag with fresh charcoal. The charcoal is a great odor absorber. You may have to suffle the pages somewhat every few days. But it usually works pretty good.
This is a great method for clothes, but I’ve had success with it on old books too.
Good luck
AW
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Sue
AW says:
Boy that is a answer that could take up pages, but I’ll see if I can provide a few of the basics.
Another good source would be Vintagegoodness.com a site that my friend Mitzi Swisher maintains.
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