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Not that I’m an expert, but if it’s got a warty skin isn’t it a toad?
Dredging up a memory of something I read years ago, the transfers used by British potters declined in artistic quality after copyright restrictions on copying artworks came in. Can’t remember the year, but I think it was about 1845. After that the potters had to use in-house designers. And then there’s “flow blue”… is that still a thing?
I stopped listing with free shipping because I was getting offers below the cost of shipping; offers that I’d actually accept if the shipping was extra. I have the feeling that prospective buyers are making these offers without thinking about the shipping cost- unfortunately once they’ve made the offer there’s no way to add the p&p to the listing.
“Hot Art, Cold Cash” by Michel van Rijn is an interesting read regarding bargaining; apparently one accepted technique is to allow the seller to “rip you off” on the first deal and then to get down to serious haggling. This is in Istanbul- the Great Souk in Chipping Sodbury has different customs 🙂
This Queen Elizabeth II coronation mug by Eric Ravilious is priced at £400. Which maybe is a bit overpriced, but almost any other coronation mug from 1953 is worthless. The high price is probably a combination of name recognition, brand (Wedgwood) and quality of design, rather than the event itself. Maybe some similar items were produced back in 1976.
Thanks Mike- I’m never likely to see one baseball card let alone a truck-full, but it’s good to learn!
I suppose there’s a miniature version of U-Haul, renting out carts to the retirees and divorcees.
I found a Rp 2,000 note in a book last Tuesday. Unfortunately it’s Indonesian rupiah 🙁
A small aluminium cylinder that unscrews. Inside the lid is a metal spike and beside it two holes. Think it’s a device for huffing nitrous oxide from chargers.
Last week a working and clean $200 cordless vacuum with its charger- thrown out because the plastic catch holding the dust cylinder was broken.
A public address system, dumped in a layby on the Groby bypass. That was yesterday evening- maybe someone stole a van from a music festival and dumped the contents. Left that for the authorities…
Mint copy of “Spirit of ’76” by Randy California.
Poster for theatrical production of ‘The Madness Of George III’ (“You wouldn’t believe… he talks to the trees!!!”)
Benedict Arnold commemorative plate by Franklin Mint.
Wall cabinet with 13 miniature porcelain tea chests by Royal Crown Derby.
I just remembered- a copy turned up at auction about a year ago. At that time I checked the online image against an online image of the genuine article like this and the outline of the trees was different. Might be a good way of verifying this one- it seems to me that copying the trees exactly would require a great deal of skill.
Utagawa Hiroshige “Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido series: Rain Shower at Shono”.
If you compare it with online illustrations, should give you a good idea of what you have in terms of age, copy etc.
There’s a mint Nuts on eBay UK for a fiver. Tag says “…he loves to chat. Have you ever seen a squirrel like that?”. Fortunately, no.
Local post office has a range of the Ty creatures for sale, all covered in sequins. Seems a bit odd to make something with plastic sequins that a child or cat will be chewing.
The metal may be zinc- I found a pile of similar plates some years back that were used by a printer to print on plastic carrier bags for local businesses. However the ones I found had the lettering raised and the back of the plate was flat.
I had a search, and was surprised at how many potters are called Julia! I bought a good paperweight last week, and that was signed. Indecipherably. So I described it as “signed”- it’s in a display cabinet so people can have a go.
I bought an etching by J. Lewis Stant back in the early 1980s. Eventually deciphered the signature about ten years ago- thanks Internet! He was a prolific print maker, almost entirely forgotten now, probably ‘cos no-one can guess that the squiggle in the lower right reads “Stant”!
According to this article people sell the keys on eBay (warning! contains words “buy on eBay” and “cheap” 🙂 )
I was looking up W7 yesterday (found a Lenovo desktop that originally had W8, and was looking for a cheap way to get it running). Found one used in box on Amazon UK for 110USD, so not cheap! My impression (as a Mac user) is that there are still a lot of W7 users who haven’t upgraded to W8-W10 and are quite happy with it.
Just to make this post scavenger-useful: I used my foot to determine that there was something heavy in a cardboard box next to a dustbin (the Lenovo). The foot is a useful scavenging tool!
