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[Kenny G]

Looks like melmac.  Is it plastic?

[Kenny G]

With the hole in the lid like that, I would use “tureen” to search.  I did some searching, but didn’t turn one up.

[Kenny G]

Is it a nut cracker?  Looks like a walnut would fit in there maybe?

[Kenny G]

Female photographer that got remarried?

[Kenny G]

I’m very curious, too! The handle looks like it has wear, but that leather strap looks less than 30 years old or so. Is the handle wood? Also try sticking a magnet to it. A hook for lifting pot lids occurred to me. I’m going to have a look around.

• This reply was modified 8 years ago by Kenny G.

[Kenny G]

I love how I have asked for some research to dispute any one of numerous examples over several weeks, and when you finally weigh in it is not with a single bit of research or proof, but just a flat statement. And then you flip it to try and question my research.

Over it. Auctions suck and it is a mistake to use them.

Thanks for the podcast guys!

[Kenny G]

Well your blanket statement with no support suggests I did not. Hence the question.

[Kenny G]

Which ones sell for $50?

[Kenny G]

Thanks Adventure…I will do that!

[Kenny G]

P.S. I clicked him and he’s a member since 1998!

[Kenny G]

Or it could be <Something> Art Glass.

[Kenny G]

I’m not a pencil expert, so I can’t give you the details. All I know is that I look for older ones and unique or weird shapes and styles. Unsharpened is worth many times more than sharpened. Erasers are often hard and dried out, but it doesn’t seem to hurt the price. 19th Century ones don’t have erasers, and can go for big money. And surprisingly, mechanical pencils have been around longer than wood ones. That’s about the extent of my knowledge.

[Kenny G]

It looks like “Clark” to me, but I tried that and got nothing….

[Kenny G]

It should have the karat stamped or engraved somewhere…have you looked closely with a loupe? Sometimes they hide it well. If it isn’t marked due to the artist’s choice, be careful getting it tested…they can test the stones electronically, but to test gold content you have to do an acid test which requires filing a tiny amount off. This causes damage and must be done discretely or it will hurt the value.

I found six pieces of jewelry by that artist, and all were in 14k. Unfortunately none were rings…

[Kenny G]

Slides are fine to sell. Like a negative, if you own a slide you own not only the slide itself, but also the right to reproduce the image. Photo prints are also fine to sell because you are only selling that print. What you can not do is take a copyrighted print, make copies of it, and then sell the copies. But remember that someone has to actively be protecting the copyright, and that they expire after a period–never longer than 120 years as far as I know. So that’s why people sell copies of Civil War photographs and stuff.

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