Delee, Rio Hondo, Brad Keeler, Elaine - These are some of the California potteries that made huge quantities of relatively crude animal figurines during the immediate post-World War II period (late 1940s -...
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Buyers often encounter written jewelry appraisals when looking at fine jewelry on ebay or in stores. It's hard to find a good explanation of the elements of an appraisal, so I decided to share basic...
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IF YOU FIND THIS GUIDE HELPFUL, PLEASE REMEMBER TO VOTE AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE. When I recently started listing pieces of a huge collection of older Precious Moments pieces that I bought from a neighbor,...
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If you find this guide helpful, please remember to rate it at the bottom of the page. I've been selling Department 56 buildings and accessories for a number of years and am often surprised at the enormous...
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This guide describes how to test a piece of gold jewelry with a stone and testing acid. Many pieces of antique and vintage jewelry do not have karat marks. Because antique pieces were often very heavily gold...
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