whatsitworth | March 24, 2011
I have a portrait of FDR that is signed, “Compliments of E.A. Burbank, 1937”. It also has a signature of Franklin D. Roosevelt. My questions are is it real and what is it worth. It’s truly difficult to judge a piece of art from a photograph and almost impossible to judge a piece of art [...]
whatsitworth | March 24, 2011
I don’t remember where or when we acquired this wicker potty chair. We never used it as it was intended, but it’s lived in our house as a decoration ever since the long, long ago days when we had toddlers to toilet train. I’ve never been able to find anything with which to compare it. [...]
whatsitworth | March 3, 2011
A client brought this Victorian gold plated slide bracelet into one of our weekly appraisal events. She had purchased it at the preview weekend for the Oakland Museum’s White Elephant Sale. I’m not a gemologist or a jewelry expert but I do love history and I’ve always been fond of the huge impact Queen Victoria [...]
whatsitworth | March 1, 2011
Q. Over the years I seem to have acquired many what I would call “sick room” cups and spoons. I never meant to collect them but I bought the one pictured at a yard sale when my daughter graduated from nursing school and now, whenever friends see similar cups or spoons (like the one in [...]
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