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Native American Indians |
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Acoma, NM Pottery Hand
made pots characterized by very thin walls and white, black and orange
slip. Lucy Lewis was the matriarch of the modern revival. |
Hopi Arts & Crafts The
Hopi indian reservation is located in NE Arizona, USA. They are
especially known for Kachina dolls, but also make pottery and baskets. |
Mimbres Pottery Mimbres
indians lived in New Mexico and Arizona, USA several hundred years ago. They
are known for the incised white pottery they left behind. |
| Navajo Jewelry is made from silver and turquoise with the emphasis on heavy silver. Old pieces sometimes get listed to low by novice Ebay sellers. | Navajo Rugs Woven by Navajo indians living in NE Arizona and NW New Mexico, USA. Navajo rugs are woven on a fixed loom and were a primary source of income in the past. | Old Pawn The term given to items which were pawned and not redeemed. On the indian reservations of the Southwest USA "Old Pawn" implies quality. Sometimes also called "Dead Pawn". |
Pre Columbian
Pottery Pottery primarily from Central America and made before
the arrival of Columbus. Lots or theft, fraud, and other issues. |
Turquoise is the stone of choice for most Navajo jewelry as well as other kinds of American Indian jewelry. It's soft enough to polish with simple materials but still hold up in use. |
Silver Buttons are frequently we frequently made by Native American Silversmiths by hammering coins into a dome shape and soldering on a silver loop. |
Early American Art Glass (EAPG) |
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| Bischoff Glass American hand blown glass made in West Virginia, USA. | Blenko Glass A variety of hand blown american glass produced in West Virginia. | Crackle Glass A variety of hand blown American glass made when hot glass is shocked with cold water and then fused. |
| Custard Glass is a yellow color and fluoresces a green color under UV light | Depression Glass was cheap glassware that has now become valuable. Ebay has tons of it. | Fenton Glass is a variety of American pressed glass which was and continues to be very popular. |
| Fostoria Glass is an American pressed glass which was very popular and is very collectible. | Goofus Glass is painted American Art Glass popular in the Art Deco era. | Hamon Glass was a West Virginia glass company run for many years by Robert Hamon, a well known glass artist. |
| Indiana Glass was produced by West Virginia trained artists who found the same concentration of raw materials and transportation in Indiana they enjoyed in West Virginia. | Lead Glass is was produced by many manufacturers and is know for it's weight and clarity. | Milk Glass in some shape or form has been produced by almost every glass manufacturer at one time or another. That makes for a large & complex market where "sleepers" wait to be found. |
| Opalescent Glass is a type of American Art Glass which is popular with collectors. | Satin Glass is art glass with a matte finish caused by etching the surface with acid. | Vaseline Glass is a type of American Art Glass which is very collectible. |
Vintage Collectibles |
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| Antiques Guild is a planned assembly point for collectors and dealers in antiques. | Antique Christmas was celebrated with traditional items such as popcorn strands, cranberries and real candles on the tree. | Antique Hummels figurines have been popular since they were first made and have become very collectible and valuable. |
| Antique Nutcrackers from Germany and other countries are more important as a folk art than for any nuts they might crack. Nutcrackers carved in the Erzgebirge region are especially well made. | Bobbin Lace Is a special kind of handmade lace. The "Bobbins" hold the small rolls of lace thread while the weaver them into lace. | Flower Frogs are metal, glass, and porcelain objects which help hold flowers in a vase. They range from simple and cheap to expensive. |
| Gerold Porcelain was made in Germany for many years and is available in thousands of different pieces | Gerold Porzellan is the German spelling and is how many of these lovely items are marked. | Grandfather Clocks are very collectible. At bit hard to ship & keep runnings, but very special. |
| Head Vases are pottery or porcelain items decorated with a face of some sort. | Hutschenreuther Porzellan is a fine German made porcelain that is very collectible. We have a 1928 copy of their catalog with it's original price list. | |
| Canine Collectibles for the dog lover. | Mainzer Cats are funny postcards with cats dressed like people doing comic acts with a European flair. | |
| Model Railroads are popular with young and old and range from elaborate setups to simple. | Pedro Lemos was an artist and editor of the School Arts magazine from 1920 to 1950. | Porcelain Marks are extremely important in correct identification and valuation. They are also difficult. |
| Rainbow Brites were popular dolls many years ago and have become collectible as mothers who enjoyed them introduce them to their children. | Vintage Postcards are a popular collectible. They take little space, come in many varieties and may be quite valuable. | DDR Zeit means the times before the Berlin wall came down in 1986. For former East Germans it is as significant as the great depression. |
Prints, Pictures & Posters |
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| Bible Verses Find your favorite bible verse and have it printed on nice paper with or without a background picture and/or fancy formatting. | Ambrose Bierce authored the Devil's Dictionary and his clever words can be custom printed for you in many ways. | Famous Sayings offers your favorite sayings printed in fancy type, on unique backgrounds. |
| Funny Quotes is a source of funny quotations printed on your choice of papers using unique backgrounds. | Funny Sayings is a source of sayings printed with fancy fonts on the paper of your choice. | Golf Sayings are funny & insightful comments about the game of golf. |
| Hubble Telescope Art is a source for pictures printed on your choice of media with or without sayings of your choice. | Love Poems are a special way to share your feeling. This site prints your choice of words on unique papers with backgrounds and lettering of your choice. | Marry Me Poems are for the special time when you need special words printed on just the right paper, with the right color and background to make just the right statement. |
| Motivational Quotes printed on specialty papers or carved in wood are always popular. | Motivational Sayings uplift, encourage, and fortify the weary. | Perpetual Calendars are very special when done with beautiful images and carefully chosen messages. |
Wood & Wooden items |
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| Alligator Juniper is a juniper tree with bark that cracks and looks like alligator skin. The pictures are of a tree near Albuquerque, NM, near the northern end of its range. | Chip Carving is a specialty of wood carving where the designs are made by cutting out small chips. It requires few tools and much patience. | Finch Feeders is for bird lovers who appreciate finches. They are one of the few birds who can feed upside down. |
| Finest Woods is where we sell wood products directly from the small "Full Vigor Forestry" producer to the consumer. | Garden Gnomes are figurines popular as a garden ornament in Germany. | Hardwood Flooring is very popular in homes for its beauty, ease of cleaning and hypoallergenic nature. |
| Lawn Gnomes are popular in European yards where they add color amongst the grass and plantings. | Mission Furniture is heavy oak furniture popular during the Craftsman era. | Oak Furniture has been popular for hundreds of years and is prized for its strength and durability. |
| Erzgebirge Wood carvings from Germany include smokers, carousels, and bloomenkinder; many sold with the Expertic label. | Pine Needle Baskets were crafted in many places but were especially well done in the southern US states. | Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides) are common in the western USA and have been the focus of much research. |
| Stickley Furniture made in the 1920's by Gustav Stickley is extremely valuable. | Treenware is wooden kitchen utensils used in colonial days when wood was cheap and easy to come by, and metal was expensive and hard to find. | Turned wood items are a wonderful way to use wood that may not work for anything else except firewood. |
| Wood Flooring is popular, beautiful, easy to care for and lasts longer than carpet. | Wood floors were a step up from dirt for early settlers. Now they are popular in expensive homes. | Wood for Carving is always hard to find and expensive. The best woods have a combination of toughness and ease of carving; as well as beauty. |
| Wood Gnomes are another variety of gnome found in German folklore. | Wooden Toys have been affordable favorites of child for hundreds of years. They could be made with simple tools and almost no cost. | Wood Vases have been used to hold dry flower arrangements and other display items. The Schwartzwald region of Germany produced a special kind of wood vase for the tourist trade. |