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Showing results 11 - 20 of 38 for the tag: identification.
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Registration and Tagging Technology for Valuables (9/6/08)
Its one of a kind” We are now intruducing a New U.S.Patented Registration & Tagging Technology for the Permanenet Identification and Documentation for Fine Art, Antiques, Jewelry, Collectibles and Valaubles. Please contact us so we can show you have now to register your valuables.
Seminars are going on now.
Please visit our site at www.microtagit.com
Email us at: Rneglia@negliaservices.com
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Dating Bottles with the Side Mold Seam–The Myth (9/4/08)
 One of the most pervasive and longest running myths in the world of bottle dating is that the side mold seam can be read like a thermometer to determine the age of a bottle.(See image #1, which is an illustration pointing out the major “parts” of a bottle, including the side mold seam. Illustration from my Historic Bottle Website – a purely educational website.)
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Dating The Wizard of Oz (9/4/08)
 Many old books do not include publication dates. Copyright dates, which are often incorrectly used to determine a book’s age, are usually much earlier than actual publication dates, because most classic books were eventually produced by a variety of publishers and sometimes with a variety of different illustrators. L.
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Popular movie poster sizes (9/4/08)
 Movie paper refers to cinema promotional material printed on paper. Movie display art also appeared on more durable card stock (LobX cards, half sheets, and insert cards, for instance).
Common popular sizes (in inches) include the following:
One sheet:
27” X 41” before the 1980s, thereafter, 27” X 40”
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Across this Appraiser’s desk (8/28/08)
 As an Appraiser one here’s some pretty amazing stories about items from their owners, like great- great-great Uncle Jack’s sword from Bunker Hill, meat platters that were taken into Kentucky by Daniel Boone and copies of the Constitution found in an old trunk.
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Antiques and Art Provenance Matters (8/4/08)
Originating from the French verb “provenir” (to stem from), provenance is the history of ownership of art, antiques and collectibles. As an all-important record of an art object’s trail from its origin to its present owner, provenance affirms the authenticity of the work and increases its art-market value.
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Is Dot on 1875 Cent Reverse the Secret Mark? (8/3/08)
 The hunt to identify a “secret mark” on the reverse of an 1875 Indian Head cent which has persisted for some thirty-six years may have finally been successful. This year a coin appraiser, assessing coins for an auction had his attention drawn to a particular 1875 Indian cent. The coin had a tiny raised dot on one of the letters in the denomination.
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