I have an old doll with a china head and cloth body with the arms nailed on I got it from my great aunt about 30 years ago and all i know about her is she was my grannys baby sisters  and she past away as an infant in the early 1920s. she also has 9 handmade dresses. I have yet to come acrossed any other dolls like this and would like to know some sort of value to her.

Watercolors by E.H. Shepard in original box and excellent condition. Never been hung or displayed. Kept in house in box.

I have what I believe to be an antique hand-carved rug beater, but it has a unique shape, with a much larger round beater area than most. (See Flickr link below for front & back images.)

There are small holes around the circumference of the circle, which once held wires. The cross-section of irregularly square-cut wires is still in some holes.  If it is a rug beater, I would assume it originally had looped wires on the outer edge to increase the beater’s efficiency.

The front is obviously hand-carved, but the marks on the back might indicate that the board was hand-sawn as well.

I found this at a rummage sale in Abbotsford, B.C.  The seller didn’t know what it was.

27.75” total length
18.75” handle
Approx. 8.75” diameter circle (it’s almost round, but not quite)

Eight Images: http://www.flickr.com/photos/62552004@N00/sets/72157631991407671/

Tibetan Bronze figure of Bodhisattva 19th cen

height 25 cm

Width  11 cm 

depth  8 cm

bronze figure crowned buddha 18th cen

Height 23 cm 

Width  12 cm

depth  8 cm

My Michaelangelo is a patinaed copper, 28" high with the inscription A Carrier, 1956.  It's in excellent condition.