This painting came to me upon the death of a friend of Jaenette Rockefeller to whom it was gifted. Can anyone tell me who the artist is, or anything about the painting? The signature in the lower right looks like A L ......., it's hard to read.
My mother recently bought this little statue in a recycle store. It seems to be made out of ivory or bone and is about 10 inch high. Would love to know more about it since I have never seen something like it.
I have a pair of early mining boots, size 6, that I have not been able to find any others of. On the bottom, they are stamed "Overland Shoe Company, Racine Wisconsin, Patent of 1914. There is literally no damage and so unique.
This coffee table is made out of agates and fossils. It was handmade in Duluth Mn. It is approx 50 years old. I would like to learn more about this table and the value. I am interested in selling it. If anyone has any info on it I would appreciate it.
  As Edinburgh’s first online fashion week nears its grand finale, local designers have already stepped up to the style plate to congratulate its success.
  Organised by Napier University student Gary Anderson, 27, the event has spent the last few days showcasing the city’s top stores, graduates and local designers as part of an ambitious project to put Edinburgh on the fashion map.
  “Gary knocked on my door and asked me if I wanted to take part and I said yes immediately,” said city designer Alison Harm.
  “I’d known Gary for a while, from the earlier local fashion shows that he’d put on and even from then I saw something in him that made me feel it would be a good idea to support him.
  “I remember going home to my husband and saying that I could see that this was a lad who was going somewhere fast and I had to be on the journey with him.”
  Owner and designer for her own local business Psychomoda, Alison, 47, is a graduate of the Edinburgh College of Art.
  “When I left I set up a knitwear design business from home and sold various items at craft fairs around the city,” she explains.
  “I then opened Psychomoda, around 20 years ago now, and I’ve loved it. I like helping my clients, it’s great to be able to work with them to find a style and a design that’s right for them and that they feel comfortable with.
  “I try to get inside their head to get a vague idea of what they want. Some want to push the boat out completely and have a complete re-style, while others want a variation of the style that their used to.”
  “I have a wide age group of people coming in, from 16 year olds looking for a prom dress to a mother of the bride looking for something special for her daughter’s wedding day and it’s lovely to work with them all.”
  “I have my own stuff too of course, like the range I showcased for Edinburgh Online Fashion Week,” Alison adds. “I’m heavily influenced in Scottish textiles at the moment so will be going more into that direction over the coming months.
  “I’ve absolutely loved taking part in the show, its been fantastic and the group of young people that Gary has gathered around him are lovely and really talented.
  They made me feel really welcome – they’re a really lovely bunch of people.
  “I’d do the Edinburgh Online Fashion Week again in a heartbeat if they asked me to; it’s a great idea for the city.”
  It’s the city that Gary has had at the heart of his idea all along, as he explains: “The whole principal behind this was to support local business and highlight the fashion industry in Edinburgh. It puts the city on the map, increases the profile of local businesses and shows just how much fashion we have in our capital city.
  “It is such a challenging economic environment so anything we can do to support our local shops is fantastic.”
This is a Printing or a Painting (I'm Pretty sure it is an old print) used to advertise the Forbes coffee and Tea Company. I could find a whole variety of metal tins and storage containers (in the 1930's the company moved to spices, but from the late 1800's until about 1920 they made a good bit of money in Cofee. They were the first company, if what I was reading is correct, to grind the bean and have the grounds ready to be brewed instead of selling the whole roasted bean. On the tin of coffee prominently displayed on the advertisement, it is clear that it says "Steeel Cut", which I guess was the term for this new technique at the time. I found this painting in the basement of my parents house, in a far corner of the laundry room. My mother and father have been lifelong collectors of antiques and we have a small house's worth of space in rubbermaids filled with every imaginable collectiable you can think of. I have been trying for years to get my mother to just throw most of it away until I grew up and started to work on Ebay with her. I am also A+, NET+, and have a small busniess, but now I have contacted the "bug". The Picture was brought up to my room, where I realized what it was a googled the Frobes Coffee company and found how much the tins are going for on ebay, but I have yet to see anything like this. I am wondering if, in fact it is an advertisement (I would have a hard time beleiving that it isn't) and what something like this would go for at auction. I sprayed it very lightly and in intervals with a dust off container. I spray in intervals so the cold doesn't build up on the fragile medium or ink. Also, I was afraid some liquid woudl come out. I frequently use dust off to clean off collectibles. It measures 18" high by 28" acrosss. There are no accidental damage to this, just about 6 small nail/screw holes where it was affixed for advertistment. I am really convinced now that it is a print, because there is a small spot where the yellow paint is missing and you can see the blue underneath that was probably the first layer of the print. I am including pics ot these. It really is a pretty color picture and I was wondering if I should spend the monty to restore it or just sell it like it is? I appreciate your input.