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seashorecollections

GLASS BALL FISHING FLOATS by SEASHORE COLLECTIONS
by seashorecollections( 1492)
Seashore Collections ebay Store SEASHORE-COLLECTIONS-GLASS-FLOATS EBAY ID: seashorecollections GLASS FISHING FLOATS FACT SHEET Japan started using glass fishing floats for fishing in 1910, and by 1939...
Tags: maritime | fishing float | buoy | glass float | nautical
281 of 289 people found this guide helpful
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scrimcollector

How to Distinguish Authentic Scrimshaw from Fakeshaw
by scrimcollector( 600)
How to Distinguish Authentic Whale Tooth Scrimshaw from Resin "Fakeshaw" (Part 1 of 3) The 1970s saw the implementation of the U.S. Federal Marine Mammals Protection Act of 1972 (MMPA), and the U.S. Federal...
Tags: fakeshaw | whale tooth | scrimshaw | ivory | tusk
251 of 260 people found this guide helpful
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oneilld

'Museum Quality' Ship Models (not!)
by oneilld( 1309)
I am writing this because I see an increasing number of model ships sold on Ebay described as 'Museum Quality'. I have yet to see one so described that actually WAS museum quality.There are very strict terms...
Tags: Museum quality | Model Ships
189 of 212 people found this guide helpful
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gratefultroy

How To Tell if your Ivory is Real or an imitation piece
by gratefultroy( 122)
Hi, I would like to let you know there is a very good way to find out if your ivory item (scrimshaw, whale tooth, tusk, etc) is made from a real piece of ivory. Imitation ivory can look very much like real...
Tags: ivory | scrimshaw | elephant tusk | whale tooth | ivory tusks
82 of 88 people found this guide helpful
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scrimcollector

Distinguishing Antique Scrimshaw from Fraudulent Ivory
by scrimcollector( 600)
Distinguishing Authentic Antique Scrimshaw from Fraudulent Ivory (Part 3 of 3) Another type of fraudulent antique scrimshaw is actually a form of forgery. The 1975 Convention on International Trade in...
Tags: whale tooth | scrimshaw | fakeshaw | tusk | ivory
73 of 73 people found this guide helpful
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mad-marc

SCAM, FAKE OR MISREPRESENTED DIVING HELMETS
by mad-marc( 324)
There is nothing wrong with buying a reproduction dive helmet for display, as long as you KNOW you're doing it. How do you spot them? At the prices commanded by a real dive helmet today, it is very worthwhile...
Tags: diving | helmet | helmets | deep sea | dive
67 of 69 people found this guide helpful
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seahermit

Ebay "Beachcombing" for European Glass Fishing Floats
by seahermit( 266)
The description or heading of an Ebay auction often reads: "Japanese glass fishing float".Looking at the auction,I realize that the float is not a Japanese float, but is in fact, a European-made float. This is...
Tags: glass float | glass ball | maritime | nets | nautical
62 of 66 people found this guide helpful
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scrimcollector

Distinguish Authentic Scrimshaw from Shaped Bone
by scrimcollector( 600)
Distinguishing Authentic Scrimshaw from Precision Fakeshaw Tooth-Shaped Bone (Part 2 of 3) ARTEK Creations, aka Artek Gifts, ArTeK, or Artek, is a division of New Hampshire-based Riley Mountain Products....
Tags: fakeshaw | scrimshaw | whale tooth | tusk | ivory
57 of 59 people found this guide helpful
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scrimcollector

The Difference Between Fids and Bodkins
by scrimcollector( 600)
Bodkins are quite frequently mis-labeled as Fids on eBay. Here are definitive differences. Fids are usually 5-inches to 12-inches long, conical in shape from a sharp point to a 1-inch to 1.5-inch wide,...
Tags: whalebone | ivory | fid | bodkin | scrimshaw
46 of 47 people found this guide helpful
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bluemando

Nuguruk: Eskimo ivory?
by bluemando( 363)
Nuguruk: Ivory items with the signature "Nuguruk" are fairly common; carving sets, ashtrays, cheese slicers.... Are these genuine Eskimo scrimshaw? In reality, "Nuguruk" was not an eskimo...
Tags: antiques ethnographic | native american | eskimo | ivory
44 of 46 people found this guide helpful
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