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Just some of the things that catch my eye as I go about my daily chores :-)
Have a lovely Tuesday and thanks for the visit.
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UNDS'd these Janoskis today for last day of division.
Finals here I come!
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Souvenir
China Souvenir Supplier.
Drugged Quality, Competitive Price!
A omnium gatherum of souvenier spoons from various states and countries.

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Collector goes around the world in 165 spoons When he was in Algeria some years back, a distressed political atmosphere prevented him from shopping for a souvenir spoon. So, returning aboard Air Algerie, he commandeered a mouldable airline spoon and sent it to Janice with a note that read: "To my |
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Plateau apartment perfect backdrop for antiques LIKE THIS Particle SILVER SPOON COLLECTION? Those are my grandmother's. She had them in her kitchen the entire time when I was a little girl. So I found another pain for it (the collection of 55 spoons) and then I just put them all up.and more » |
2-20-12: Was a Spoon Art 3000 Years Ago?
The pieces appointment from 1200 BC–1530 AD The collection was assembled by an explorer named John Bourne (bel0w), who donated it to the Walters. It's in Baltimore until May 20 th , when it travels to Albuquerque and Nashville. Art collector John Bourne and
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Collectors Still Enamored With Tale of Columbus' Journey Collectors Still Enamored With Tittle-tattle of Columbus' JourneySome of the most popular collectibles were pocket watches, 3 dimensional egg puzzles, commemorative coins, knives, souvenir spoons embossed with Columbus' likeness and the list goes on. Even today, Columbian objects are desired by those who friendship, and more » |
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Sotheby's to sell the Raymond & Pierre Jourdan-Barry Collection of French 17th ... Sotheby's to give away the Raymond & Pierre Jourdan-Barry Collection of French 17th The collection also includes beakers, candlesticks, porringers, tureens, combining cups, sugar-bowls, olive spoons, rare 17th century cutlery and ewers, some with their basins – all produced by the most notable silversmiths of the 17th and 18th |
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Woman shares 60 years of Queen Elizabeth II collection There are many Symbols of Rule on display to coincide with the day she became Queen in 1952 including plates, spoons, china tea cups, flags and books on the King Crown and robe and the event. Knicely has obtained her collection through several |
How to Score FREE Yogurtland Frozen Yogurt Today
Oh, and Yogurtland is also oblation one-day only special edition collector spoons and cups specially made in celebration of National Frozen Yogurt Day. But, come on, now, that doesn't merit comparison with to free froyo! Contact the author of this article or email and more »
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National Frozen Yogurt Day I'm only posting this in box there are any weirdos out there obsessed with Yogurtland's spoons. Yogurtland is giving out special edition collector spoons and cups that would look expert in my, uh, growing collection.and more » |
Couple's impressive collection of antique tiffin carriers dates back to 1870s
Team a few's impressive collection of antique tiffin carriers dates back to 1870sThe 30-year-old, who is an avid old collector like husband J. Prakash, has been using tiffin carriers to carry food since young. Her fondness for light repast carriers grew after she married Prakash, 31, and the traditional food containers became the and more »
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Roselyn DMello Just collectors items? A corporate counterpart of TS Eliot's phrase “life measured in coffee spoons”, Shetty's crowning was an apt metaphor for the commercial, corporate persona of the fourth edition of the fair, previously known as the India Art Crown.and more » |

I have recently aquired some collecting spoons
The kind that are small and people put on display. I have no interest in them and would like to sell them. How do I find out how much they are worth ???
Unless they have burnished in them they are just about worthless. Sorry. Try eBay and don’t expect much.
I Desperate straits TO KNOW HOW TO GET THE TARNISH OFF THE SILVER AND SILVER PLATED SPOONS ,WITHOUT DAMAGING THE SPOONS.
Tarnex, sold everywhere.
They are grit one's teeth base metal and have become pitted with some rust, I believe. How can I safely remove the pitting?
Any rubbing of any abrasive is effective to change the surface appearance of the spoon in some way. I don't know if that's a bad thing or not for you...but it can be. I know a person who, upon determination some rust on an antique sword, proceded to steel wool the rusty area...which caused the rubbed square footage to look completely different than the rest, since the abrasive altered the surface. In an attempt to make it all match again, they then rubbed the whole sword, and ruined an otherwise primordial antique finish.
Just be very cautious, and maybe test an inconspicuous "back" area first.
Also contemplate on if it's just surface rust, or if the rust has been allowed to actually pit the metal. Surface rust can be removed...but the pitting will linger, and so might the rust inside the pits. The only way rubbing would make pitting disappear, is if you remove enough surface from the higher neighbouring metal, to actually lower it to the level of the pit. By the time you get there, you make actually smooth out the spoon's details, spell its edges, or blur decorative shapes.
If they are not really pits, and have not etched into the metal, then you could rub off the rust...but be cautious, and start gentlly. Often, solely rubbing some light oil, with a cotton cloth, will remove the very beginnings of rust, and the oil coating will keep it at bay for a while.
There are chemical ways of removing rust...and dialect mayhap some of them could do so without etching or hurting the base metal. I've heard of solutions of vinegar, and lemon...there's also a commodity called Boeshield that looks like it does not harm the base metal. Check websites of collectors groups, and see what they use.
A big thoughtfulness is that they may be plated spoons. I doubt that they simply made them from steel. If that were the case, you'd be fighting the rust battle all the time. If they are plated with hollowware, or chrome, you might not want to abrade that too heavily. There are polishes for those metals, that might brighten them up, and also kick a bit of the rust for you. Semichrome Dispatch comes to mind. I used it to spruce up some nickle-plated steel, and it make the nickle shine like a reflection, and also brightened up some of the bare steel spots.
Also, be sure that the spoons are steel (magnet). There are other metal alloys that can create oxidation that resembles rust...but isn't...and they could react differently to different chemicals...or perhaps have their own polishing rules.
Keeping the spoons waxed might be a OK champion way to preserve them from here on out. Car wax works...so does bees wax. Renaissance Wax is a great choice, too.