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Can you tell me who made this vase and what it is worth? It is 5" tall by 5.5" wide. It is marked 829 USA.  Your vase was made by Camark Pottery (Camden, AR). I'm sorry to say that it is worth under $10.

I bought this item recently at an antiques shop.  I know very little about Baseball. I'm hoping you will know who the signatures are as I don't have a clue. It is marked 'Official National League - Ford C Frick Pres.' & 'Spalding The Cushioned Cork Center Made in U.S.A.' I have taken numerous photos showing all the signatures. I counted 17 signatures. You have a Ford Frick major league baseball that was for minor league usage. It is stamped "Western League" and has the Western League's President's stamp on it (Edwin C Johnson). The ball is signed by members of the 1948 Sioux City Soos, a Class A Western League team located in Sioux City, Iowa.  The signatures are not the best, but, I believe I can make out the following ballplayers: Manager Joe Becker, Don Schoenborn, Bob Hofman, Dave Honan, Sam Brewer, Ray Carlson, Bill Daues, Bill Pavlik, Gail Henley, Ed Martin, Tookie Gilbert, Mike Columbo, Charles Gooding and Ernie Yelen. A few of ...

In the October 14th, 2016 edition of the Detroit News, there was an appraisal done by DuMouchelles Auction Gallery in Detroit for a 1930's era Bulova Presentation Wristwatch. The inscription reads "To Honus Wagner From the Boys of Greenwich Village".  The history of the wristwatch is unknown to the owner and was not found by the appraiser.  Hall of Famer Wagner retired as a player in 1917. He was a coach for the Pittsburgh Pirates during the 1930's and there appeared to be no known link to Greenwich Village (New York).  I believe I may have the watches' origin. The Huron Baseball Club of Greenwich Village planned and held a "Honus Wagner Day" at The New York Giants' Polo Grounds in New York on May 22, 1938. Apparently, Wagner had done a favor for the baseball club at some time and they were staging a day for the ex fellow National Leaguer on the first visit of the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Polo Grounds in 1938. The arrangement committee...

BRUSH POTTERY USA 690

I tried to research the trademark "S" on the back with Germany written inside the letter, but, did not come up with any information on eBay, Kovel or Replacements.com. If anyone knows who made these plates I would really like to have you contact me so I would have a little more information. This mark was used by K. Steinmann (Kuno Steinmann) between 1900-1932 or 1938.

Is this a perfume bottle? It is marked Czechoslovakia. Yes....it is called a scent flask. 

I have an opportunity to purchase a painting by Henri Renard. Is his work worth anything? Renard is in a line of other French painters who sold their work to tourists who poured into Paris in the 1950's-1970's. Nearly all of the works you will find by Renard are Parisian street scenes. He did have these same themed paintings sent to galleries in the US for sale. Renard, according to a bio on the back of one of his works, was born in 1920. Little to nothing is known of  his full biography.  Auction records show that his paintings have reached the $600-800 range, however, recent records from the past 4-5 years, show his paintings selling for about $100-150. As I have stated in previous blog articles, I am not an art expert, but, I have noticed what appears to be a decline in the interest of these Parisian street scenes as I have handled quite a few of them and noticed a downward trend.