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Sould I get my lamp polished?
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| 3/16/2011
| Oshkalaboomboom
Posted on 03/16/2011 9:49:32 AM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom
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To: Oshkalaboomboom
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posted on
03/16/2011 10:23:40 AM PDT
by
frithguild
(The Democrat Party Brand - Big Government protecting Entrenched Interests from Competition)
To: Oshkalaboomboom
42
posted on
03/16/2011 10:23:48 AM PDT
by
frithguild
(The Democrat Party Brand - Big Government protecting Entrenched Interests from Competition)
To: Oshkalaboomboom
I know a guy who often asks me if I want my clock cleaned.
I always tell him no.
I can’t imagine why he keeps asking.
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posted on
03/16/2011 10:25:35 AM PDT
by
paulycy
(Islamo-Marxism is Evil.)
To: Oshkalaboomboom
Oh by all means! Get a coarse wire brush and give it a good scrub and then varnish it to prevent that nasty corrosion!
That way any value it might have will be gone and you won’t have to be carefull with it anymore.
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posted on
03/16/2011 10:26:13 AM PDT
by
count-your-change
(You don't have be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
To: Oshkalaboomboom
Every chance you get...
45
posted on
03/16/2011 10:27:29 AM PDT
by
null and void
(We are now in day 784 of our national holiday from reality. - It's 3 AM somewhere)
To: Oshkalaboomboom
There is a possibility that the lamp is not bronze at all, and if you clean or polish it, you might get an unwelcome surprise.
Google “spelter”.
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posted on
03/16/2011 10:30:55 AM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
(TOTUS knows how to give a speech. Obama knows how to read.)
To: Oshkalaboomboom
No, please don't. You will not like the results and the value will plummet. I suspect the lamp will look like a modern reproduction once polished. Tearing the patina off the lamp would be a shame.
Consider an 80 year old woman with a face lift, botox etc. it just does not look natural.
47
posted on
03/16/2011 10:31:20 AM PDT
by
warsaw44
To: Oshkalaboomboom
Don’t polish old Brass, dust only.
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posted on
03/16/2011 10:32:31 AM PDT
by
MaxMax
To: Oshkalaboomboom
If it has this mark it's Salem Bros.
49
posted on
03/16/2011 10:35:58 AM PDT
by
libertarian27
(Ingsoc: Department of Life, Department of Liberty, Department of Happiness)
To: Oshkalaboomboom
Do NOT polish it. Get a good emery cloth and take the dirt off. You will know when it is clean bt do not polish it. I use emery cloth on my inside door knobs to take fingerprints, dirt and dust off. I have a collection of antique fire extinguishers and DO have them polished but they are not as treasured as that lamp is.
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posted on
03/16/2011 10:40:40 AM PDT
by
Safetgiver
(I'd rather die under a free American sky than live under a Socialist regime.)
To: Oshkalaboomboom
In searching the Internet I've found some Salem Bro. lamps from about the early 20’s, most worth a few hundred dollars at most, not Tiffany but not junk either!
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posted on
03/16/2011 10:40:46 AM PDT
by
count-your-change
(You don't have be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
To: La Lydia
Remember the hammerhead on the roadshow who stripped his American highboy?
What a nightmare.
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posted on
03/16/2011 10:41:21 AM PDT
by
warsaw44
To: Allegra
I wished for world peace, I got a pile of dirt with the explanation "this is piece of world you asked for." I always liked the X-Files episode centered around the genie. Mulder wishes for world peace and finds himself the world's lone inhabitant.
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posted on
03/16/2011 10:42:41 AM PDT
by
edpc
(Tagline under construction: Your American Recovery and Reinvestment Act dollars at work.)
To: Oshkalaboomboom
That's a $600-$800 lamp as is. If you clean it to original condition you can increase its value to about $100. With the money you save, you can go out an buy another lamp.
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posted on
03/16/2011 10:47:34 AM PDT
by
raygun
To: Yo-Yo
Was visiting a friend and fellow dealer at a coin show not too long ago.
He was close to hysterical when I saw him as a couple whom he had offered $15,000 for a rare trade dollar coin had returned to accept his offer. They had thought it over for a few days, decided to accept but thought ‘ Golly gee, maybe he’ll offer more if we polish it ‘.
His offer after the fine polishing job? $1,500.00
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posted on
03/16/2011 10:50:15 AM PDT
by
warsaw44
To: warsaw44
DAMN! And those people are probably going to produce offsping!
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posted on
03/16/2011 10:54:15 AM PDT
by
Axenolith
(Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
To: Oshkalaboomboom
Sould not polis.
Rerry nice ramp.
To: warsaw44
You should see the value increase when you strip off that old varnish and refinish that nice Chippendale dresser.
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posted on
03/16/2011 11:01:18 AM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: mupcat
Absolutely agree.
There are specialists who deal with antique repair/restoration, but it takes a SPECIALIST!
Not somebody who just bought a pack of 0000 steel wool!
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posted on
03/16/2011 11:01:29 AM PDT
by
djf
(Dems and liberals: Let's redefine "marriage". We already redefined "natural born citizen".)
To: Oshkalaboomboom
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posted on
03/16/2011 11:07:00 AM PDT
by
Rich21IE
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