2024Annzstiques Auction HouseVintage Pencil Sharpener Bakelite Self Feed DRP Made in Germany KOH-I-NOOR has crack on the rightSee Sold Price
2024Gold Coast AuctioneersChinese Mah Jong Set of 152 Butterscotch Amber Bakelite TilesSee Sold Price
2024Gold Coast AuctioneersChinese Mah Jong Set 80 Butterscotch Amber Bakelite Tiles By Tyl ManufacturingSee Sold Price
2024RbfineartsAntique Butterscotch Bakelite Mahjong Set With Original Case And Game Manuals, 86 Mahjong PiecesSee Sold Price
2024Black Hills Curio CompanyOld Homestake Gold Mine Helmet with Edison Light pack Miner'sSee Sold Price
2024Black Hills Curio CompanyOld K-Bar Knife Olean N.Y. MK1 MK2 Navy Army Marines MilitarySee Sold Price
2024Cedarburg Auction & Appraisals LLCMixed Lot Bakelite and Plastic Bracelets, Rings, Earrings and NecklacesSee Sold Price
Bakelite: colorful and cheery costume jewelryNEW YORK – Originally developed in 1907 for use in the automotive and electrical industries by Leo Baekeland, a scientist working in Yonkers, N.Y., Bakelite was an early form of plastic that was not only a great insulator as it didn’t conduct electricity, but also it proved to be the perfect medium for costume jewelry.
Festival makes antiquing a year-round sport in South FloridaWEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – The first of this year’s West Palm Beach Antiques Festival Summer Shows on July 2-3 had lots of competition from the Monday national holiday and a crowded local events calendar, but rainy weather gave customers an opportunity for some dry, air-conditioned fun searching out antiques. Festival owners Kay and Bill […]
Reyne Gauge: Consumer Trends for 2010I love reading reports on the economy (this is a tongue-in-cheek statement by the way). One says we’re on the road to recovery, another claims we’re too quick when thinking it’s over. They constantly contradict themselves and I never seem to know if I should pull my wallet out, or put it away for another […]