![bronze statue]( "http://e.kovelsonline.com/q/d5Mm0pGTL18MT3sH1oalGfGUWmJw22VB-aHr77sRAbxmOP4GmLxFG6Fg0") If you live in an old house, don't overlook what could be hiding in plain sight in your backyard. A bronze statue topped a fountain in the backyard of a European castle for at least 300 years. Last year, Christie's did an appraisal at the castle and spotted the bronze. It is an unrecorded signed piece by an important Dutch sculptor, Adriaen de Vries, and dates from 1626. It is expected to sell for $8 to $11 million at a July 7 Christie's auction in London. ![]() Rare Find Worth Thousands![]() ![Baseball season ticket]( "http://e.kovelsonline.com/q/9k6TqWXGIWH3Y9pWYD3FBl8ipziyeekE43nAdd7f-g_FNKrGazoQBrQlG") Rare finds were common this week. A Massachusetts collector bid $60 for two old tickets that turned out to be two of the earliest baseball-related tickets ever printed. One was a season ticket to the late 1860s or '70s Athletic Base Ball Club of Philadelphia (later known as the Philadelphia Athletics). The other was to the 11th Annual National Association of Base-Ball Players convention in Philadelphia on December 11, 1867. The owner hopes to sell the tickets to someone who will donate them to the Baseball Hall of Fame. ![1915 prototype Coca-Cola bottle]( "http://e.kovelsonline.com/q/0YaV1HZwLBb1LlNevyFz494uxSCmnnqURFWUAAdJxpZX0ZkGygENMNNiB") An original 1915 prototype Coca-Cola bottle, along with the original drawing of the bottle, may be offered for sale soon. No one can guess how high the price may go. The design, by Earl R. Dean, had to be made thinner in the middle so the bottles wouldn't tip over. There are said to be two of these bottles in existence. One belongs to the Coca-Cola Company, the other to the designer's grandson, Greg Dean, and his family. Don't be confused by reproductions of the prototype that were made in 1965 to commemorate the bottle design. These have the dates 1915-1965 embossed on the bottom. | | | ![Pounce pots]( "http://e.kovelsonline.com/q/4uMa3cqEc0CCvkf6yF_JVy33o60q99ID7_u1pp2-Z1VZFPPG4GKV8tVac") Pounce Pot or Sugar Shaker![]() ![]()
Q: I've been trying to identify this piece for some time. I thought it was a sugar shaker made by the Tarentum Glass factory in the early 1900s. However, a colleague knowledgeable in antiques says it's a pounce pot or sand duster. There are no marks on the piece. It's hand-painted on milk glass.![]() A: Pounce pots and sand dusters were used to dry ink on paper before blotting paper became available in the early 1800s. Pounce pots look like sugar shakers, although some have concave tops to make it easier to put leftover pounce back into the pot. Pounce was made from a mixture of cuttlebone or pumice and sandarac gum or from finely ground sand, salt, talc, or other minerals. Tarentum Glass Company was in business in Tarentum, Pennsylvania, from 1893 to 1918, too late to be making pounce pots. Depending on the size, it might be a sugar shaker. If it's more than 4 inches tall, it's probably for sugar. Smaller ones are part of salt and pepper shaker sets. | ![]()
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