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On a brand-new episode of "Antiques Roadshow" Monday, a Fred Myrick scrimshaw tooth got a price tag that would probably put said fairy in a lot of 'Antiques Roadshow:' See a whale tooth worth more ...
Ivory is a fragile medium; many 19th-century pieces were preserved because they were kept in a barrel of oil on board ship. Gary Kiracofe, a scrimshander in Nantucket, Massachusetts, advises collectors that if a piece looks dry, one should fill the center of the tooth with unscented baby oil and allow it to remain until as much oil as possible is soaked into the microscopic pores of the ivory.
Kaufman refutes the idea that this phase is influenced by European and Euro-American buyers who wanted to purchase Haida carved argillite in Western themes. She also disagrees with the theory Barbeau and Erna Gunther proposed: that Western themed argillite carving was inspired by whalers' scrimshaw. Kaufmann interprets the move toward Western ...
Kijiji's owner was also a minority shareholder in Craigslist.In April 2008, eBay launched a lawsuit against Craigslist claiming that their executives were attempting to weaken eBay's investment, while in May of the same year, Craigslist filed a counter suit claiming Kijiji had stolen trade secrets and that eBay used misleading tactics to promote the service.
The U.S. Commerce Department said on Thursday it is considering new rules that would impose restrictions on Chinese drones that would restrict or ban them in the United States citing national ...
A Florida man has been charged with attempted murder after he allegedly tried to kill his wife on Christmas Day due to "financial and health issues," authorities said.
Scrimshaw is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Charlie Scrimshaw (1909–1973), English footballer; George Scrimshaw (rugby union) (1902–1971 ...
A North Carolina father was arrested Monday after allegedly storming into a high school and choking a teenage student in a caught-on-video attack. Quinton Lofton, 43, was charged with felony ...