Items of Value Inc

Our showroom sale, which takes up 2,500sqft of our 4,400sqft warehouse space, will feature Easter items such as handpainted wood eggs and bunnies. For this sale we have added yet two more display cases, for a total of seven now, filled with fine jewelry and small collectibles, plus sterling flatware. My workers have been polishing silver and brass for 6-1/2 days so that we can offer these. You will find sterling and FINE silverplate in a display cabinet in our entry room and much more in the righthand showroom.

We have added about 14 pounds of costume jewelry to the jewelry table and displayed large brass trays against the wall of our picture gallery . Have you ever heard of a British "toasting fork"? We have been given a collection of them to sell. They are very special, very rare, very interesting and are displayed on tables in front of the large brass trays. You will be interested to discover the decorations/themes on the handle ends. If you have not figured out how these collector items were used, we will teach you. One even has a hinged handle -- quite unusual.

Among the items we just picked up from an estate in Bethesda, we are pleased to offer an authentic Meissen figurine, which is quite detailed. We also have a vintage beaver top hat from 1907 in its original oval cardboard box. I wonder what particular occasion it was purchased for. It comes to us from the estate of an American diplomat. A VERY IMPORTANT item we also were asked to sell for the heirs of the estate is an original etching by Thomas Hart Benton (1889-1975), this one depicting a man milking a cow dating from the "socialist era".

Coming from the same estate is a set of VERY FINE cut crystal goblets from the Netherlands, being the Royal Leerdam Holland pattern. Another intriguing item from the same estate is a pre-1999 Venezuelan flag on pole stand featuring seven starts, therefore dating before Chavez came to power. A very unique item from Thailand is a large lacquered vessel mounted as a lamp over a period stand. You will see this as soon as you come in the door. Look for the authentic "Trump" vineyards wine tasting glass plus brochure plus small bottle of wine.

If this is your first time to our showroom, you will be astounded by the quantity of items from all over the world and how they are displayed. We have put out seven full or partial dinnerware sets of varying styles. We have already removed the coin bank collection to sell on ebay and the many teacups and saucers to make space for new items. We just added three FINE Waterford crystal table lamps and smaller Waterford bowls. So come for a good time.