This auction: This piece was passed on from my grandmother to my mother. So must be at least from the late 20's early 30's My mother usually put magazines in it, but an old family photo shows it to hold flowers of some sort. It could easily have been for the use of umbrellas? It is not really a bucket but it is steel, handpainted and I would style it art deco ? I have put a price on but I don't know if this is reasonable or not. Make me an "acceptable" offer or it just goes to my grand children's inheritance.

I finally have been able to sort the bulk of the boxes of the estate. There is still a fair bit to go through but I will now gradually list various items that may be of some interest to the collectors amongst you. These include coin collection(s) and some artifacts/antiques

Initially I will list the "loose coins"

The estate has some serious complete sets of US coins and a very nice collection of old and new commemorative coins as well as a very large "Cents collection"

I have done some "minor research" and hope that I have priced items fair and acceptable.

I am no expert so any answer I likely will get from google.

There is a large number of coin rings and I gradually will sort out once identified what is what.