Archive for History

Has anyone heard of the Union Nickel Company in the Civil War Era?

Mitech | May 4, 2010 | 0 Comments

Rathi asked: I have found a old spoon and it looks like a spoon from the civil war era. Matched it up to one that I had in a old book. On the back of it it states that it was made by the Union Nickel Company. I have not been able to find anything [...]

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w.m. rogers?

Mitech | April 22, 2010 | 5 Comments

Scott S asked: I have a silver flatware set. I am not sure of it’s value. We read an ealier post by someone else and they spoke about A-1 and stuff like that and we do have some pieces that have that stamp. But an entire set of this silver just says w m rogers* [...]

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how can i sell an antique binoculars ?

Mitech | April 20, 2010 | 2 Comments

Rony Loutfi asked: WWI antique binoculars for professional collectioneur pristine condition price can be negotiated not a US resident and with photos of the binoculars
Any interested people ?

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Chevalier opticien Paris. binoculars. Origin of the company ?

Mitech | January 23, 2010 | 1 Comments

piper asked: I recntly purchased a pair of Chevalier opticien Paris Binoculars. I am finding it very hard to get any information of the company itself . Can anyone give me some help with find out about them. I need to know about when they started and when they closed and anything else you can [...]

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w.m. rogers?

Mitech | January 4, 2010 | 1 Comments

Scott S asked: I have a silver flatware set. I am not sure of it’s value. We read an ealier post by someone else and they spoke about A-1 and stuff like that and we do have some pieces that have that stamp. But an entire set of this silver just says w m rogers* [...]

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Question about Binoculars on the Titanic?

Mitech | November 9, 2009 | 6 Comments

Major General Tank asked: much has been made of the fact that the Lookouts didnt have binoculars tho the Bridge crew had them. Surely in 1912 and at night Binoculars would have been useless wouldnt they? I have used night vision Binoculars myself which are fine but they didnt have them in 1912 [...]

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