Mid-week antique update

Slim pickings at the auction today. Prices were sky-high on both pieces I wanted, an Elektra espresso machine and a Dunhill humidor, went for $425 each plus buyer's premium. I managed to pick up a nice Batashev Samovar, along with a could other ethnographic metal trinkets, but I need to research them before I actually price them.

I also popped by my restorer's shop on the way back and dropped off a circa 1750 English rapier and a 1825 coromandel lap desk for repair.  They are going to look stunning upon completion.