Mrs. A.N.A. ?
sellitstore
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Collector and dealer in obsolete currency. Always buying all obsolete bank notes and scrip.
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Cool!
Looks like Louis Vuitton!
Interior views of the coin trays would be nice.
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Thanks for the picture, the link in the OP does not work.....No interior pictures? Cheers, RickO
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See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces
@astrorat.... Wow... Thanks. Very interesting.. a traveling bureau.... What are those round things on sticks in the bottom box drawer? With the vent holes, it looks like a place for worn garments, and perhaps the puff balls were scented? I have a great imagination
Cheers, RickO
Designed for pets or small children. The dark "puff ball" were dense sponges that held up to 2 weeks worth of water.
See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces
@astrorat... Wow... that is an explanation I would never have thought of... or considered.
Cheers, RickO
It was how a very young Houdini began his training.
See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces
And here I was expecting a pageant.
Keeper of the VAM Catalog • Professional Coin Imaging • Prime Number Set • World Coins in Early America • British Trade Dollars • Variety Attribution
And I was thinking that it would make a great gift for one of our top women A.N.A. staff. Where's Mr. A.N.A. when we need him?
Awesome antique piece.
Notice the bulge on the top.
You know the old-fashioned steamer trunks with the high, rounded lids? There was a reason for that. When you traveled by ship, a "steamer," you kept one or two pieces of luggage in your stateroom to live out of and stowed the rest of your luggage in the hold. Of necessity some stuff was on top, and other stuff was on the bottom with other stuff stacked on top of it. The steamer trunks did not stack well, so they ended up on top. This meant that your stuff did not get crushed by the other stuff, and when the ship was unloading at the pier at the end of the trip your stuff came off first!