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Great Discoveries: Iron Age Jewelry, Coins Found During Excavation

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Medieval gold ring found at an excavation site in England Image Source: Orbit Homes via Newsweek Orbit Homes has been preparing to build a residential development in the village of Stonham Aspal, England. They were circular dwellings with thatched roofs and walls made of timber and other materials.

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5 Tips for Valuing Antiques

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These may include imagery, goldsmithing and painting or even more modern items such as automobiles, collectibles or residential contents. Keeping track of this information helps appraisers immensely, since the origin may give us most of the information about the manufacture of the piece, materials, etc.

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Mesoamerican Marvels: Art and Architecture of the Aztec and Mayan Civilizations 

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Embedded in this style was often the adherence to the natural form of incorporated materials, like the way this feline profile carving hugs the contours of its jade substrate. These city grids typically extended from a main city plaza to distinguish between ceremonial sites, elite palaces, and more general residential spaces.

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Choosing an Appraiser—Essential Questions to Ask: Part I

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You can search by location or by type of material to be appraised. Residential Contents appraisers routinely handle all the furniture, rugs and decorative items that are normally encountered in a home. Within residential contents appraisers and fine art appraisers, there are some overlaps.

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Exploring Brazilian Modernism: A Fusion of Tradition and Innovation

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He gave the new city a formal unity, as he designed residential, commercial, and government buildings, including the residence of the President, the National Congress of Brazil, and the hyperboloid Cathedral of Brasília. The piece of furniture is not just the shape, not just the material which is made but also something inside it.