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Good afternoon!
I've watches of Pavel Bure brand, 484739. How to authenticate it?

Sincerely yours, Nikolay
Thanks a lot in advance!

Good afternoon, Nikolay!

In our institute we have a special course called
"Watches. History, Basics of authentication and expertise".
The course of lectures is given by senior researcher Melnikova Olga Nikoleyevna, the custodian of the watches collection.
I suppose, you should contact her. Her work phone is 676 59 19

Yours respectfully,
Irina Georgievna Rybak

Before New Year in antique shops and flea markets there were many fur-tree toys. Tell, please, on what from all variety it is necessary to pay attention?

Thanks, Ekaterina.

Really, now the market old, and sometimes and antiquarian toys is great enough. Certainly, first of all, it is necessary to solve what toys to you more close - glass, wadded, and can cardboard. The greatest interest among collectors is caused with wadded toys. It is remarkable touching skaters, girls, boys, чукчи on deers - they bear in themselves a spontaneity of perception of a daily life and the man-made beginning.
Cardboard toys, so-called "дрезденки" also are very interesting even to that they have appeared in Russia on a boundary of 20 centuries, cheap enough, naturally, were not so appreciated and consequently them in the market remains not so much.
On toys 40 - 70th years it is possible to trace all new, that appeared in our country at that time. It would be desirable to note, what exactly at this time in the country was blossoming manufacture of fur-tree toys, therefore products of this time are appreciated most highly. Dirigible balloons, planes, rockets - all this was done of a multi-coloured glass beads and a wire, and also blown from the thin glass painted then manually.
Characters of fairy tales, ridiculous зверюшки, courageous cosmonauts and parachuters will perfectly decorate your fur-tree and will make its original machine of time which will carry you in the country of the childhood because everyone who will come to you on a visit for certain will find that toy by which has once been bewitched on the eve of the best holiday - New Year on a branch.
Happiness, successes and pleasure to you in New to Year!

Hello! My name is Tatyana.

I collect figurines of the Leningrad porcelain factory. On this subjects it is not enough books. Very much it would be desirable to learn more that was issued at a factory in 40 - 80 years.

Dear Tatyana!

On the second to year of training of additional vocational training of our program, specialization "Arts and crafts" is read a rate "Ceramics. Bases attribution  and examinations" in which some lectures are allocated to work of porcelain factories of the Soviet period. You can hear to them. Employment begin with October, 4th, you can specify day and time of reading of the given rate, having called to us on ph. 287-36-50. You also can familiarize with the brief program of this rate and is possible, it will be interesting to you to hear to it completely.

For now you can take advantage of the book "The State porcelain factory 1904 - 1944", left in publishing house "St.-Petersburg the Orchestra" in 2005 we Hope, that you will find something interesting to yourselves.