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Probably a strange question.
My grandfather was HUGE into hunting arrowheads, probably more so than I should go into here. I posted a while back about, as a teen, helping him carry 5 gallon buckets full of points to bury in his garden...bunches of them.
At some point, probably in the 1960s, he got into making frames to display them in. First question, does being in a frame detract from their desirability?
Sometime in the 80s, he found a guy at the Crossville flea market that traded artifacts. Papaw started trading tobacco cans full of "broken" "rough" points for these large pieces that the man had. The man claimed the were from "out west". Papaw assumed they were fakes, but still liked them, and since he was trading his "junk", he didn't figure he was out anything.
In the late 90's, papaw's health was going down fast. A family member was doing some selling at their local flea market. Papaw threw together a bunch of frames, that included these large pieces, for the family member to sell...to help them out. Second question, does these large pieces (possibly fake) take away from the rest of the authentic pieces in the frames? I remember in the 80s, the guy selling the large pieces had them priced at over 100.00 each. (Papaw got 100.00 per can credit towards the purchase/trade).
Most of these frames were sold. However in '06, when our house burned, (I lost all the frames I had), the family member gave me a few of the ones still around.
Papaw passed in 2000. My mother passed in late '06, and left some that she had, to me. Some of the frames were made from wood that papaw sourced from the old "one room school house", when it was torn down. Of course, I don't know which ones, or if I even have any of them.
My third question is the hardest to ask. I've got one whole wall in our bedroom, covered with these frames. I still have some with nowhere to display them. I have no family that's the least bit interested in them. What do I do with them? The ones on my wall are some that papaw made prior to the flea market thing...some he made in the 60 and 70s. I don't want to sell them..but I have considered giving them away, to someone who appreciates them. Papaw done it all the time. He loved to share...his face would light right up, when giving someone one of his frames.
What do I do? I would hate for them to fall into the hands of someone who only seen a monetary value...it wasn't what papaw would have wanted.
I know this was long winded, but I've been pondering this for years...it's time to ask for help.
My grandfather was HUGE into hunting arrowheads, probably more so than I should go into here. I posted a while back about, as a teen, helping him carry 5 gallon buckets full of points to bury in his garden...bunches of them.
At some point, probably in the 1960s, he got into making frames to display them in. First question, does being in a frame detract from their desirability?
Sometime in the 80s, he found a guy at the Crossville flea market that traded artifacts. Papaw started trading tobacco cans full of "broken" "rough" points for these large pieces that the man had. The man claimed the were from "out west". Papaw assumed they were fakes, but still liked them, and since he was trading his "junk", he didn't figure he was out anything.
In the late 90's, papaw's health was going down fast. A family member was doing some selling at their local flea market. Papaw threw together a bunch of frames, that included these large pieces, for the family member to sell...to help them out. Second question, does these large pieces (possibly fake) take away from the rest of the authentic pieces in the frames? I remember in the 80s, the guy selling the large pieces had them priced at over 100.00 each. (Papaw got 100.00 per can credit towards the purchase/trade).
Most of these frames were sold. However in '06, when our house burned, (I lost all the frames I had), the family member gave me a few of the ones still around.
Papaw passed in 2000. My mother passed in late '06, and left some that she had, to me. Some of the frames were made from wood that papaw sourced from the old "one room school house", when it was torn down. Of course, I don't know which ones, or if I even have any of them.
My third question is the hardest to ask. I've got one whole wall in our bedroom, covered with these frames. I still have some with nowhere to display them. I have no family that's the least bit interested in them. What do I do with them? The ones on my wall are some that papaw made prior to the flea market thing...some he made in the 60 and 70s. I don't want to sell them..but I have considered giving them away, to someone who appreciates them. Papaw done it all the time. He loved to share...his face would light right up, when giving someone one of his frames.
What do I do? I would hate for them to fall into the hands of someone who only seen a monetary value...it wasn't what papaw would have wanted.
I know this was long winded, but I've been pondering this for years...it's time to ask for help.