PALLADIUM CIGARETTE BOX

This is a fun find.

I just lowered the price!!!

It is a box that Rock used for years and then gave it to me.  Here is the story behind that......>

It is a very old cigarette box, probably from the 30's or 40's and Rock used to keep his cigarettes in it.   I had seen him carrying this box for years by then.

Back then, now and again,  he smoked non-filtered cigarettes. Then came time he was going to be giving up non-filtered cigarettes completely, and smoke only filtered cigarettes.  But  the box was not big enough.

I was with him that day,  was admiring the box and him trying to stuff filtered cigarettes into a place that they wouldn't fit,  so he tossed it to me and said "you can have it".

Anyone who knew Rock Hudson, knew that he did things like this all the time.  He was a very generous person and made light of most everything.

Well, at the time, we both thought it was silver.   Silver was about $6.00 /oz. or so.   Usually though,  silver is marked or/and hallmarked.   This box isn't. So I went to have it tested in Downtown Los Angeles at the jewelry mart to a guy he had sent me to,  we found out it was Palladium which did not have much value at the time either but a bit more than silver.  I think it was around $28.00 / oz.   A few years back, Palladium reached as high as $1200.00 / oz.  It has come down but is  a commmodity on par with  gold and silver now.

It weighs just under 4 troy ozs. Measures:   3.75" x 2.2" x .75"

It feels very heavy duty, solid as a rock (no punn intended).

The initials on the top,.... I asked him whose they were, (as they are not his) and he told me that it has the initials of the person who gave it to him.   He told me the name, but that was so many years ago, I forgot.

The initials are NS or SN.

COMES WITH A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY AND A LIFETIME GUARANTEE OF AUTHENTICITY.

3 CONTAINERS WITH PERFUME BOTTLES INSIDE.

Here is an interesting find.

I don't know much about it other than I am opening a box of Rocks things right now and it is filled with "Knick-Knacks".

I am selling the three of these together as a set.    They are little containers, that when unscrewed, reveal little perfume bottles.

The scents are old, dried up and don't smell  very good right now.

There are two that sort of match.  One is 3.5" tall and the other is 2.75" tall.  Both are about .75" in diameter.  The third is just over 3" tall and1.25" in diameter and the crystal bottle inside is fabulous.

I think that they are from France.   They are in excellent condition.

COMES WITH A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY AND A LIFETIME GUARANTEE OF AUTHENTICITY.

COIN PILL CONTAINER C. 1780

This is another fun find.

I have seen these kind of things before.   They take a coin, cut it in half, and make little containers out of them.  It is a real coin!!!!
This is one Rock Would carry when he traveled.  He wasn't really a "pill taker", but he did take aspirin.  He always had them with him.

Great person to have around if you ever got a head ache!!

I think the coin is French,  I may be wrong.  It is stamped with a date, 1780.  It is in excellent condition and stays closed very well.

Once again, I didn't polish it or play around with it.  It is as I found it, minus the little sticky tape glue on the front.  I rubbed that off with my thumb.

I imagine it is silver like most coins of the day, though I never had it tested.

MEASURES:   1.6"  DIA. X 5/8" THICK.
WEIGHS:  24.2 GRAMS

COMES WITH A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY AND A LIFETIME GUARANTEE OF AUTHENTICITY

"WONDERS OF THE STEREOSCOPE" BOOK SET WITH VIEWER

GORHAM STERLING SILVER BOOK CORNER

GORHAM STERILING 70  IS WHAT IS STAMPED ON THE BACK. 

I THINK IT IS A BOOK CORNER.  IT IS ORNATELY CARVED.

  IT MEASURES 2.75" DIAG. BY 1.75". 

IT WEIGHS 6.1 GRAMS AND IS IN GREAT CONDITION.

COMES WITH A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY AND A LIFETIME GUARANTEE OF AUTHENTICITY.

WOODEN JEWELRY BOX FROM INDONESIA

THIS IS FUN!!!

IT IS A JEWELRY BOX THAT ROCK PICKED UP AND KEPT IN HIS SPARE BEDROOM.  

IN IT WERE CUFFLINKS, TIE CLIPS, MONEY, MONEY CLIPS, ETC.  

HE TOLD ME IT WAS FROM INDONESIA AND WAS MADE FROM A VERY RARE WOOD.  I THINK HE TOLD ME IT WAS KAPALAN WOOD.

MEASURES 11.75" X 8" X 3.75" AND HAS A PULLOUT PIECE.

COMES WITH A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY AND A LIFETIME GUARANTEE OF AUTHENTICITY.

WOODEN PILL BOX FROM INDONESIA

DESK CONTAINER WITH ADDRESS LABELS

THIS IS FUN!!!!

ROCK HAD THIS ON HIS DESK AND IN IT HE KEPT HIS RETURN ADDRESS LABELS HE PUT ON HIS MAIL.  THE CONTAINER STILL HAS A FEW INSIDE THAT COME WITH THIS.   IT IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AND IS NOT SIGNED THAT I CAN SEE.

A WONDERFUL ADDITION TO ANY COLLECTORS ITEMS.

MEASURES 6" dia. by 2" HIGH

COMES WITH A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY AND A LIFETIME GUARANTEE OF AUTHENTICITY.

Golf Tee Marker

This is a Golf Tee Marker from the Bermuda Dunes Country Club.  It was in the home in Bermuda Dunes when I received it.    It must be from the course.  It may have been put in the house by Rock or Geroge, I am not sure.  But one or the other.

What a wonderful find!!

COMES WITH A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY AND A LIFE TIME GUARANTEE OF AUTHENTICITY.

Golf Tee Marker

This is a Golf Tee Marker from the Bermuda Dunes Country Club.  It was in the home in Bermuda Dunes when I received it.    It must be from the course.  It may have been put in the house by Rock or Geroge, I am not sure.  But one or the other.

What a wonderful find!!

COMES WITH A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY AND A LIFE TIME GUARANTEE OF AUTHENTICITY.