More quartz point plethora

[Hoss]

I posted this picture piggy backed yesterday with the other quartz frame. The points in it where coming loose from the backing. This frame was created by my Dad before I was born. New paper in the backing of the frame confirms this. This is the first time this frame was opened in 60 years.



How it looked yesterday below

[sailorjoe]

Hi Matt. What an outstanding display of quartz points. I never knew that the NA's living in the northeast produced such beautiful artifact of quartz. Most of the quartz and quartzite points I found were usually relatively crude looking. BTW that paper is dated a week before my 17th birthday.

[Hoss]

Time to update this frame I will try and stick with this design but it needs a new backing to be sure. Amazed it stayed together so long. The back was nailed to the frame with carpet tacks, There was a screw in eyelet holding one side of the wire hanger and a horseshoe nail on the other side. LOL Back in the day we were poor. I lived in a trailer park til I was 7 . Dad probably just used what he could to make some of these earlier displays. But he sure did make them Pop with eye catching designs!

[SDhunter]

He did very well I think

[tomclark]

Stunning quartz!!

[kayakaddict]

one of the nicest frames I've seen, thanks for sharing

[gregszybala]

Wow! Can't even imagine.

[Hoss]

I looked at the newspapers again one was from June 1956 another from Feb 1957 and one torn in half said 1960 I figure because there was two types of nails he opened this back up in 1960 and stuffed another piece of newspaper between the batting and backboard. SOme of those points are clunky and heavy so sagging of the cloth probably happened and needed addressing early on. Pretty cool info in the papers. Ads for steak at .49 per pound. Veal three pounds for a dollar. Man they had it good. I was looking to see if they had any automobile prices but I could not find them There was an ad about the Olds 88 getting a new roof line for the 61 model LOL

[Sugaree]

Absolutely beautiful frames!

[G10+]

Stunning for sure Matt .... be sure to leave the old papers in there...