Nothing but junk....

@steves2241

Жыл бұрын

Dan, you are clueless.

@daniels1485

Жыл бұрын

@@steves2241 I think he's making a joke. In America, 90% silver coins are commonly referred to as junk silver.

@yoyo762

Жыл бұрын

I'll bet he loses money on this buy. There is a reason its sold in bulk. If there were valuable coins, they would have been singled out and sold individually. Like buying bags of worn out silver coins. Only worth their weight in scrap silver.

@steves2241

Жыл бұрын

@@yoyo762 You have no idea what you are talking about. That one binder is full of .999 silver dollars, some of them are also American Morgan silver dollars, and they are worth a lot of money. I would bet my life that one binder has $2k in value alone. Silver is $23.62 an ounce, but there is a premium on Morgans, Peace Dollars, and Eagles, we call them an ASE. Even a bullion .999 silver dollar is worth $35 to $39, at the low end. The older coins can be worth much more, as much as $100 to $300 each, depending on the year and the mint mark. Morgan silver dollars range in price from as low as $20 to as high as tens of thousands of dollars. It depends on their condition and the date they were minted, Do some homework before you make a fool of yourself on the internet.

@steves2241

Жыл бұрын

@@daniels1485 If he is saying it is nothing but junk silver, he is 100% wrong. I know exactly what junk silver is, and have for many years. I am a coin reseller, and I have been for about 5 years. I buy silver coins and silver bars from the U.S. Mint directly, and Ebay, etc. I mostly buy .999 silver proof eagles, like the v75 WWII silver eagle, I bought one for $83 and sold it for $300 a while back, to a private collector. There is a lot of junk silver in that collection in the video, and a lot of the foreign coins and paper money are probably not worth much. But there is also a lot of .999 silver coins, and I would bet those are worth $2k alone, if not more. I can not say exactly unless I can see each coin, but a lot of what I saw was pure 100% .999 silver, and it looked like he had some older Morgan silver dollars, that depending on the year and the mint mark can be worth hundreds, if not thousands. I had a 5 piece set of Morgan silver dollars about 10 years ago, and even back then they we worth $400 each. I had a 5 year set from 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889, and 1890. Just those 5 Morgans were worth $2k, if he has any around those years they are worth the same. If they do not have a mint mark they are not worth as much, but some with the right mint mark can be worth up to $2k for 1 coin.

Coincidentally my wife and I were just talking about how the money we spent in our youth is now quite valuable (such as real silver coins). Then it was just money, and if we had saved it instead of spending it - well we wouldn't have had much fun.

@martinphilip8998

Жыл бұрын

We played slot machine with silver dollars. My older brother climbed into kitchen cabinet we rolled those coins down the tube until we hit the jackpot. I can picture my mother laughing as she heard us playing.

@NandiCollector

Жыл бұрын

*Canadian silver coins have a decent premium.*

@larrysayre824

Жыл бұрын

Looks like you might have gotten lucky, the last year for silver coins in US is 1964. The ink is blue on bills usually silver certificate, red was federal reserve notes. Good luck hopefully you can more then double your money and always check mint marks

I'm a coin collector, and some of those pages in the coin binders are worth hundreds of US dollars each. And that's without being able to see if there are any especially valuable dates or varieties. You'll probably find a few individual coins worth over a hundred dollars each. And the volume of less valuable coins will add up nicely. And the Inuit art, wow! Thank your lucky stars I wasn't the attorney for that estate.

@davefish2280

Жыл бұрын

Alex is a shrewd buyer. This won't be the first time he's made 10x his money on an estate sale bulk-buy and I am sure it will not be the last.

@63angel

Жыл бұрын

I was just commenting a few minutes ago that he should go to a coin collector or even someone who knows the true value. My husband has been collecting coins and bills for a little over 50 years. I would look at a coin and think it's just a coin. He got upset when I was given the change from the grocery store. My husband knew immediately what he was seeing. I never see him get antsy about coins unless he knows what he's looking at. I just told the cashier to keep it and put it in a cup for people that are short on change. I don't know if the stores in Canada does that or not. But, the stores do in the United States. I live in St. George, Utah and it's common here. I had to look up the name of the penny that he kept from the store. Then look online for it just to make sure it was the same penny from the list my husbands has. There was no way he would let me leave the penny. Normally I do that. I did take the penny. But, I left a few other ones I had in my purse. Since he was dumbfounded and wanted to get out of the store right away, he let me know what it is and that it's worth a lot. He was pretty nervous and tried to stay composed. To me a penny is a penny. Nothing more than that. I always think that they are the most useless coin ever. I think it costs more to make the penny's than the actual penny itself. Of course now I don't feel that way. His coins are in a lockbox at our bank. And he insured his collections. I was super excited when I found out how much that penny is worth. He made sure to put it in the lockbox with all of his coins. That penny is a 1969-S Lincoln Cent With a Doubled Die. I don't know if I worded it right. He tried to explain what that means. All I could figure out that it's more than a normal penny. If you or someone knows a better way to explain what a double die is, I would love to hear what it is in layman's terms. Since he won't sell it and his other coins that's in the lockbox are. For me I just what the information about it. I was telling him that we could sell it and that would help our daughters or our grandkids since they have had money problems. He told me that we can help them the same way we have been doing if they have problems. We don't give them money if it's not important and we don't want them replying on us if they haven't tried to help themselves 1st. But, we have it where our kids and grandkids will get the entire coin collection and it will be split for each person. We also split it based on things going on in their life and life choices. We decided years ago to never sell the collection to anyone since it's for their financial security. My comment has gotten way too long. I'm sorry I'm sharing a very long reply. I just wanted to mention that they should contact a coin collector before doing anything with the collection. unfortunately people aren't honest all of the time. People have a tendency to get something for nothing. They don't care what they have to do to get something from someone. Everyone from what I've seen on your channel, you have awesome people that's watching this channel. Anyhow since its pretty late for me, I'm going to close this comment.

@MKCarol-ms7lg

Жыл бұрын

@@63angel A double die is an error where it gets stamped twice. Seems like a waste to me. just toss it out. But people like messed up things.

@mad0uche

Жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear that you are a coin collector, hopefully you will find something fulfilling to do one day.

@royoser3055

Жыл бұрын

@@mad0uche I was a coin collector as a child and early teen over 50 years ago, and it helped me learn a lot about American, world and even ancient history. Coins reveal much about the society in which they were used. With ancient societies, they often are among the last remaining physical evidence of political, economic, religious and cultural systems and events. I suppose many today are ignorant of the importance of learning the lessons of history.

When I was a child, my mother had a half-dozen silver dollars stashed in her jewelry box. I knew they were considered valuable and not to be spent. But one night in 1957, my parents decided they wanted our whole family to go see the Doris Day movie “The Pajama Game” which had just come out. Lacking cash and it being in the days before ATMs, they took some of the silver dollars to the theatre to buy our tickets. I felt like we lost a little of the family treasure but the movie was fun.

WOW! I hope that you have a local expert help you find the value in all those coins, Amazing purchase!

Working at Amazon really effects you. He's showing off some beautiful jade pieces, and I go, "Oh, a 2A6 box, cool" without even thinking. Sheesh!

I am so glad to see one of you videos. Thank you Alexander. :)

Coins are deceptive; quantity and age seem to imply worth, but oftentimes the return is low. Sending coins off for grading takes money and time, too, so weigh which coins to actually send off. But, like all coin collectors hope, you may just find some that have value!

@icanfartloud

Жыл бұрын

1888 sil dollar US is $40-500 possible.

@davefish2280

Жыл бұрын

I think pre-valuing them with a coin valuer app like Coinoscope or something, and only sending coins over $500 or so on the app for grading would be a good strategy. Would not take long to quickly process each coin in the app.

@royoser3055

Жыл бұрын

True I guess, especially unloading the less valuable bulk coins at a fair price would take some work. But the more valuable coins would be pretty easy to get $$$ for without paying to get them professionally graded. As Dave Fish said, that is usually worth it only for the most valuable dates, or for gold or ancient coins. Alex does have a few that may have to be graded, especially if he is auctioning them off himself rather than going to a high-end coin dealer who specializes in running those auctions.

@patmccccc

Жыл бұрын

According to the NGC Price Guide, as of December 2022, a Morgan Dollar from 1886 in circulated condition is worth between $34.50 and $63. However, on the open market 1886 Silver Dollars in pristine, uncirculated condition sell for as much as $1650

@Ewokgarbagehunterericjonesip2

Жыл бұрын

Yo

Would be fun to see you try and get this collection the maximum profit by trying to find a dealer or auction house that specializes in currency. Would love to see a video of an appraisal by a coin merchant

@NandiCollector

Жыл бұрын

*I want to see that too.*

My grandmother was a bookkeeper and was very wise. During her off time she was always learning something. She started saving Silver Certificates in $20, $50 & $100 dollar bills up to a $10,000 stash. When she passed away at an early 72 years old my mom unfortunately sold them to the local coins plus store. They would be worth so much more now, 35 years later.

@joyharmon1110

Жыл бұрын

I guess that's a common story. My dad started saving US silver dollars when they were still circulating but new ones were no longer being minted. Sadly, one time when he was ill and out of work my mother spent them. Even then they would have been worth more than a dollar each. However, she had a bad experience with an antique dealer when her mother died. So, I am sure, she didn't trust any dealer. So, thanks Alex for your informative videos. You share valuable information and also demonstrate by your kind heart that this is not the case with all dealers in collectibles. I love watching your videos!

Looks like a great find to me. Congratulations. Looking forward to a update. Happy New Year to your entire family. ✨️ 🎉🥳 Hoping you have a happy, healthy, prosperous 2023! 🎆🎇

❤️LOVE seeing all of these coin and bill collections, albeit almost 3 months after filming!!! Wow❣️ Great finds!!! Hope you did really well overall with this $2,000 investment.

Great buy, Alex! Wonderful collection! You've got real value there! Thanks for the entertaining video! I appreciate your work, and that of your family.

Some GREAT finds. You have been "happy digging" and having some fun. You all have a wonderful day

Happy New Year! It has been a joy following along on your treasure hunts☮️💜✨

Down here in the states, most people have a little fishing shack made of wood that they pull out onto the lake. All structures have to be removed from state lakes by Feb. 20.

Alex, I'm so glad to see you're reading the comments! There seems to be some valuable information there! Looking forward to hearing how you value these stuffed bins!! Happy New Year to you and the fam 😊💜

OMG, the giant air freshener “Christmas tree” decorations! LOL Thanks for sharing that bit! 😂

I was feeling your pain until that last bucket, there's a LOT of VERY VERY clean silver in there and they looked like they would get a perfect grade!!! How fun! I bet you'll find even find more little hidden gems in there! I would definitely send some choice coins to PCGS!!!!!!!!

This is amazing! I'd be over the moon to have the chance to even see a collection like that, let alone buy it. Spectacular!!

Wow that’s a really nice coin/bill collection. Carvings are nice too. Thanks for sharing ❤Happy New Year

As a U.S. coin collector, it was interesting to see the Canadian collection. I only know a little about Canadian coins so this quick overview was educational. Thanks for sharing your find.

Very cool! Been missing your content! Glad you're back at it 😊

Warmest Greeting from Las Vegas !Wow! What a find ! Looking forward to your Coin & Currency auction!

The Big Nickel is located in Sudbury Ontario, where I am from. We have a massive Nickel on display at our world renowned neutrino lab. I believe that coin was created to commemorate the mining communities that mined the Nickel. My grandfather was one of the hardworking people of Creighton, a mining community that is now long gone, but shares responsibility for building Sudbury into what it is today.

@debbrown995

Жыл бұрын

I've been to Sudbury and I've seen the Big Nickel!

@joanmacdougall7221

Жыл бұрын

Creighton is still there! Around 1400 population.

@NickFortier

Жыл бұрын

Toured up there this summer, checked out capreol while we were there. Nice up there , in a strange, 1980s kinda way

@ladybuckingham4130

Жыл бұрын

I’m in Sudbury too. I can see the Big Nickel out my window

@hypnotherapycw

Жыл бұрын

Renown. There is no other form of the word.

Yes you definitely have your work cut out for you! But it looks like your instincts have been on point again. It should be worth your time and trouble for sure. Thanks for sharing, I'm always happy to see you do well!

My eyes never miss a chance to notice jewelry it seems...Noticed a ring half-hiding in the right side of the box with sculptures. Will be interested to see what that turns out to be! Good haul. Fun video, Alex.

@leahr.2620

Жыл бұрын

I saw that too. 😊

@MKCarol-ms7lg

Жыл бұрын

Good eye!

@sandradunaway3923

Жыл бұрын

I noticed it also.

Congratulations, Alex, for another fine-eye and finding a stellar collection of coins!

I would absolutely 💯 pay $2k for that! That's an incredible find!!! Great job 👏

Another great video! I hope everyone watching appreciates how much investment experience you are sharing with each of these. I appreciate your constant reference to "getting my money back as soon as possible" and the focus on turnaround time between buying a lot and turning it around via auction, and how much work that entails. Keep up the great work!

Good purchase, lots of work to do but it will pay nicely. The Jade alone is very valuable. It was a lifetime for one to collect. Hope to get an update on a later video. Thanks for sharing. Have a successful New Year.

While all the currency is pretty cool (my dad is a collector), I think the most interesting thing is the jade bowl with the lid..so beautiful! You always find the coolest stuff, Alex.

What a great find Alex!!!!! I had a very small coin collection which was passed on to me from a very Dear Uncle, he was so very kind to me and gifted me many beautiful things over the years. When I was thirteen I saved up my babysitting money and bought a piano from an antique dealer. It was a "rinky tink" piano which made it super cool in my teen opinion. I had no idea how to play but he counseled me to save and buy it and then get some lessons, which I did. He made me a beautiful piano bench complete with my name burned into the side, it has travelled many miles with me, sadly I couldn't move the piano with me as I was living a bit of a nomadic lifestyle for several years and moved back and forth between several Provinces for a while. Thankfully my best dearest childhood fried played the piano and her parents bought it and she still has it today, some 40 years later :)

Happy New Year! Looks like the luck is holding. Nice score.

Awesome! ❤ Great way to start the New Year! Fran

I can not believe I have never come across your videos before. Great content! Thank you!

That collection of coins and bills is overwhelming for me it would be I hope you and your family had a great Christmas and have a happy New Year stay safe take care love from upstate New York

Josh was at the old store in his last video and it was great to see the ice-cream shop in winter with all the courtyard lights.

My gosh you’ve more than made your money back and then some! What a treasure haul! Some of those tokens and “so-called dollars, can be extremely valuable. Luckily they’re marked quite well. Can’t wait to hear your profit.

If you find a 1943 copper American wheat penny, it worth a lot of money. That year steel was used for them.

@NuthinFancyCollectibles

Жыл бұрын

Or a 1944 steel penny.

@Nwladylaura369

Жыл бұрын

I have a few steel Pennies that were my folks, but not the “lucky” years. My sister spent all the silver coins! 🤬

@patim5953

Жыл бұрын

That's the penny all coin collector,s want. Big money for that coin.

Just checked randomly the 50 cent 1903 coin. If it is indeed unc type-h, it fetches between 2000 and 15000... That's crazy! Best of luck, you've got your work cut out it seems :)

How is your sweet family ? Hope your New Year is filled with lots of family time . 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗

Loved the yard decorated in air- freshener trees & Bigfoot!🤣 Excellent investment on the moo-lah!

That was a great purchase. It would be interesting to go through, just to find out face value. Best of luck with the auction! Happy new year to you, Melissa & kids.

Omg. That to me would be so much fun to go through. Great find.

I know it will take a lot of time to go through all the coins but even one coin could be worth thousands of dollars. I wonder if there's a book or something on line that lists hard to find coins or most valuable coins, you may find one that is worth quite a lot. 🥰🥰🥰

That's an absolutely amazing collection. I wish I had that! You probably have closer to $10k or more there. To the right collector they would pay over the odds for the whole lot. I know I would if I had that kind of money 👍❤️💛💚👌

@davefish2280

Жыл бұрын

You would be well advised to "stay tuned" and watch out for the big coin auction coming up. Alex always uses the same auction house, Kastner Auctions. You may be very surprised that most of these coins will sell for much less than they are worth, simply because Kastner is not a huge well-known auction house or online giant with millions of users, it's a little mom and pop business near to Alex and not many people outside of Canada are registered to buy on there. Alex knows this, and is happy to "leave some profit on the table" as he says, for the next guy. I have bought literally dozens of Alex's items from Kastner over the years, stamps, comics, toys, you name it. I shipped them to the UK for a pretty decent rate. Some items I've kept for myself but most I have resold on ebay and have made easily double my money back including the "free" items I've kept for myself, and I've had some really fun things pass through my hands in the process.

@rastaralph7154

Жыл бұрын

@@davefish2280 that's canny cool! I have been watching this channel from the start on and off but I live in England and the postage will probably be worse than the price of the coin unless I buy in bulk. How much is it to post to the UK?

@miketyson8933

Жыл бұрын

Never know he can have some really rare pieces, the 1880's silver dollars are some BIG money!!!

@UrsaMinor983

Жыл бұрын

He ripped those people off bug time, wish those people took those into a coin shop, unbelievable!

@NandiCollector

Жыл бұрын

*From what I saw, this collection could go at least $7k - $8k.*

Happy New Year to you and family ..

You have such an exciting and interesting life. Thanks so much for sharing it . Your great success is well earned. :)

Dear Mr. Archbold. 👍👌👏 Very well done, Sir, very well indeed! Absolutely fantastic purchase again! Congrats! I bet all this is worth AT LEAST 10.000 CAD. Best regards, luck and especially health to all of you.

Besides the shire awesomeness of this coin collection is the comments that is fascinating !! My father did coin collections but none to this degree, looks like a lot of work but fun !!!

Depending upon the grade value, those 1 dollar coins from the 40's range from one hundred to five hundred per coin! You made out well young man!

Happy New Year to and your family! I’ve missed your videos

Merry Christmas (Julian calendar) jewellery sounds good.

Oh my goodness!!

I don’t think you overpaid. You really have some nice coins and currency there. You had me bedazzled long before that last binder of US coins. 🤩🤩

You could honestly open up your own coin shop with this many coins. As a collector I'd love to look through a collection like that. Also, even face value you'd be surprised how quickly some of that could add up.

@hypnotherapycw

Жыл бұрын

No you could not. The naiveté!!!

nice find. swing and a hit for sure. def need a part 2

Looks like another great find! So fascinating.

The fishing shacks remind me of grumpy old men movie. I love that show

I think you’re going to do very well with all of these coins. Love from Canada.

These type of estate sale reveals are my favorite kind of your videos Alex. You will definitely get your $2000 back many times over

@mariankay6482

Жыл бұрын

If he does it right, he will.

@davefish2280

Жыл бұрын

@@mariankay6482 One thing you can be certain of with Alex is that he does things right! Even if it takes years or costs thousands he will do it the right way! that's a big part of why I love to watch his videos.

@mariankay6482

Жыл бұрын

@@davefish2280 true, he's really good at what he does. I just don't want him to overlook a coin or bill that might be worth a lot more than he realizes.

Never ceases to amaze me what your able to find.

I was thinking earlier today that I hadn't seen a CI video in a while. I even checked in case I missed one. So of course I got a notification for this shortly after.

Happy New Year for 2023!🥂

Fantastic buy! I am in awe. Great job

Omg I would love to find that. You have a coin collector’s dream finds.

🙋‍♀️❤ Some of those sets might be proof sets. Also, A very fine coin is not as good as it sounds. To get your your money's worth from this haul, and to have lots of fun, it would be worth learning about grades, mint marks, errors. How many coins minted in a certain year matter more than how old a coin is. Lots of cool stuff.

It still blows my mind that places in Canada swing 80 degrees C (or more!) over the year. Thanks for the show!

🤩 AMAZING ALEX! Just wow!👍👏🏼

This would just... make my decade to get these coins! Love this!!

Nice coins! 💓💝💘❤💖watching your videos, thank you for sharing and have a great day!

My man.......... you have scored an incredible collection !!! You will be recovering 10 fold on this investment!!! Well done to you!

Incredible!! I only wish I'd found a coin collection like that - it would be tons of fun going through a collection like that!!

@edfindstreasure

Жыл бұрын

You should reach out to Alex. I am sure you could help him how to separate the valuable coins from the less valuable coins.

@robertb4455

Жыл бұрын

It has been awhile since I have found a large collection at an estate auction or sale. 25 years ago, I used to buy a lot more coins and currency. I am tempted to start buying some larger lots that are police evidence or from bank safety deposit boxes. Most are online now, so not a true auction since the bids are extended for 3 minutes at the end of the Auction, but sometimes you can get some hidden treasures in the larger lots.

Great collection great video get you on the next one

You have good instincts Alex. Looks like you will make some profit on this haul.

I happen to be 30 minutes early to my event tonight so I’m watching your video!

Gayle Agostinelli from KZread mentioned your channel and when she said antiques I had to rush on over and subscribe! Cant wait to binge watch all your videos!!!!! Love to see what treasures you find!!!

@julielumsden5184

Жыл бұрын

You will really enjoy the hoarder videos they are still my favourites

@Christycrafter

Жыл бұрын

@@julielumsden5184 oh that is what I been binge watching practically nonstop! I just wish that I seen these much much earlier. Would of been great to of been able to bid at the auctions!! I am loving these videos!!! ❤️

very good video , in your video at 24:07 when it shows the silver bills save the 1 dollar star note

You did very Well Alex!! The Canadian Fish scales, dimes, and all the silver before 1920 were sterling. LOOK for the KEY Date COINS to send off for Grading!! AND THE Graders are NOT FAST , Just so you know!! Good luck buddy! Cheers JJ

I think you’re going to be more than okay with all this! 🙏🏻🥰

Alex I think you did pretty darn well. Would obviously take a lot more time to break the collection up. Either way i think you did well. Love the video regardless.

*DAMN! You hit a Jack Pot mate. This video was so enjoyable to watch. Great score. :)*

That was a definite home run…it started slow and ended remarkable…especially if he paid $2000 Canadian, those last binders could change his life for real…there were binders that made me wanna reach through the screen…this is a big win…

I'm am very jealous!! What a score. I'm sure you'll more than double your money on this.

There's a couple different apps where you can take a photo of a coin on your phone and it immediately shows a rough value. They are pretty good. I've used Coinoscope and it's pretty quick to come back with a value. It can even pretty accurately guess the condition from a photo. Alex could easily "pre grade" all his coins using an app like that and only send the ones worth decent money in the app for grading.

Just had a look for the Ol' Curiosity shop premises in Edmonton on Google street view - it looks like it's not in use by anyone. I feel nostalgic about the days when we saw the shop on the Curiosity channel especially after you had all those big plans for the buildings, but I guess time marches on : s

Wow, that's a lot to go through, sort and organize for auction! But it looks like you have some winners in there.

Would be good to have an update about which coins he's chosen for grading, which experts he called on locally to help out (if any) and if he found out any more about the soapstone carving at 22:23. I can find no reference for the Inuit artist on the Katilvik website (a virtual resource centre for those passionate about Inuit Art) or the Inuit Artists' print database at the National Gallery of Canada. Guesses include Simon Kitsualik, born 1926- and Simon Shaimaiyuk, 1915-1999, but the number makes no sense. Can anyone see what the blue label on the base says?

I thought I saw some gold certificate bills in there too Alex. It will say it on the bill just like the silver ones. You'll definitely make your money back & then some. Yeeeeah!

Alex needs to be a member of his local numismatic society.

@kaleigh4081

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your comment... I learned a new word!

@Blueismyfavcolour

Жыл бұрын

By the way numismatic means like old coins or newmisitism is like a hobby it's the word for coin collector

Omg would so love the coin folders I collect coins and notes ❤

Sure some people would love to see a video of you opening a box of grated coins

Happy new year to you!!!

Those last binders are $$$, good call on the purchase. I run into similar situations myself as a buyer/seller where you just have to take an educated guess!

The box you’re going through around 12 minutes in, looks like a giant looking through a box of vinyl 45s in their paper sleeves haha

Last year I was at in line at a convenient store when a guy checking out at the register was trying to cash in real silver coins for paper cash.. I immediately went outside to talk to him.. it turned out one of his relatives had just passed away and left him with all kinds of old silver coins. The coins were stored in the old salad dressing plastic gallon containers.. I tried to make a deal with him but unfortunately someone else got to him first..

@NuthinFancyCollectibles

Жыл бұрын

I would have tried as well.

@suseyq4559

Жыл бұрын

Me too. Also, lesson learned about storing valuables!

And depends on those old cents, in superb condition they might be worth grading or in specific rarities/varieties/special dates

OMG *** THAT'S AN AMAZING COLLECTION !!! I'M SURE YOU HAVE MORE THAN COVERED YOUR INVESTMENT !!!

The jade birds are likely magpies and the lid for the jade bowl is topped with a kirin/kylin, a mythical creature. ( they sometimes get mistaken for foo dogs) If the white bowl with lid? Is all carved from one piece and not carved pieces glued together it is worth quite a bit especially if it is carved ivory.