I must confess I have never purchased anything related to the SS until now. I certainly have had opportunities over the years and each time I held the item I either felt unsure of its authenticity or didn’t want to spend a lot of money making me think back to the uneasy feeling of the item that I had in the first place. So the cycle of apprehension as I call it steered me away from collecting SS items.
Until now….

I must say that when I entered this antique store I had an almost sixth sense of knowing I was going to find something of interest and low and behold saw this buckle. I was certainly cautious enough to ask the shop keep if I may be able to take a few pictures and excuse myself and went outside to perform my due diligence and research the buckle within our Forum. With spotty cell phone connection and not much time to look over a few other examples I decided to go out on the limb and post it as a presumptive fake. Low and behold, and just a short time later, Ben Evans had instructed me that it actually is an original unmarked Overhoff and Cie! (Thank you again, Ben!)

So after hearing the verdict that the buckle was an original I started to sweat and was fumbling for the phone number of the shop to try and immediately secure the item. Of course, the shop was closed. So, waiting another 24 long hours, I was able to contact the shopkeep and she had confirmed that the item was still available. And so today I was once again able to make the trip and welcome this item into my buckle case.

Thanks to all who make this Forum great!

Joel