Unpacked today

I thought I'd share some of what I'm unpacking and show how pretty some of it is,

 

Hi,
Nice and pretty stuff! There is 5 or 6 pieces that i would wear on my label.
greg

 

I have a few more boxes to go.

 

And then there's this. I hope I retrieved all of them. The bags they were in rotted. Some are I'm bad shape, peeling. The coral is nice. I'll never be able to see those holes to restri ng it

 

is that diamond ring her wedding ring ?

 

No. Haven't found that yet. It has 3 square diamonds. Art deco style

 

Too many things in each picture to comment on. I see a few items that might be worth singling out, but most appear to be sort of everyday, even though pretty.

The eyeglasses, if metal frame can bring some decent money. I have sold 1950s eye glasses for $50-100. People buy them for the frames and put their prescriptions in them. Plastic ones are not good as they can break.
Are they marked with a maker?

 

Yes they say b&l 1/10 12kgf 5 1/4

Bridge says 20-44
Other side says same as above but 5 3/4

 

As far as restringing the coral is concerned, get some tigertail and off you go. It's not too difficult. I'm nearsighted, so I just pull my glasses down and it's game time. A stand magnifier would help if you can't see what you're doing, or you can just hand them to the nearest friendly teenager to mess with.

 

Good idea with the teenager. I am totally blind in my left eye and an working with about 40 percent in my right. I've been trying all of those things and the only thing that works occasionally is to take a pic and zoom in. Sometimes that doesn't work either. I'll adapt though. Always do. Thank you for your help, ☺

 

Some cameras can be set to give a little bleep when in focus.
If you had a fixed camera stand, you could get someone to set the manual focus correctly just once, then leave it set that way and just place things under the camera, snap, and remove, replace with other stuff.

It is possible that you are getting too close for the auto-focus to cope, have you got and are you using a macro-focus setting on your camera, this is usually indicated with a little flower symbol.
Do not try to photograph anything through plastic.
Increasing the available light will help, the camera can then use a smaller aperture giving more depth of focus. If you are using a phone camera, it is really not suitable. Good digital cameras a few years old are available for very little money.
Most of the jewellery items will have very small marks for carat fineness, etc.
These are very important, so if you have a lot of this stuff to sort, can you borrow a seeing eye person for a short time just to read the tiny stuff. If you are very short of friends and family, you might be able to enlist some free help from a local boy or girl scout troop to help with your sorting, people who join that sort of organisation are usually honest enough not to pop a few valuable items into their pockets. Is there some sort of local blindness support group you could ask for help?

I have pretty poor sight myself, which is probably why I am the forum's major critic of people's photographs, but there are many fairly simple ways to make major improvemets.

Yes they say b&l 1/10 12kgf 5 1/4

Probably Bausch and Lomb, and certainly gold filled.

 

I am working with am older digital Nikon but it is pretty nice. I have to explore tripods. Thanks for the idea! I actually just moved 3 months ago so I haven't researched support groups and I rarely get out anymore as I am waiting for my guide dog. ☺

 

All the very best is wished for you.

 

A lovely array of pretty items Carrie! Thank you for showing them, Joy.