I have wondered whether my buying was a factor in the market heating up. For example, I don't think anyone was taking an interest in portraits of...
Handsome piece. Rectangular shape also says older.
Didn't know anyone but me was wearing them.
Many asking prices are now insane. I'm seeing good, not great, shell cameos with asking prices higher than what I paid for this hardstone cameo...
Think this is likely. Hopefully we will learn more. :)
When I was in college I used to frequent the local hospital charity shop. Bought clothes, jewellery & books. Anyone need a complete set of the...
Including battery operated, not just wind up?
Great piece, but is it missing the box (female) side of the main clasp? I only see the tongue (male) part.
Calling @komokwa
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Some spots of damage, but I wouldn't say no.
But I'm saving you money on the mediocre cameos you might have bought in the olden days. I have a new one coming I think I bought in part...
@Deanna M Blanchard What KSW said + is the back flat or curved inward/concave? The color is very accurate for shell but I can't tell from your...
I think I know the type of clasp you mean. You snap a tiny lever down to get another tiny lever to come up & secure the pin. I have never seen a...
[IMG] That doesn't look like natural mark to me. Not that I can read it...
Knowing only a very little, black dot paste gems are collectible & this little brooch could be in the neighborhood of 200 years old.
[ATTACH] This chart was taken from the Egyptian government site for weights, measures & other standards some time after 2010. If any source...
Lab-grown rubies are not an expensive stone, so not strange to find them in a ring of this quality.
It's a fanciful, modern composition that doesn't adhere strictly to neoclassical conventions. The one lady is obviously Athena. I would propose...
@BMRT How does the signature on the one above compare with the signature on the back of your La Vague cameo?
It looks to me like she is shell with all the background, except right around the edges in places, broken away. Someone has salvaged a shell...
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