Somebody else knew what they were too. (sigh)
So if somebody offered me half a mil for it, I'd take it!
They may have figured out what they had and just didn't want to say so.
How is the safety pin attached? If it's glued on somehow, it could be bakelite but it's doubtful since it looks molded instead of carved. If it's...
Somebody scored. I saw what looked like a George III reign mark on at least one piece.(wahhhhhh!) If they weren't willing to ship, at that point...
Finally resized last weekend's take's pictures. Such as it is. $34 including some straight-to-scrap freshwater rice pearl and 14k jewelry that's...
I'm not sure if this is worth anything or not. Worth its weight in scrap copper, for certain. If I ran across it in a yard sale I might mess...
That's what I was thinking.
I'd lay odds the round earrings started life as buttons.
Sounds about right - and a lot cheaper than brand new ones of similar quality. The person with the high price was drinking crazy juice before...
Not even "in the style of".
Restringing the beads isn't that difficult. Tedious, but not difficult. at least if you have good close-in vision. (us nearsighted folks don't...
That's a classic hidden clasp; they're never used on precious jewelry to my knowledge. The metal might be sterling anyway.
I've shot marks with a jeweler's loupe and a phone camera before. It does work. Not sure about a john q. average magnifying glass.
No wonder they're scarce in California! Around here the poles get nailed by storms early and often, but I do seem to recall seeing a few.
I bet it looks good on. A local upscale consignment store would probably put a big whack on it and take $30 when the dust settled. No idea what...
Here, I'd expect about the same in central CT. Call it $25 at a yard sale with the glass intact. If you have a large immigrant population from...
Sometimes it goes the other way; it was hot when you bought it but the bottom fell out of the market. (i.e. every "collectible" my dad ever bought.)
It can't hurt. Try it first with something you know is silver - scrap for preference. I bought silver acid and it lasted a few months, forget a...
Silver acids go bad so fast most professional joolies don't even bother with them. We do a scratch test on a stone and use 18k acid instead. The...
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