Featured 14k Gold Tortoise Shell Box

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  1. kardinalisimo

    kardinalisimo Well-Known Member

    BDED019D-35AA-4FBE-9C6F-A4E93D697250.jpeg 8BE65709-7C0B-41D6-A063-11E17F5D9FC7.jpeg 7E0BF13A-AFF5-4E65-BF45-405C23A81761.jpeg I know 14k GE, but what’s the R for?
     
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  2. i need help

    i need help Moderator Moderator

    Germany?
    I see a faint M, after Ger.
     
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  3. kardinalisimo

    kardinalisimo Well-Known Member

    Hm, I don’t think that would be solid gold.
     
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    i need help Moderator Moderator

    Do you see the M?
     
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  5. kardinalisimo

    kardinalisimo Well-Known Member

    I do see M now.
     
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  6. KikoBlueEyes

    KikoBlueEyes Well-Known Member

    Quite pretty
     
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  7. kardinalisimo

    kardinalisimo Well-Known Member

    F86F5B32-2242-4472-9C7F-F895A014A50B.jpeg A8B271D6-08D1-402F-9233-7BAC90C96394.jpeg D06C5867-D2A6-4000-A43D-5C66E56CEC88.jpeg 620C6F81-AAC3-4DDF-BE02-AA3057E5C25F.jpeg Took better photos. Now I think it is indeed 14k. What is the tortoise shell, lucite?
     
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  8. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    You don't give dimensions. It appears to be a cigarette box. Is that the case? (No pun intended!)

    Debora
     
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  9. kardinalisimo

    kardinalisimo Well-Known Member

    I think so. Will measure later.
     
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    i need help Moderator Moderator

    So then what letter is after the K?
    Could be KP.
     
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  11. kardinalisimo

    kardinalisimo Well-Known Member

    Can’t tell, could be. Or 14Kt?
    I wonder how to guess the approximate weight just of the gold. Just to get an idea how to price it. Or maybe go with auction style?
     
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  12. moreotherstuff

    moreotherstuff Izorizent

    Why can't the tortoise shell be tortoise shell? Are you convinced it's newer?
     
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    kardinalisimo Well-Known Member

    E47F7BA6-1B25-4B78-A574-4A6F5CC503D0.jpeg 07E4585E-244F-468D-A4E1-35A7F6905D13.jpeg No, I don’t think it’s newer. Maybe because I have not handled those before. Looks like plastic to me. I read that the black should show dots?
     
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  14. gregsglass

    gregsglass Well-Known Member

    Hi,
    That tortoise shell marking is too regular to be REAL tortoise. It looks exactly like the faux tortoise shell that I learned to do years ago. Just a feeling, I may be wrong but I do not think I am. It is still a beautiful box.
    greg
     
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  15. kardinalisimo

    kardinalisimo Well-Known Member

    By the way real tortoiseshell is forbidden for sell on Ebay, right? Unless from non-endangered species and you have to specify. How does one know the exact type?
     
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  16. gauntlettgems

    gauntlettgems Well-Known Member

    beautiful!
     
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  18. Fid

    Fid Well-Known Member

    14 Kt = 14 Karat. weakly marked GERM(ANY)
     
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  19. kardinalisimo

    kardinalisimo Well-Known Member

    3 7/8” x 3 3/8”.
     
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    kyratango Bug jewellery addiction!

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