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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IvaPan, post: 9465859, member: 78949&quot;]evelyb30, excuse my ignorance but what a&quot;wing-back earrings&quot;? Tried o google it and all images seem to show pierced earrings while you indicate that you wear non-pierced. Maybe I miss something....</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Haha, true <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie58" alt=":joyful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie58" alt=":joyful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie58" alt=":joyful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>But overall in our part of the globe objectively historically there is less value in the discarded jewelry due to the fact that 1) we were poorer as society (cannot compare powerful empires with a poor colony of Ottomans like us) and 2) later we had communism which for most of its lifespan denounced jewelry as burgeons residue and thus non-compliant with the new communist&#039;s morale. So women (and men equally) were not supposed to wear jewelry or if they did, it had to be &quot;people&#039;s&quot;, i.e. non precious and not valuable. Gold was not sold freely and it could be found only on the black market, for crazy prices. A few lucky ones had some family gold in the form of Ottoman coins which were exchanged for golden jewelry - you had to give gold in order to receive gold. Which is also crazy as Ottoman coins now are much more valuable as numismatic value than the standard gold jewelry from 1970s, 1980s which has only scrap value. But apart from the black market (which was criminalized) it was the only way for the ordinary people (not high communist nomenclature)&nbsp; to have a golden ring at that time. Sorry for the long post, these are peculiarities some of you might not know.</p><p><br /></p><p>IMO we all show here the most interesting finds as these are worth sharing and discussing. What is the point to flood the discussions with the countless Czech AB and satin glass necklaces I keep finding?![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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