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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 368313, member: 2844"]Thanks eve, I think you are probably right. </p><p>The necklace is very nice, but it is going back. </p><p>I won it in a German ebay auction, it was listed as turquoise and silver, which it clearly isn't. On the seller's pictures it all looked good, but when I opened the parcel it clearly wasn't silver.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/frown.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":(" unselectable="on" /> I looked at the beads through a loupe and noticed the very faint seams, tested them, and they were glass.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/frown.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":(" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/frown.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":(" unselectable="on" /></p><p>The price I paid was very nice for turquoise and silver, but not for costume. So I looked at Art Deco pieces, hoping I would get my money back if I sold them. I found beads like these, but couldn't find the same findings. </p><p>I am now thinking the same as you, and selling 1980s unmarked costume means I would lose too much money, so it is not even remotely an option.</p><p>I just hope the seller won't be a pain in the....<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie65" alt=":muted:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 368313, member: 2844"]Thanks eve, I think you are probably right. The necklace is very nice, but it is going back. I won it in a German ebay auction, it was listed as turquoise and silver, which it clearly isn't. On the seller's pictures it all looked good, but when I opened the parcel it clearly wasn't silver.:( I looked at the beads through a loupe and noticed the very faint seams, tested them, and they were glass.:(:( The price I paid was very nice for turquoise and silver, but not for costume. So I looked at Art Deco pieces, hoping I would get my money back if I sold them. I found beads like these, but couldn't find the same findings. I am now thinking the same as you, and selling 1980s unmarked costume means I would lose too much money, so it is not even remotely an option. I just hope the seller won't be a pain in the....:muted:[/QUOTE]
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