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<p>[QUOTE="mirana, post: 10332814, member: 79705"]Beautiful stills. I love paper art. She had a great design eye.</p><p><br /></p><p>I found someone selling a 14k c1900 coral cameo brooch for a start bid of around $45. They hadn't seen the mark and thought the thing was a vintage costume piece. I sent a best offer of $125 and she accepted. I think there was half a second of cheapskate in me, but I'm not the only hunter in that ocean so it was best to just consider it a nice price for the happily ignorant seller. I got it checked recently and it's got sapphires around the frame lol. Normally they're 1k+ and I thought I'd never have one in my collection. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie39" alt=":dead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I only gamble with lower prices on things I'm not as excited about. Nice things to have but not the kind that make you sweat lol. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":D" unselectable="on" /> I like a BIN of a reasonable price because I don't enjoy the heart rate of an auction and the heart ache of a loss![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mirana, post: 10332814, member: 79705"]Beautiful stills. I love paper art. She had a great design eye. I found someone selling a 14k c1900 coral cameo brooch for a start bid of around $45. They hadn't seen the mark and thought the thing was a vintage costume piece. I sent a best offer of $125 and she accepted. I think there was half a second of cheapskate in me, but I'm not the only hunter in that ocean so it was best to just consider it a nice price for the happily ignorant seller. I got it checked recently and it's got sapphires around the frame lol. Normally they're 1k+ and I thought I'd never have one in my collection. :dead: I only gamble with lower prices on things I'm not as excited about. Nice things to have but not the kind that make you sweat lol. :D I like a BIN of a reasonable price because I don't enjoy the heart rate of an auction and the heart ache of a loss![/QUOTE]
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