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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mirana, post: 10333339, member: 79705&quot;]She is definitely better carved coral than many I see, but that is <i>commensurate</i> with the expensive frame materials and her size. If you see another like this at that rate you should jump on it anyway because the cameo fans here would surely buy it off you, though you&#039;d probably make better return on the open market. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/tongue.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":p" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.gia.edu/gia-news-research-Sapphire-Series-Introduction-to-Sapphire-and-Synthetic-Sapphire" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.gia.edu/gia-news-research-Sapphire-Series-Introduction-to-Sapphire-and-Synthetic-Sapphire" rel="nofollow">GIA says 1914</a> for one shop, but doesn&#039;t definitively state it was the first. The white metal I now assume is white gold as that&#039;s the only mark present...so that would be at least post WW1. Late tens, 20s at earliest. My jeweler is a young lad who gets excited when I come in because he learns about old jewelry from me hahaa. Apparently the focus in school is more on contemporary design and skills. I think he said they get a single jewelry history class and that&#039;s a crime. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie80" alt=":shifty:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>...but I do not want to hijack this thread. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie17" alt=":bag:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie75" alt=":playful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>See y&#039;all...we got good arts in the cameo thread, I promise. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":D" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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