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<p>[QUOTE="verybrad, post: 11771889, member: 37"]Have done some more searching and just not finding this mark, other than the one pin on ebay. It is item #166385320762. The mark on it is just as poorly struck as on mine. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>About 3" long.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is the conclusion I am coming to. I am finding no products by this company in precious metal. Most is not of the quality I am seeing with my pin. It is at least silver plated, as I polished it a bit for the photo. I am not going to take any more time with this one and will price it as costume.</p><p><br /></p><p>I picked up 3 other pins with this one at the thrift store. All at a buck each. One is another similar plated(?) leaf pin with no marks at all. The second is a small silver deer with a turquoise oval stone in the belly. It looks to be silver but, again, no marks. The last is a marked Leonore Doskow sterling bar pin with leaves. They probably missed the mark, as it is on the side of the bar rather than the back. </p><p><br /></p><p>Can't complain, as I have not been finding much jewelry worth buying lately. The thrifts are mostly putting out pure junk and Goodwill has stopped selling jewelry at all. I have been selling jewelry from my hoard since before Christmas. Have sold several hundred dollars' worth of silver and costume jewelry. Also just sent off about $1500 worth of gold to the refiner. Not bad for stuff that has just been sitting around.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="verybrad, post: 11771889, member: 37"]Have done some more searching and just not finding this mark, other than the one pin on ebay. It is item #166385320762. The mark on it is just as poorly struck as on mine. About 3" long. This is the conclusion I am coming to. I am finding no products by this company in precious metal. Most is not of the quality I am seeing with my pin. It is at least silver plated, as I polished it a bit for the photo. I am not going to take any more time with this one and will price it as costume. I picked up 3 other pins with this one at the thrift store. All at a buck each. One is another similar plated(?) leaf pin with no marks at all. The second is a small silver deer with a turquoise oval stone in the belly. It looks to be silver but, again, no marks. The last is a marked Leonore Doskow sterling bar pin with leaves. They probably missed the mark, as it is on the side of the bar rather than the back. Can't complain, as I have not been finding much jewelry worth buying lately. The thrifts are mostly putting out pure junk and Goodwill has stopped selling jewelry at all. I have been selling jewelry from my hoard since before Christmas. Have sold several hundred dollars' worth of silver and costume jewelry. Also just sent off about $1500 worth of gold to the refiner. Not bad for stuff that has just been sitting around.[/QUOTE]
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