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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Simona Buhus, post: 3660796, member: 17467&quot;]Hello again,</p><p>I would like to share few photos of new acquisitions as promised.</p><p>In December 2020 I decided to invest in jewllery and came across this fantastic forum. There are here some amazing people whom guided me with advice and with reading material like [USER=2844]@Any Jewelry[/USER] [USER=33]@Figtree3[/USER], [USER=7724]@Fid[/USER] , [USER=8708]@KSW[/USER]&nbsp;&nbsp; and [USER=5833]@Bronwen[/USER]&nbsp; in posts like &quot; Books on antique and vintage jewllery &quot;.</p><p>After reading few books, there was few designs that stuck in my head like&nbsp; mourning brooches,&nbsp; please see attached. The selling price in the book was around 800 dollars,&nbsp; about 400 pounds. I found these on Marketplace ( Facebook) for around £90 each. The top one is 15 karat, natural diamond and 2 ruby, this was £150. It is a mourning brooch,&nbsp; has a compartment at the back where I think there is some hair sealed. Dates around 1909, Edwardian.</p><p>The other 2 in the middle are 9 karat, but don&#039;t know the age,&nbsp; one is missing a diamond, just one is a morning brooch with compartment at the back.</p><p>The one at the front has one diamond, but the hallmark is hidden under the clutch,&nbsp; as if someone did that intentionally, I don&#039;t know the gold karat or the age.</p><p>What have I learned?</p><p>Usually these type of brooches are 9 karat&nbsp; gold.&nbsp; The most popular stones are diamonds, pearls and rubies. Also learned the term &quot; mourning &quot; for a brooch.</p><p>Finally, with the help of the people on this forum, I came from knowing nothing to knowing something...still a long way to go.</p><p>If anyone would like to comment, ask questions or connect this post with others, Please feel free to do so.</p><p>Kind regards,</p><p>Simona</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]309419[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]309421[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]309422[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]309424[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]309425[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]309426[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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