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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 611442, member: 2844"]I think I see three flowers, two buds, and leaves. If you want to make this a project, make sure the flower petals and buds are all the same colour, the hearts of the flowers a different colour from the petals, and the leaves a different colour (green?) again.</p><p>Make sure all stones are set with the upper facet facing straight up, and there are no blobs of glue showing. Badly set stones are a collector's nightmare, and yes, they check with a loupe.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie76" alt=":pompous:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie66" alt=":nailbiting:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Just an aside, I noticed you have bought some pieces lately that need repair. Some need expensive repair which only a jeweller can do, like the first two in this thread:</p><p><a href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/gold-jewelry-and-tarnish.37760/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/gold-jewelry-and-tarnish.37760/">https://www.antiquers.com/threads/gold-jewelry-and-tarnish.37760/</a></p><p>If you want to sell, and are not sure if you can repair a piece easily yourself, or know if you would have to spend much on replacement stones, wires, etc, I would advise you not to buy a broken piece. Buyers know they would have to pay the cost of an expensive repair on top of the price of the brooch, and most people wouldn't do that.</p><p>Save your money for jewellery in good condition, it will make you more money.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for Austro-Hungarian, jewellery that is in the Historic Revival style is highly collectible. Other recognizably AH styles are also collectible.</p><p>But AH jewellery that is in a general European or Western style of the period is worth just as much as if it were English or French, etc. This brooch is very cute and nicely made, but it is in a general style, so worth as much as a similar brooch from another Western country.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 611442, member: 2844"]I think I see three flowers, two buds, and leaves. If you want to make this a project, make sure the flower petals and buds are all the same colour, the hearts of the flowers a different colour from the petals, and the leaves a different colour (green?) again. Make sure all stones are set with the upper facet facing straight up, and there are no blobs of glue showing. Badly set stones are a collector's nightmare, and yes, they check with a loupe.:pompous::nailbiting: Just an aside, I noticed you have bought some pieces lately that need repair. Some need expensive repair which only a jeweller can do, like the first two in this thread: [URL]https://www.antiquers.com/threads/gold-jewelry-and-tarnish.37760/[/URL] If you want to sell, and are not sure if you can repair a piece easily yourself, or know if you would have to spend much on replacement stones, wires, etc, I would advise you not to buy a broken piece. Buyers know they would have to pay the cost of an expensive repair on top of the price of the brooch, and most people wouldn't do that. Save your money for jewellery in good condition, it will make you more money. As for Austro-Hungarian, jewellery that is in the Historic Revival style is highly collectible. Other recognizably AH styles are also collectible. But AH jewellery that is in a general European or Western style of the period is worth just as much as if it were English or French, etc. This brooch is very cute and nicely made, but it is in a general style, so worth as much as a similar brooch from another Western country.[/QUOTE]
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