Featured Worth listing? Jade earrings, broken section

Discussion in 'Jewelry' started by Lucille.b, Jun 20, 2022.

  1. Lucille.b

    Lucille.b Well-Known Member

    These were in an in-person lot I purchased. Some of the items were quite nice, 14K etc. Some antiques, some from the 1950's.

    Question about these earrings. First off, they are broken. For some reason I only seem to have photos of the front, but if you flipped them over you would see that a section in the back broke off which is why that ring is loose. So really can't be worn as is.

    Mostly wondering if these just go in a craft drawer or if they would have some resale value for someone to maybe repair, etc. I believe they are jade.

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  2. Aquitaine

    Aquitaine Is What It IS! But NEVER BORED!

    MAYBE a Pirate would love them!!!! But seriously, SOMEONE is out there to find a use for just about anything in ANY condition....and they ARE NICE! Worth giving it a shot I think, but then I don't list things to sell! They are probably fixable as well!!
     
  3. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    They'll be minimal effort and cost to post, so I'd have said worth listing.
     
  4. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Ditto. Nimble fingers can make two very nice pairs out of them.
     
  5. KSW

    KSW Well-Known Member

    Definitely worth listing :)
    As an aside I scrolled too quickly and read ‘in person’ as ‘in prison’ and was wonder what shenanigans you had been up to :eek::hilarious:
     
  6. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    There are certain things we'd rather not mention on a public forum.:shifty::joyful:
     
  7. kyratango

    kyratango Bug jewellery addiction!

  8. wlwhittier

    wlwhittier Well-Known Member

    WOT! Why-ever NOT?
     
  9. wlwhittier

    wlwhittier Well-Known Member

    Or simply one very precious small pendant.
     
  10. KSW

    KSW Well-Known Member

    You haven’t been leading @Lucille.b astray again have you? :rolleyes:
     
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  11. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Why do I always get the blame?!:angelic::bigtears:
    (Probably was me....:sorry:)
     
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  12. wlwhittier

    wlwhittier Well-Known Member

    Good question! Why DO you...? C'mon, now...
     
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  13. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    Might as well list them; jade always finds a buyer!

    As for leading people astray.... we jewelry people are always being accused of that. (innocent who-me face)
     
  14. Lucille.b

    Lucille.b Well-Known Member

    Been up to some of my usual shenanigans, just not "in-prison" lol!

    Awesome, Kyra! I'm so glad I asked. Thank you for sharing this helpful info. Will likely improve the sale to have the "Devil's work jade earrings" term in there! :singing::):kiss:
     
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  15. J Dagger

    J Dagger Well-Known Member

    I didn’t see kyras links but I bet you’ll do better than you ever expected possible. My own rule that I’ve made up is that if jade is attached to gold it’s probably worth getting at the right price. Even though it’s a minuscule amount on your earrings and many other pieces it seems there’s a decent standard for Stone/carving quality to bother attaching it to any amount of gold.

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  16. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    in this case though, they're not that well carved...... the Dremel slipped a few times..;):(
     
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  17. kyratango

    kyratango Bug jewellery addiction!

    These ones are older than Dremel tool;)
     
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  18. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    ok....maybe...the starter holes could be a drill of some fashion.. then a saw used...
    but , it's still a rushed job without a steady hand.....
    ;):eek:

    & u know what patience fine work ... requires ! :):):kiss:
     
  19. Lucille.b

    Lucille.b Well-Known Member

    Reading about these early 20th century "Devil's work" earrings, I guess the impressive part is that one Jade stone has been carved into three interlocked movable sections. Thus the term "Devil's work", as "no human hands could manage it". (Quoting from the above links.) Well, maybe a marketing term... but don't ask me to carve three interlocked pieces out of one stone, lol. Especially as the final product is feather light weight and fairly delicate. A small amount of pressure would snap any piece of it, which is probably what happened to the one earring. Maybe two people did the carving? The interlocking part and then the decorative?

    Hopefully someone can come up with a repair, or use the single one as a pendant.

    Your post reminded me that I was wondering whether the top posts were gold. But just noticed a 14K mark on the earring back.

    So glad to know the name of these, and also that they are definitely worth listing, even "As Is"! Not going into the craft drawer!

    Thanks Antiquers!
     
    Last edited: Jun 21, 2022
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  20. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    If you think these are clever, look at ivory puzzle balls.
     
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