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<p>[QUOTE="reader, post: 459589, member: 255"]It is frightening and I do believe that anyone can be duped ( if the major art museums of the world can be taken, so can any of us) but I also think that in this case the OP has an authentic, if not well executed piece and for anyone who checks images of vintage NA jewelry they’ll find tons of clusters of mixed colors as AJ said. In my experience, when only one or two stones are off, they’re probably a replacement but when few match as in this piece (it’s not just two as someone posted), the piece was made that way.</p><p><br /></p><p>So much vintage NA work was done on a shoestring by really financially struggling people who used whatever stones they could get their hands on at an affordable price when using matching stones wasn’t a viable option.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="reader, post: 459589, member: 255"]It is frightening and I do believe that anyone can be duped ( if the major art museums of the world can be taken, so can any of us) but I also think that in this case the OP has an authentic, if not well executed piece and for anyone who checks images of vintage NA jewelry they’ll find tons of clusters of mixed colors as AJ said. In my experience, when only one or two stones are off, they’re probably a replacement but when few match as in this piece (it’s not just two as someone posted), the piece was made that way. So much vintage NA work was done on a shoestring by really financially struggling people who used whatever stones they could get their hands on at an affordable price when using matching stones wasn’t a viable option.[/QUOTE]
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