Featured Finds from a house call to die for

Hi everyone!

I posted on the silver board about a house call I did last month because I needed help with a silver bowl I got there. I also got a lot of jewelry and was encouraged to show some of it. So, if you read the post on the silver board you can skip the following long story and go right to the photos

I went to a house call last month. Typical call - I thought - I get the all the time. "I have tons of my mother's and grandmother's jewelry." I get there and everything was bought in Chico's

Well, this time they had their mother's, grandmother's, great grandmother's and great great grandmothers! I was in heaven.

The man who called me said his sister passed away intestate and his siblings voted him executor of the estate. No one in the family wanted any of it except two or three pieces. If it were me and my family's jewelry, I would have kept all the gold and silver and a lot of the costume, but that's just me.

I spent 3 days sorting through and testing the jewelry, picking what I wanted and helping them decide what to throw away, give away and what to send to auction.

I got a couple of other dealers involved, one who sells vintage and antique clothing, accessories and textiles. One who sells Wedgwood. A third who sells ink wells and misc. antiques. They were all very, very happy!

The following photos are some of the pieces I got. Some has already been sold, a few I still have to photograph and some were damaged pieces that will go into a harvest lot so not worth posting.

Sorry to go on so long, but I thought you might find the story interesting

3 Bohemian Garnet Pins:


14k, Amethyst and Pearls Pin:


14k, Enamel and Pearl Pin:


14k Hardstone Cameo Pin (I love this one!!!!):


14k Hardstone Cameo Ring, the box is an old one I had already:

14k, Seed Pearls and Jet Pin:

That's 6, should I keep going???

 

Yes, by all means.
Beautiful stuff so far.

 

Gawd, I would NEVER have parted with that stuff.

 

OK, Here are more...

14k Peacock Eye Glass Stick Pin:

This is a killer, 14k Pietra Dura set, a couple of pieces are missing from the pendant, but still!

14k Watch Pin


14k bracelet, I suspect it was made from a watch chain:


Silver Filigree and Carved Mother of Pearl Calling Card Cases:


Deco Sterling, Carnelian and Marcasite ring:


Gold Filled Mourning Pin/Pendant with Pearls and Banded Agate:


Pink Shell Cameo Pin of, I think, Raphael in a Gold Filled Setting:

 

The black and white stone is onyx,agate and onyx are both chalcedony but the structure differs.

 

That's some special stuff...........good eye !

 

Thank you

 

Wow, Marie! What an absolutely, positively EXQUISITE group of items!

 

This is the last of what I have photographed:

Shell cameo, 14k Frame:


Sterling Harp Pin with Connemara Marble I think:


14k Frame, Micro Mosaic Pin set in Black Glass:


14k Frame Orange Agate Pin:

Gold Filled Amethyst Pin, the stones have different cuts so I think one must be a replacement?


Gold Filled Mourning Pin:


Vicky Gold Filled Pin with Tassel:

 

Hi Marie,
Your photos of the last set have me yearning for them.
greg

 

Thank you, I try hard to make it that way!

 

Great pieces! Please post the rest when you have time.

 

Agrees that photo's are very good, how do you go about it?

 

I have to ask,were these people so wealthy they didnt care about gold jewelry ? Not to mention pieces like the mourning jewelry,did not one person care about family history ? That being said,gorgeous stuff!

 

Holy crow. If you paid about 4 cents on the dollar for all of it, I don't want to know. I just don't want to know. What a haul!

 

No, the vibe I got was it was "old junk no one wanted" and they thought was ugly. The jewelry was just a drop in the bucket. I know they had over 300 EAPG goblets that they had to deal with early on before they called me. Luckily they found the right people to help them with the EAPG.

I met them at an antique show in September of 2016, they finally called me about the jewelry in August of 2017. They were overwhelmed with everything that had been passed down through the family over more than 100 years, no one taking anything and never selling any of it.

While I was there they asked for help on silver. They took me into another room that was packed with pieces they couldn't even begin to sort. I helped them separate the silver plate from the sterling. Meanwhile there were glass pieces, porcelain and pottery. It was an antique dealer's dream!!!

 

I have been selling on eBay for years. About 8 years ago I wanted to make my photos distinctive so I tried lots of backgrounds and came up with backgrounds that made the pieces look good and didn't compete with the items.

Then I worked with my camera and a light tent to make sure the color was good. I do make adjustments to the images, but I usually just have to brighten them. I have it down pat now

 

No, I paid reasonable prices for the pieces. I knew I had found a great source and wanted to be fair. I think we were both very happy.

When I was done with everything they took me into the silver room and told me to pick out whatever I wanted as a thank you, they were so grateful for the help I gave them. I am a firm believer in "what goes around, comes around"

 

Wow, fabulous pieces love the calling card cases!