Bidding on an auction lot - is that a coral brooch?

Discussion in 'Jewelry' started by Bookahtoo, Nov 5, 2024.

  1. Bookahtoo

    Bookahtoo Moderator Moderator

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  2. mirana

    mirana Well-Known Member

    The brooch beads look like they have little rims on the back which makes me think this is a molded piece.
     
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  3. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    After bringing up and cropping, I agree.

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  4. Houseful

    Houseful Well-Known Member

    The colour of the beads looks very uniform so that would concern me.
    Most of the paler beads I own have slightly different shades in places but I don’t have many in my possession so no way an expert.
     
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  5. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    I see some cute bits, but the lot is already over what I'd pay for it. The Old Sturbridge Village pocket watch is cute, but not worth much. The cricket pin is straight out of my childhood too; we had passes to OSV for a while. Agree with the others that the coral-colored bow is plastic.
     
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  6. Bookahtoo

    Bookahtoo Moderator Moderator

    Thank you all! You saved me from myself!
     
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  7. KSW

    KSW Well-Known Member

    I love the grasshopper! @kyratango would like that :)
     
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  8. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    It's the symbol of Sturbridge Village. It's a tourist attraction that also attracts school groups, or did. They moved a bunch of old, for the USA, buildings into a fictional town back in the 1930s if memory serves. Sort of a "What Life Was Like in 1830" setup. Not the oldest of the old even here, but it was a place to attract families with kids.
     
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  9. Bev aka thelmasstuff

    Bev aka thelmasstuff Colored pencil artist extraordinaire ;)

    I had an early plastic pin just like that bow! It was red and I put it on Ebay for $5 and it got bid up to $48. That was 20 years ago so I was delighted.
     
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  10. Bookahtoo

    Bookahtoo Moderator Moderator

    Oh - I won this lot BTW. I haven't picked it up yet.
     
  11. Bev aka thelmasstuff

    Bev aka thelmasstuff Colored pencil artist extraordinaire ;)

    That pin could be worth more than you think!
     
  12. Bookahtoo

    Bookahtoo Moderator Moderator

    Thank Bev. I'm hoping some thing in there is worth money or worth wearing.
     
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