Featured CAMEOS: Show & Tell or Ask & Answer

Discussion in 'Jewelry' started by Bronwen, Dec 20, 2017.

  1. Msalicia

    Msalicia Well-Known Member

  2. KSW

    KSW Well-Known Member

    Welcome @Msalicia :)
     
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  3. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

  4. bluumz

    bluumz Quite Busy

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  5. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    @evelyb30 & everyone, these are all artificial:

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    Even the backs can be very convincing (back of third one is covered):

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  6. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    Ugh. Now to hope I get outbid.... It's easy to see once you can get a good look at the back, but some glass "coral" cameos are really convincing. For those wondering, I bid on an auction lot in haste and am now repenting a bit at leisure. On the upside, there's a pin in the lot with a safety chain, which generally indicates the real deal. Not the cameo though.
     
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  7. KSW

    KSW Well-Known Member

    We’ve all done that. Some you win and some you lose. You can always retract your bid within a certain timescale if it’s on eBay. Annoying for the seller but the option is there.
    Normally if I pray to be outbid it doesn’t happen!
     
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  8. BMRT

    BMRT Jewelry cherry-picker, lover of silver

    I won the bid for this cameo tonight but no idea on what the material is. It’ll be a moment before it’s here. It looked interesting and didn’t break the bank.

    Seller didn’t say anything except it’s in a “good antique” condition. It’s 1 3/8” high and across. Are we looking at celluloid, a plastic of some sort, bone or ivory? It looks like it has some cracking going on. FB6C670E-96BA-442B-B73A-BE7269AB29A6.jpeg BB12057B-0D72-43B2-9975-F3BAA8F8B7A3.jpeg
     
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  9. bluumz

    bluumz Quite Busy

    Anyone else think he looks like Jed Clampett in his Sunday best?

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  10. gregsglass

    gregsglass Well-Known Member

    Hi,
    Certainly does look like Jed.
    greg
     
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  11. stracci

    stracci Well-Known Member

    I found this cameo at my favorite thrift store in a basket of costume pins. Fifty cents! The karat mark is hard to read, but it tests 14k
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  12. BMRT

    BMRT Jewelry cherry-picker, lover of silver

    Please tell me you dug in everything else. If this missed this they could very well miss more. :)

    Beautiful!
     
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  13. stracci

    stracci Well-Known Member

    Oh yes, I looked for more! I know they get good stuff in batches from donated estates.
    It's hard to believe this was not recognized as fine jewelry. I grabbed it quick!
     
  14. Figtree3

    Figtree3 What would you do if you weren't afraid?

    Welcome to Antiquers, @stracci ! You got quite a bargain there.
     
  15. stracci

    stracci Well-Known Member

    I'm always on the hunt! I kinda live for stuff like this.....LOL
     
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  16. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    Ivory or bone ... and Victorian for sure. That's not a molded piece. Smart money says ivory, probably why the seller didn't say what it was.
     
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  17. BMRT

    BMRT Jewelry cherry-picker, lover of silver

    Would explain a lot, wouldn’t it? Fairly cheap at $26. Seems many are unloading ivory as quietly as they can lately.

    Oh well. Into the cameo cabinet it’ll go!
     
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  18. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    I've managed to resell a bit, but only off-line to an antique dealer. He likes it and antiques can't hurt anyone or anything.
     
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  19. bluumz

    bluumz Quite Busy

    I bid on these two but the final prices ended way above my limit. (Kinda expected that.)
    Beautiful!

    "Mother and child...with sheaves of corn...and a sickle". (Somebody doesn't know their grains!)
    $940 US:
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    Signature on back of cameo above:
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    I really wanted this one. No signature. $613 US:
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  20. stracci

    stracci Well-Known Member

    Wow! These are stunning! Too bad they are so pricey.
     
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