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The gray will be extremely light, imperceptibly gray. Think oyster shell.

 

u need to hire me as a decorator !!
ok...... no golf stuff!!...

 

for that work.......think eggshell..!

 

yer gonna do what pleases u ........ & I hope it's a delight !!!!



I'll shut up now....

 

No worries. I'll post the paint samples we choose in the fall.

 

Fingernails don't pick up everthing, but they do find most of 'em. I've seen the phenomenon before too. Higher prices on silver than on gold. Needless to say I buy both if they're cheap enough. The antiques johnnies near me know if I'm interested they'd better check it. They even loupe the glass beads.(LOL) The charity shops though...far better luck there.

 

Last week's goodies. The brown necklace is bakelite, tested because I could, but it's the prize from Friday. I also scored someone's jewelry-making leftovers that were all sterling. Looked like junk - I could use more such junk!

The rest is Saturday. Belleek pot with a rose. Thin as paper and no chips. HOW? Some loose beads - blue. Three sterling kitty pins. The purple bracelet was glass and shell, but with 14k findings. Scrap gold. Turquoise beads .The basket is one of those 70s painted purses. It has a stain on the outside and one inside, but for $5 I wasn't yelling. The ring has no marks and it's a big size. Two stones ring up as glass, but the ruby-looking one doesn't. Go figure. I think someone made it by hand and used whatever came handy.

 

"It's cherry amber, Victorian or Edwardian, and not bakelite cherry amber. Google it, Bosk, cool to learn about and expensive."
I figured it was a different substance @Marko,and thanks for the tip.I googled actual cherry amber and it's quite interesting.I actually think that marketing Faturan Bakelite as 'Cherry Amber Bakelite' is confusing,and perhaps even a bit 'scammy' ?
PS-I'd think being a natural substance authentic cherry amber would be a lot rarer.

 

There is bakelite that is legitimately called "cherry amber" color, in both opaque and prystal. Faturan is another substance entirely, a synthetic cooked up out of whatever's handy. There's zero scammy about cherry amber bakelite. Trying to deliberately pass it off as the real deal is another matter, but the bakelite version is its own thing.

 

There are man-made resin look-alikes out there...I bought one for $4, but even they sell well, sold it for $30.

Wouldn't the cherry amber bakelite be a bit heavier than authentic cherry amber?

And the ruby in your ring...I picked up gemstone costume earrings at the church sale, and only the red stone registered on the Presidium. It also glowed under UV light. I think they use synthetic rubies a lot in costume pieces nowadays.

 

I am not a bakelite person, but I do love that yummy necklace.

 

Bakelite should be a lot heavier than real amber. Real amber is very light; bakelite feels heavier than it ought to be. I'd bet on the ruby in the ring being synthetic too. They've been used in precious metal jewelry since the Deco era. It's just funny that the other two register as glass and that one doesn't.

 

Marko & Ruth-Are the 'man-made resin look -alikes out there' what they call Fakelite,or something different ?

 

Found a few interesting things recently. But this was one of my best buys (according our young daughter) An older version of the Paw Patrol Lookout Tower in excellent condition for the bargain price of about $2..! Her smile=priceless..

 

This is helpful. I just called it faux cherry amber.
http://www.antiquers.com/threads/confused-about-cherry-amber-and-cherry-amber-bakelite.37703/

 

Fakelite is plain old plastic given a coating so it fakes out bakelite tests. For a while. Mostly made in China. The colors and weight are dead giveaways - things like pink, purple, and pure white.

 

We live in Augusta and every house has at least one print of Amen Corner. Was there last year during the tournament.

 

green.... as in grass..... with envy !!!
What a golf course...... what history !!

 

Very nice all.

 

Recent jumble sale buy. £5 the pair 1970s Swedish Pukeberg lamp bases. Very heavy, the blocks are 8 and a half by 5 inches.