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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 610057, member: 5833&quot;]Ah, yes.&nbsp; The ones that get away.&nbsp; Still, I have my little triumphs too, some acquired in full knowledge of what seller was virtually giving away, some bought more on a hunch.&nbsp; The ring with my avatar was the former.&nbsp; The cameo of Alexey Olenin that we worked up here was one of the latter.&nbsp; So was an Egyptian silver ring from the 1930s; the glass intaglio is the better part of 2,000 years old.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]179399[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]179400[/ATTACH] </p><p>(It&#039;s the drunken Silenus seated backwards on his donkey, being held from falling off by a young satyr.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Know from the Finds thread that all the dedicated members have their own tales of sharp eyes &amp; superior knowledge enabling them to pick out treasure from dross.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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