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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marko, post: 158248, member: 210&quot;]Cute story, Lloyd!&nbsp; I will have to post my yard turtle pictures this week.....</p><p><br /></p><p>Okay, there was an estate sale advertised on-line by a newish estate sale company, and they had pictures up of everything BUT the costume jewelry they had, so I figured &quot;Mardi Gras beads and plastic pearls.&quot;&nbsp; I slept late (I have been trying to make arrangements for my uncle&#039;s long-term care, that is a book unto itself), so on the way over to the hospital to see him, my husband took me to the estate sale.&nbsp; It was 12:15 p.m., the sale started at 9 (but they opened the doors at 8).&nbsp; There was some jewelry, the person at the jewelry sale table said the FIRST customer bought most of the jewelry for $200.... so I sighed, and started to look anyway.&nbsp; This is what I got for $32:</p><p><br /></p><p>The earrings in the top center are sterling, this is the back of a gold-filled locket, the square CZ? earrings on the left under the messed up dress clip really sparkle, unmarked, the rest is not sterling, just base metals, the center tree is aurora borealis with multi-colored rhinestones, the red tree is that new Eisenberg Ice.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]42881[/ATTACH] </p><p>Next, the pearl earrings are real freshwater pearls, I see no mark on the metal.&nbsp; This is the front of the gold-filled locket, the Honora pearls do have a sterling catch and a nice luster, must be older ones.&nbsp;&nbsp; [ATTACH=full]42883[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I am not sure if this is sterling or not, small spoon made into a pendant, front and back.... I am not good with silverware/flatware, I am amazed at the detailed patterning, especially on the back- does anyone recognize this pattern?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]42884[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]42885[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And I saved the best for last.&nbsp; These are 14k Honora Ming pearl earrings, unavailable now from QVC, I see a pair up for $249.99 on ebay:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]42886[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]42887[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I am DYING to know what the guy got for $200!!!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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