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<p>[QUOTE="Marko, post: 247851, member: 210"]Hope the Picasso is going to turn out well for you, Lloyd.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bear, love the case!</p><p><br /></p><p>Evelyb, nice jewels, as always.</p><p><br /></p><p>Millcove, great free books, love the pitcher.</p><p><br /></p><p>Terry, I didn't know Tarnex would remove a goldwash. How long did it take for it to work it off? That stuff scares me (Tarnex, not goldwash).</p><p><br /></p><p>So I went to an outdoor festival that usually has a ton of old stuff, but not this time. Slow weekend.... but the barn sale guy was set up, and I was looking at his stuff (much higher prices, of course), and while I am looking at some costume rings, he says "I only have one real ring, it's in a plastic bag." Not a good way to sell it, but I ask to see it. He says "It's real, and it's $30." So I loupe, it, 10K, band a bit thin in the back, but wearable. He tells me it's citrine, looks like citrine, could be glass, so I take a gamble. </p><p><br /></p><p>I test it with the Presidium, and it almost hit the diamond area..... seems it is a yellow sapphire, synthetic or real, I do not know.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]76294[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]76295[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Not much happening here, even for estate sales.... there is a community yard sale next weekend in an older section of our county, we'll see.... and a I know there is an outdoor antique show going south to the next county.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marko, post: 247851, member: 210"]Hope the Picasso is going to turn out well for you, Lloyd. Bear, love the case! Evelyb, nice jewels, as always. Millcove, great free books, love the pitcher. Terry, I didn't know Tarnex would remove a goldwash. How long did it take for it to work it off? That stuff scares me (Tarnex, not goldwash). So I went to an outdoor festival that usually has a ton of old stuff, but not this time. Slow weekend.... but the barn sale guy was set up, and I was looking at his stuff (much higher prices, of course), and while I am looking at some costume rings, he says "I only have one real ring, it's in a plastic bag." Not a good way to sell it, but I ask to see it. He says "It's real, and it's $30." So I loupe, it, 10K, band a bit thin in the back, but wearable. He tells me it's citrine, looks like citrine, could be glass, so I take a gamble. I test it with the Presidium, and it almost hit the diamond area..... seems it is a yellow sapphire, synthetic or real, I do not know. [ATTACH=full]76294[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]76295[/ATTACH] Not much happening here, even for estate sales.... there is a community yard sale next weekend in an older section of our county, we'll see.... and a I know there is an outdoor antique show going south to the next county.[/QUOTE]
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