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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marko, post: 339414, member: 210&quot;]I have been so busy at work it&#039;s not funny.&nbsp; Takes time away from my hobbies.&nbsp; Anyway, this is the one of the recent finds at the last antique show I attended (the one where I was accused of stealing that $5 bracelet.)&nbsp; The universe rewarded me with these 9 stickpins that I spent $100 on:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]114023[/ATTACH] </p><p>I need new testing acids, so I don&#039;t know what metals these are except for the pearl &amp; diamond flower bud, bottom centerish.&nbsp; It is marked 14k.&nbsp; All the white stones in all are diamonds; the diamonds in the opal and turquoise stickpins appear to be rose cut.&nbsp; The lion&#039;s eyes test as garnet.&nbsp; All pearls are genuine.&nbsp; The amythest stone appears to be glass, faceted from underneath, cabachon on top.&nbsp; The lion is my favorite.&nbsp; Many of the stick pins have that twisty part on the pin.&nbsp; I did go back the next day and got more, mostly costume, but some were good finds, need to photograph.&nbsp; Somebody thought it would be a good idea to clean the lot with TOOTHPASTE- I have been gently working on getting it all off.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>And below are the garnet earrings I purchased from the fine jewelry dealer.&nbsp; He had them converted to 9k pierced posts, they may be brass, sterling vermeil, no marks, maybe even 9k gold.&nbsp; The sunlight here is terrible, not getting my usual good pictures, sorry.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]114024[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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