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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marko, post: 372918, member: 210&quot;]Beautiful lava cameos.... love the milky white of yours, evelyb.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a good news/bad news story.&nbsp; I went to an outdoor antique show, and most of the stuff was pricey, but this guy had this necklace with a turquoise cross that caught my eye.&nbsp; My phone was charging, so I memorized the artists&#039; signatures and looked them up quickly in the car (a hike away.)&nbsp; I decided the cross was worth it, but it was on this junky necklace (cross and junky necklace was $145 together.)&nbsp; Looked Asian made (necklace) to me, so the guy said I could have the cross for $75.&nbsp; This is the cross:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]128262[/ATTACH] </p><p>Artists</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]128263[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>So I get home and do some more research.&nbsp; The cross itself with a non-artist chain was sold for $450 on ebay, see below:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]128264[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>But I then I saw this on Worthpoint:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]128265[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>So the junky necklace my cross was on looked just like this necklace only with colors that matched my cross better.&nbsp; The main artist is a silversmith named Rocki Gorman, and sometimes she works with Native American artists, in this case, a Navajo silversmith.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>If I had left the cross on the junky chain, I would have done better.&nbsp; The purple version above, intact, sold for $750 on Worthpoint this year.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>DUH.&nbsp; But..... the dealer told me what town he lives in (about two hours away), and he told me about the flea market in town and the antique shops in town.&nbsp; So I am going on a road trip Saturday to see if I can locate him again and see if he still has the necklace part (her necklaces alone sell for $300.)&nbsp; I was thrown off because I didn&#039;t see a tag on the necklace, which would have identified the artists, but I think it was missing.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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