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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marko, post: 517106, member: 210&quot;]Heidi Daus is a huge seller, evelb, so you really did score.&nbsp; I was in a local antique mall and one customer while I was there took all the Heidi Daus jewelry that was in one case..... for over a hundred a piece....</p><p><br /></p><p>I went to an antique show and a few thrifts yesterday...&nbsp; felt like sleeping in, so I am sure I missed a lot when I got there around noon, but here are two finds:</p><p><br /></p><p>The pearl collar necklace is damaged, but the findings are sterling and the freshwater pearls are older and nicer..... easy fix, a dollar.... this dealer rarely has jewelry, but she brought some and was selling it all for a dollar, I shudder to think what I missed...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]166670[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This angelskin coral necklace was hanging with the costume jewelry in a thrift shop that has lots of nice things and misses things occasionally.... it is short, inner strand 14&quot;, outer strand 14&quot;, but the clasp is 14k and it was half-priced at $3.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]166671[/ATTACH] </p><p>I don&#039;t know if I ever showed this, purchased in a 2017 antique show sold as bone, 14k clasp, angelskin coral?, $15</p><p>[ATTACH=full]166672[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And this.... the dealer had a bunch of $5 bags (seems people are starting to part with things at this show) and I almost died when I saw this.... I knew through the plastic bag these were genuine.&nbsp; Cream-colored with a hint of pink Japanese akoya double strand, inner strand 23&quot;, outer strand 24&quot;, 14k WG cluster clasp (pearls not exactly a matching color).&nbsp; Pearls detached from ball head findings, need repair.&nbsp; Do you think I can just have the ends knotted and put back in the findings?&nbsp; I do not want to restring.... perfect the way they lay, MINE MINE MINE![ATTACH=full]166673[/ATTACH]</p><p>And this is a table I have in my living room.&nbsp; I display some of the pearls and hematite I find in vintage vases and a teacup.&nbsp; The mother-of-pearl box is holding my uncle Ed&#039;s ashes until I can scatter them in the Pacific.&nbsp; Need a vacation this summer.....[ATTACH=full]166674[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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