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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 852280, member: 5833&quot;]My worst one that got away got away because I was so determined not to spend money on something I didn&#039;t want.&nbsp; Seller had no solid info &amp; photos were OK, not great.&nbsp; He mentioned there were marks he couldn&#039;t read &amp; did not show.&nbsp; At the time I was buying a lot of Egyptian jewellery with color change sapphires.&nbsp; I knew: when people said a piece had marks they couldn&#039;t make out, marks were often Egyptian; people inexperienced with jewellery weren&#039;t always familiar with marks for gold filled; most people wouldn&#039;t know a color change sapphire if it kicked them in the shin; some jewellery with color change sapphires is gold filled &amp; not Egyptian.&nbsp; This was a gold colored bracelet, each panel a dogwood type flower with a purple stone set in the center.&nbsp; Forget now, price was $120 or $150.&nbsp; Kept asking questions about stones &amp; marks, getting replies but not answers.&nbsp; Seller ended the listing &amp; wrote to ask whether I was seriously interested.&nbsp; By then I had decided to take the chance if it went back up again &amp; told him yes, I was interested.&nbsp; Meanwhile, he trotted off to a jeweller, writing back that jeweller had declared it Tiffany &amp; given him $7,500 for it on the spot.&nbsp; I mean-spiritedly replied that then it was no doubt worth at least twice as much.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie19" alt=":banghead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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