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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;evelyb30, post: 2579133, member: 36&quot;]OTOH that dust mat might be covering the silver or gold marks...!&nbsp; I even hit those baby toy sales, because one of the biggest jewelry scores of my life came at the tag end of one a kiddie toy sale.&nbsp; Got there at noon on my way home, and mentioned that I usually went after jewelry.&nbsp; &quot;Should we get out Grandma&#039;s box?&nbsp; Well... no one&#039;s even looked at it in 10 years... &quot; It was an orange crate.&nbsp; $100 later I had a big 18k ring, Persian Story bracelet, and other goodies and probably should have just asked what they wanted for the whole box. I made them hide a ladies watch with Tiffany on the dial.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Amen. One lady here does the high end moving sales. She prices the stuff she knows at market rates, but ... I&#039;ve gotten gold and silver for costume prices often enough to go back.&nbsp; She just doesn&#039;t know old stuff.&nbsp; Another company I&#039;m un-fond of sold me Herend&nbsp; giftware like it was Noritake.&nbsp; Still have it. (but they&#039;re still idiots)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I just offloaded a David Yurman bracelet to a local antique dealer who sells a lot of jewelry. Designer stuff is a minefield on line and his pieces are faked early and often. I saw a sterling mark and bought it on one of those weekends when you find almost zilch. It wasn&#039;t until later that I realized who&#039;d done it.&nbsp;&nbsp; Snagged a pair of costume earrings with gold butterfly clutches, a NWT necklace and the bracelet for $6 total.&nbsp; Flipped the necklace and bracelet to the dealer for about $80.&nbsp; He&#039;ll double it and more power to him .&nbsp; The price on the bracelet?&nbsp; 50 cents![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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