Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RachelW, post: 9575480, member: 15376&quot;]<p style="text-align: center">I must say the beginner&#039;s luck is strong with my first few purchases off of ebay. I&#039;ll break it into two parts as there&#039;s quite a few niceties out of the 100+ pieces I bought.</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">Starting off with this rather lovely bronze cross. Not sure what kind of age if any it has, its smaller than I thought it&#039;d be but I&#039;m happy! The enamel seems to either have been worn away or not done properly. They do fairly well online so I&#039;m hopeful it&#039;ll pay for the entire lot lol</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]461018[/ATTACH] </p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]461019[/ATTACH] </p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">There was a fair bit of silver, varying from 800 to 925. The chains are both 925 which is great fun when you think about that great big one.</p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]461021[/ATTACH] </p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">I&#039;m always after the age of things...any ideas as to that brooch?</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]461022[/ATTACH] </p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">Is the pendant acrylic/plastic, or perhaps coral in resin? I think I saw one online that was that, but not sure that&#039;s a common procedure.</p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]461023[/ATTACH] </p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">This ring excited me greatly when I saw the 4 stamps, but it tests as silver. The stone sometimes looks like it wants to be more than a rhinestone, and at other times looks like a badly made stone. It just has such an empty, grey look to it inside, that is different to the rhinestone/cz stuff you see.</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]461025[/ATTACH] </p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]461024[/ATTACH] </p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">Now for the real fun bits! I&#039;ve tested these about 4 times, the chain has marks but aren&#039;t readable (I&#039;ve not tried <i>very</i> hard). It tests as 14k. The bracelet is completely unmarked, perhaps missing a tag, because it tests somewhere between 18-22k. I did try to make a thorough scratching in an inconspicuous place and its not plated. The brooch is fickle, some days its 9k, some days its not. It&#039;s also marked but they&#039;re a right mess.</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]461026[/ATTACH] </p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]461027[/ATTACH] </p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in