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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 330231, member: 5833"]Maybe this <i>shouldn't</i> be done for strict accuracy, but when I see something described as old pawn, I take it to mean what Jeff says, as it seems now to be routinely used that way, especially if the piece is something like a heavy concho belt. My understanding is that pieces might be pawned & redeemed multiple time as finances ebbed & flowed. Can't think of any way to prove that an old piece was never used to pawn. Out of curiosity, do serious collectors insist that an item being offered for sale must have last been in the inventory of a pawn shop before coming into the hands of the seller?</p><p><br /></p><p>It's like all old cameos are souvenirs of the Grand Tour, even if many/most, especially in the US, were probably store-bought locally & 'Grand Tour' originally meant a trip taken by young men, often with a tutor, to finish off their education.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 330231, member: 5833"]Maybe this [I]shouldn't[/I] be done for strict accuracy, but when I see something described as old pawn, I take it to mean what Jeff says, as it seems now to be routinely used that way, especially if the piece is something like a heavy concho belt. My understanding is that pieces might be pawned & redeemed multiple time as finances ebbed & flowed. Can't think of any way to prove that an old piece was never used to pawn. Out of curiosity, do serious collectors insist that an item being offered for sale must have last been in the inventory of a pawn shop before coming into the hands of the seller? It's like all old cameos are souvenirs of the Grand Tour, even if many/most, especially in the US, were probably store-bought locally & 'Grand Tour' originally meant a trip taken by young men, often with a tutor, to finish off their education.[/QUOTE]
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