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<p>[QUOTE="Lucille.b, post: 259001, member: 51"]Nice job with the specifications, Cluttered and agree with everyone's comments so far on this lot. Just one quick extra thought...</p><p><br /></p><p><i>(Okay, I can see the clasp from this angle. Looks newer and if part of it is plastic then not so high of quality. This could be recycled.)</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>Wondering if those blue flower beads are indeed plastic. If yes, I agree that this doesn't have huge value, but I've had flower beads like this that were glass. If the light blue flower beads might be glass and not plastic, this could have some value. (You can usually distinguish glass from plastic by the way it sounds if you tap the bead lightly on glass -like a window, etc. Plastic make a bit of a "thud, glass has a sharper sound.) It sure looks like an older necklace with those 5 crystals dangling (reminds me of a Czech piece) but the photos are hard to see. Does the clasp unscrew? Kind of looks like a barrel clasp. Agree that if those flowers are plastic, could be a newer version of an old style. Easy enough, just double check those tiny light blue flower beads before donating.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Lucille.b, post: 259001, member: 51"]Nice job with the specifications, Cluttered and agree with everyone's comments so far on this lot. Just one quick extra thought... [I](Okay, I can see the clasp from this angle. Looks newer and if part of it is plastic then not so high of quality. This could be recycled.) [/I] Wondering if those blue flower beads are indeed plastic. If yes, I agree that this doesn't have huge value, but I've had flower beads like this that were glass. If the light blue flower beads might be glass and not plastic, this could have some value. (You can usually distinguish glass from plastic by the way it sounds if you tap the bead lightly on glass -like a window, etc. Plastic make a bit of a "thud, glass has a sharper sound.) It sure looks like an older necklace with those 5 crystals dangling (reminds me of a Czech piece) but the photos are hard to see. Does the clasp unscrew? Kind of looks like a barrel clasp. Agree that if those flowers are plastic, could be a newer version of an old style. Easy enough, just double check those tiny light blue flower beads before donating.[/QUOTE]
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