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<p>[QUOTE="shamster, post: 10168351, member: 85821"]Just got home and decided to share these. I bought these vintage tortoiseshell and coral jewels from a dealer in Tokyo. I believe these are all vintage as I have seen newly made ones sold for six to eight times higher in various shops with only tortoiseshell and coral. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]508587[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]508588[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]508589[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]508590[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]508591[/ATTACH] </p><p>this comb is rather interesting as it really made me think it’s real tortoiseshell. It’s not. Only cost me less than two GBP so all happy with it. Seller told me it’s likely 60 years old but I know nothing about these traditional stuff.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]508594[/ATTACH] </p><p>My mom noticed this hat and we paid only roughly 50 pence for it. Probably missing a thread to fix it on the head?[ATTACH=full]508598[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]508597[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]508596[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="shamster, post: 10168351, member: 85821"]Just got home and decided to share these. I bought these vintage tortoiseshell and coral jewels from a dealer in Tokyo. I believe these are all vintage as I have seen newly made ones sold for six to eight times higher in various shops with only tortoiseshell and coral. [ATTACH=full]508587[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]508588[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]508589[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]508590[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]508591[/ATTACH] this comb is rather interesting as it really made me think it’s real tortoiseshell. It’s not. Only cost me less than two GBP so all happy with it. Seller told me it’s likely 60 years old but I know nothing about these traditional stuff. [ATTACH=full]508594[/ATTACH] My mom noticed this hat and we paid only roughly 50 pence for it. Probably missing a thread to fix it on the head?[ATTACH=full]508598[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]508597[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]508596[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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