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<p>[QUOTE="Ownedbybear, post: 8973815, member: 29"]A little tale. The first, a pair of old boys who charge silly prices for not very good silver and junque [ATTACH=full]430047[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]430048[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]430049[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]430050[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]430051[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]430052[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]430053[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]430054[/ATTACH] and think some stuff is silver when it ain't. Yesterday, they had a table with one pound stuff (No, not fish.) I bought the gondola. I could see what I could see, sans loupe. </p><p><br /></p><p>Then another bloke, who is a nice chap. I gave him some jewellery cleaner last week and he had used it on a whole cabinet of shiny things. It's all silver he said. I spotted the trombone clasp. Hm, as the pea brain kicked in. Trombone? That colour? Wee marks on the pin stem? Five quid for the brooch, he said. </p><p><br /></p><p>HAH.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ownedbybear, post: 8973815, member: 29"]A little tale. The first, a pair of old boys who charge silly prices for not very good silver and junque [ATTACH=full]430047[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]430048[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]430049[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]430050[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]430051[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]430052[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]430053[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]430054[/ATTACH] and think some stuff is silver when it ain't. Yesterday, they had a table with one pound stuff (No, not fish.) I bought the gondola. I could see what I could see, sans loupe. Then another bloke, who is a nice chap. I gave him some jewellery cleaner last week and he had used it on a whole cabinet of shiny things. It's all silver he said. I spotted the trombone clasp. Hm, as the pea brain kicked in. Trombone? That colour? Wee marks on the pin stem? Five quid for the brooch, he said. HAH.[/QUOTE]
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