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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 355281, member: 2844&quot;]I&#039;m with evelyb, it looks dyed and coated. So I personally wouldn&#039;t call it oxblood in a listing.</p><p>When buying coral, it is best to stay away from &#039;rough&#039; cut coral that is really shiny. In rough pieces shiny means coated, which usually means dyed as well.</p><p>This is what I mean:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]120878[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The mannequin is nice, but I must say, jewellery on a mannequin doesn&#039;t work for me. They are usually not human size, so the necklace (and beads!) invariably turns out smaller than it looks on the mannequin.</p><p>I prefer good, pictures, in focus, not too much fuss, details and always a picture of the clasp as well. No clasp, no sale, as far as I&#039;m concerned.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is a seller who always photographs his diamond rings on a lotus bud. Apart from the rather suggestive shape of his lotus bud of choice, the rings are tiny on the thing. I always have difficulty actually locating the ring in the picture.</p><p>So I end up focusing on how the bud got its shape, and why the seller had to photograph his ring on a bud in general, and that bud in specific.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" /></p><p>I have never bought anything from him.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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