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<p>[QUOTE="kyratango, post: 516893, member: 5006"]For me, buying antique jewelry, I highly prefer to get them UNCLEANED, as seller often go with harsh polish, wanting the old thing looking NEW<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie19" alt=":banghead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an old ring, showing decades of wear, which arrived to me as this:</p><p><img src="https://d3h6k4kfl8m9p0.cloudfront.net/stories/VJEI0zovXL32xQN85XWC2Q-smallw.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>After a 1 hour stay in hard boiled egg pieces enclosed in a plastic bag, </p><p><img src="https://d3h6k4kfl8m9p0.cloudfront.net/stories/fBBqVTJcizLhPVjMqc.WEw-smallw.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="https://d3h6k4kfl8m9p0.cloudfront.net/stories/opwGeQTIsvlAqD3zhBpQHA-smallw.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Then the final result after a light rub with used silver cloth:</p><p><img src="https://d3h6k4kfl8m9p0.cloudfront.net/stories/.OiVzxj1GiNayDnLjemajQ.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Which one do you think has the better look and details<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kyratango, post: 516893, member: 5006"]For me, buying antique jewelry, I highly prefer to get them UNCLEANED, as seller often go with harsh polish, wanting the old thing looking NEW:banghead: Here is an old ring, showing decades of wear, which arrived to me as this: [IMG]https://d3h6k4kfl8m9p0.cloudfront.net/stories/VJEI0zovXL32xQN85XWC2Q-smallw.jpg[/IMG] After a 1 hour stay in hard boiled egg pieces enclosed in a plastic bag, [IMG]https://d3h6k4kfl8m9p0.cloudfront.net/stories/fBBqVTJcizLhPVjMqc.WEw-smallw.jpg[/IMG][IMG]https://d3h6k4kfl8m9p0.cloudfront.net/stories/opwGeQTIsvlAqD3zhBpQHA-smallw.jpg[/IMG] Then the final result after a light rub with used silver cloth: [IMG]https://d3h6k4kfl8m9p0.cloudfront.net/stories/.OiVzxj1GiNayDnLjemajQ.jpg[/IMG] Which one do you think has the better look and details:rolleyes:[/QUOTE]
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