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<p>[QUOTE="Lucille.b, post: 9608832, member: 51"]Absolutely STUNNING!! Breathtaking.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm not sure how different jewelers test, if you have a jeweler you use and trust, probably okay. But I'm remembering a horror story from the Ebay jewelry boards a few years ago. Someone had a mystery piece, looked very high quality and possibly quite old, seemed to be testing at 22K, the jeweler was so sure it was plated, somehow they talked the owner into doing a deep scratch to prove their point. Well, it WAS 22K, but now it had a big scratch! Just be sure you ask how they test if you go that route.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you don't use a jeweler and selling, you could also show the results from the 14K and the 18K and the 22K and let the buyer see the acid test. It's pretty clear from the photos the extreme quality in these.</p><p><br /></p><p>Remind me what you paid? $20? Great eye 12 year ago!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Lucille.b, post: 9608832, member: 51"]Absolutely STUNNING!! Breathtaking. I'm not sure how different jewelers test, if you have a jeweler you use and trust, probably okay. But I'm remembering a horror story from the Ebay jewelry boards a few years ago. Someone had a mystery piece, looked very high quality and possibly quite old, seemed to be testing at 22K, the jeweler was so sure it was plated, somehow they talked the owner into doing a deep scratch to prove their point. Well, it WAS 22K, but now it had a big scratch! Just be sure you ask how they test if you go that route. If you don't use a jeweler and selling, you could also show the results from the 14K and the 18K and the 22K and let the buyer see the acid test. It's pretty clear from the photos the extreme quality in these. Remind me what you paid? $20? Great eye 12 year ago!![/QUOTE]
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