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<p>[QUOTE="Melissa Brown, post: 242131, member: 4746"]Thank you for the feedback and guidance [USER=85]@clutteredcloset49[/USER]. </p><p><br /></p><p>I sold some things on eBay years ago, no jewelry that I recall though. I'll have to check my feedback numbers, but it was all good. As a potter I've sold on Etsy for seven or eight years. The last few years I've sold mostly wholesale, but I'm still involved with a ceramics team and I keep my empty shop open ;-) Lots of good feedback there, but again, no jewelry. </p><p><br /></p><p>I think your feeling about the jade is correct. It feels 30's to me. </p><p><br /></p><p>Your advice about finding a vintage jeweler is good. Like you said, being in SoCal I do have resources. I looked up jewelry appraisers yesterday from a link someone posted on my other thread and a jeweler not too far away came up that my Mom used to go to. I'm sure the guy Mom dealt with is long gone, but they have a long and good reputation. I'll ask if they handle antique and vintage when I call. </p><p><br /></p><p>I think I'm going to go through all the boxes and try to organize/sort like items before I start listing/selling anything. By doing that I'll get an education and a better feel for what's fallen in my lap. The collections seem to be from around 1880 - 1970.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Melissa Brown, post: 242131, member: 4746"]Thank you for the feedback and guidance [USER=85]@clutteredcloset49[/USER]. I sold some things on eBay years ago, no jewelry that I recall though. I'll have to check my feedback numbers, but it was all good. As a potter I've sold on Etsy for seven or eight years. The last few years I've sold mostly wholesale, but I'm still involved with a ceramics team and I keep my empty shop open ;-) Lots of good feedback there, but again, no jewelry. I think your feeling about the jade is correct. It feels 30's to me. Your advice about finding a vintage jeweler is good. Like you said, being in SoCal I do have resources. I looked up jewelry appraisers yesterday from a link someone posted on my other thread and a jeweler not too far away came up that my Mom used to go to. I'm sure the guy Mom dealt with is long gone, but they have a long and good reputation. I'll ask if they handle antique and vintage when I call. I think I'm going to go through all the boxes and try to organize/sort like items before I start listing/selling anything. By doing that I'll get an education and a better feel for what's fallen in my lap. The collections seem to be from around 1880 - 1970.[/QUOTE]
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