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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 9568079, member: 5833"]Welcome Jb89. This is not an appraisal site. What we do is help identify & characterize items you show us so that you then have the information needed to search the Internet for similar items that have been sold, which will give you an idea of current value.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cameos are my field, so looked at yours as carefully as the single pic allows. Probably you know the figure is Mercury/Hermes in his winged cap. The questions that I have that affect value are:</p><ul> <li>Is it only the tip of the nose that is chipped? Or is it also the chin and tip of truncation line?</li> <li>Is it glass or hardstone (agate)? Either material can chip. I would need to have a photo taken edge on that clearly shows the line where figure & ground meet to form an opinion.</li> <li>What size is the ring? Anything smaller than a US 6 can be a hard sell.</li> </ul><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 9568079, member: 5833"]Welcome Jb89. This is not an appraisal site. What we do is help identify & characterize items you show us so that you then have the information needed to search the Internet for similar items that have been sold, which will give you an idea of current value. Cameos are my field, so looked at yours as carefully as the single pic allows. Probably you know the figure is Mercury/Hermes in his winged cap. The questions that I have that affect value are: [LIST] [*]Is it only the tip of the nose that is chipped? Or is it also the chin and tip of truncation line? [*]Is it glass or hardstone (agate)? Either material can chip. I would need to have a photo taken edge on that clearly shows the line where figure & ground meet to form an opinion. [*]What size is the ring? Anything smaller than a US 6 can be a hard sell. [/LIST][/QUOTE]
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