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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gauntlettgems, post: 2146181, member: 6421&quot;][USER=6283]@SYNCHRONCITY[/USER] Helped me find out that I found a nice one last week.&nbsp; A dealer was moving his booth and having an 80% off sale.&nbsp; His prices were high but i was able to nab this for just under $16.&nbsp; I didn&#039;t know why I liked it.&nbsp;&nbsp; He had it marked as a glass box.&nbsp;&nbsp; She let me know it is a late 19th c French opaline casket box.&nbsp; Woot woot&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I have had a lot of little surprises along my treasure hunting years but I think my best one was a jewelry lot for $110.&nbsp; I bought it sight unseen but I usually did fairly well on these lots and was not afraid to spend a little on it.&nbsp; My friend wanted to learn and I put the whole bag in the center of a table and asked her to make piles of good (possible gold or silver), decent costume, watches etc and then a third pile for junk.&nbsp; She wanted to get the eye for finding treasures.&nbsp; In the middle of the hunt she picked up a thick gold necklace with cabochons in it and said this is so big it has to be trash.&nbsp; As she threw it in the pile I snatched it up. The cabochons caught my eye along with the color of the gold.&nbsp; I was quiet while looking it over and then I found the 19k gold mark!!!&nbsp; I almost fell out the chair.&nbsp; She was in shock and threw in the towel.&nbsp; She said she would have put it in the garbage or dollar jewelry pile.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>After some research I found that it was by designer Elizabeth Locke, never heard of her, and I started to shop it to the big ticket dealers on eBay.&nbsp; I got one that asked me to insure and overnight it.&nbsp; It weighed 4.5 ounces and I could have scrapped it (about $6000) but was hoping they would give me a better deal.&nbsp; They overnighted a check for $9500 once they got it.&nbsp; I was over the moon!&nbsp; She told me the retail value was $25,000 and they would put it up for $18,000.&nbsp; I did not have the storefront or clientele to command so much plus I was newer to this and afraid to take a stab at selling it myself.&nbsp; Not so much anymore!&nbsp;&nbsp; Sorry for the long post and no pic of the original necklace</p><p><br /></p><p>Happy hunting everyone!![ATTACH=full]252003[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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