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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;toomanytocount, post: 264268, member: 5115&quot;]Hi ER, I started on Ebay when it was not even working right, and kept crashing....lol.</p><p><br /></p><p>You would put a bid, but sometimes it would not register and someone else won, or all kinds of other problems. Things got much better eventually, that was 2000 and since. </p><p><br /></p><p>As you say, Ebay also allowed auction houses to sell on their site for a while, and that is how I got to know about private auctions and estate stuff, sold in groups or box lots.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also bought bags of jewelry, and these were a real mix. They were unsearched and you could find the odd valuable gold piece hidden in there. I was always ready with my loupe, buffing cloth, testing liquid, and several containers to sort it all.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I came across a piece that seemed too recent and out of character with the rest and the person who owned it, I used to think it may have been a gift. Especially as the person aged, she kept her old jewelry and people might have bought her more as presents for Xmas and such. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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