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<p>[QUOTE="kyratango, post: 9834589, member: 5006"]In France auctions, if it is unmarked, gold (or silver) will have to be pass to the “bureau de contrôle” to be tested and assayed and this is annoying. As buyer, you have to wait after the sale to get back your piece which will generally show an awful scrape mark and an owl hallmark punched without care<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/mad.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":mad:" unselectable="on" />.</p><p>Many simple auctioneers who don’t commission a jewellery expert for the sale go for simple and describe pieces as “metal jaune, métal blanc, pierres blanches” even for diamonds and gold or platinum<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie66" alt=":nailbiting:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p>The connoisseur buyers will know and buy accordingly with the truth without responsibility hassle for the auctioneer <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Of course, this is only for little pieces not for glorious parures!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kyratango, post: 9834589, member: 5006"]In France auctions, if it is unmarked, gold (or silver) will have to be pass to the “bureau de contrôle” to be tested and assayed and this is annoying. As buyer, you have to wait after the sale to get back your piece which will generally show an awful scrape mark and an owl hallmark punched without care:mad:. Many simple auctioneers who don’t commission a jewellery expert for the sale go for simple and describe pieces as “metal jaune, métal blanc, pierres blanches” even for diamonds and gold or platinum:nailbiting:. The connoisseur buyers will know and buy accordingly with the truth without responsibility hassle for the auctioneer ;) Of course, this is only for little pieces not for glorious parures!:hilarious:[/QUOTE]
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