billjustbill
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Not much to start with at a 7:00 a.m. garage sale Saturday morning....but at another I found a 3.2 gram sterling ring for a quarter
Then, to one side of a small round breakfast table, at an estate sale in an up-scale part of town this morning, there were two 10x12" boxes stacked with those old style thin sandwich bags with jewelry inside. The old kind of baggie that had a pocket that folded over and closed the baggie. Because they are so thin, several bags were inside each other for strength, and inside had unknown pieces of jewelry. The baggies were twisted at the top and taped shut. Each piece of sealed masking tape was marked. Some at $5, a few $7.50, and five bags were marked $12.
...."Even a blind squirrel can find an acorn now and then." and I found several.....
As I tried to look through the layers of plastic, making the view of the contents somewhat fuzzy/cloudy... I could see large coins scattered among the $12 bags... I could see it stamped "Christmas 1997". With my pocket magnifier, it read "Merry Christmas" on one side and "Peace on Earth, 1997" in large letters. Below that, in small letters it reads: "HM, One Troy Ounce .999 Fine Silver"
With a "Fish"story like this, there are the photos to show what came out of the sandwich baggies.... ;>)
So, I bought the five $12 bags, and one $5 bag for a total of $65.
Within those bags of silver, I found solid gold jewelry sprinkled throughout three of the five bags!!
Among the silver, I found a GOLD 22" thin necklace stamped 14kt. a 10k gold ring with pale rubies, and a 10kt gold tennis bracelet with thirty-six 10-pt. diamonds....
All the rest above the bottom row, I assume is costume jewelry, as I couldn't find any silver markings but had names like Monet, Napier, and including Tommy Hilfiger. All those things combined would likely sell and add about $10-$15.
Here is what was in those bags that cost $65......
On the bottom row is all silver: 103.2 grams of .999 fine silver rounds, 64.7 grams of .925 sterling. Worth $94.78
Left half Close-up: Only the jewelry marked as silver is along the bottom row.
The large coin-size rounds weigh 32+ grams of .999 silver.
Close-up of right half of bottom row has two rings stacked on top of each other.
The last picture shows the thin 14kt gold necklace that has a broken clasp, weighs 3.2 grams, and the 10kt. ruby ring , 2 grams, and a
10kt Diamond Tennis Bracelet weighing 13.9 grams including the thirty-five 10pt diamonds.... The bracelet and diamonds weigh 13.9 grams
All Three of the gold pieces are Worth $320.59, not including the diamonds.
Total of silver and gold came out to $ 415.13 less 10% charge of the refiner.
The 3.5 carat diamond tennis bracelet of 10kt gold could be sold by itself...
Ebay's prices are eye-opening
Then, to one side of a small round breakfast table, at an estate sale in an up-scale part of town this morning, there were two 10x12" boxes stacked with those old style thin sandwich bags with jewelry inside. The old kind of baggie that had a pocket that folded over and closed the baggie. Because they are so thin, several bags were inside each other for strength, and inside had unknown pieces of jewelry. The baggies were twisted at the top and taped shut. Each piece of sealed masking tape was marked. Some at $5, a few $7.50, and five bags were marked $12.
...."Even a blind squirrel can find an acorn now and then." and I found several.....
As I tried to look through the layers of plastic, making the view of the contents somewhat fuzzy/cloudy... I could see large coins scattered among the $12 bags... I could see it stamped "Christmas 1997". With my pocket magnifier, it read "Merry Christmas" on one side and "Peace on Earth, 1997" in large letters. Below that, in small letters it reads: "HM, One Troy Ounce .999 Fine Silver"
With a "Fish"story like this, there are the photos to show what came out of the sandwich baggies.... ;>)
So, I bought the five $12 bags, and one $5 bag for a total of $65.
Within those bags of silver, I found solid gold jewelry sprinkled throughout three of the five bags!!
Among the silver, I found a GOLD 22" thin necklace stamped 14kt. a 10k gold ring with pale rubies, and a 10kt gold tennis bracelet with thirty-six 10-pt. diamonds....
All the rest above the bottom row, I assume is costume jewelry, as I couldn't find any silver markings but had names like Monet, Napier, and including Tommy Hilfiger. All those things combined would likely sell and add about $10-$15.
Here is what was in those bags that cost $65......
On the bottom row is all silver: 103.2 grams of .999 fine silver rounds, 64.7 grams of .925 sterling. Worth $94.78
Left half Close-up: Only the jewelry marked as silver is along the bottom row.
The large coin-size rounds weigh 32+ grams of .999 silver.
Close-up of right half of bottom row has two rings stacked on top of each other.
The last picture shows the thin 14kt gold necklace that has a broken clasp, weighs 3.2 grams, and the 10kt. ruby ring , 2 grams, and a
10kt Diamond Tennis Bracelet weighing 13.9 grams including the thirty-five 10pt diamonds.... The bracelet and diamonds weigh 13.9 grams
All Three of the gold pieces are Worth $320.59, not including the diamonds.
Total of silver and gold came out to $ 415.13 less 10% charge of the refiner.
The 3.5 carat diamond tennis bracelet of 10kt gold could be sold by itself...
Ebay's prices are eye-opening
Way to go!! Awesome finds ~ & smart shopping! 
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