Goodwill Sterling $1.99ea

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Stopped at Goodwill on my way home tonight just to browse and see what I could find. Store was busy full of people. After 30 minutes of not finding anything of value I noticed a worker had put out a new green cart full of merchandise at the end of the aisle for people to look at and to be stocked on the shelves. There was about 8-10 bracelets on top and right away I noticed that two of them were sterling. I was hesitant to ask him how much they were because there were no prices on anything and thought he would check and mark them high. I reluctantly asked "how much for the bracelets?". He said all bracelets were $1.99. Ok can you mark them for me? No, just take them to the checkout and they will ring you up. So I took a third junk bracelet to throw in the mix. Waited my turn and then told the young lady that all these bracelets were $1.99. She actually checked her price list and rang them up, $6.42 with tax!

#1 25 Gram Sterling Fish Bone Bracelet marked TP-35 Mexico 925(must have been made after 1979)
#2 15 Gram Sterling and Turquoise bead Necklace, marked sterling and then a sunburst mark. Five strands on each side....
#3 junk...

I would really like everyones opinion on how much these are worth as jewelry items, not scrap. I will probably list them on ebay. I searched and found one similar to the fish bone bracelet but not an exact match. The Turquoise bead necklace will take me a while to search and find something similar. Wondering if anyone recognizes the sunburst mark?
....Thanks for looking......

Found the necklace, here it is:
http://www.silvertribe.com/hand-strung-liquid-silver-green-turquoise-basket-weave-necklace-ls46gt
 

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Very cool! I'm envious of people with access to the goodwill stores that sell jewelry individually. Mine only ever has bags of "junk" jewelry that sometimes have bits of good stuff in it. The bags are clear plastic and weigh 1+ lbs normally. Hard to see the majority of the items - let alone clasps and hallmarks. I've seen some of the bags that were opened by customers, but taking my magnet to a bag is as intrusive as I will go.
 

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