I like pearls and white gold....

[billjustbill]

I like pearls and white gold surprises

Today, my wife and I found a pair of 7mm "MIKIMOTO" pearl earrings with .10ct diamond chips mounted in 18kt yellow gold....
Cost: $5

My wife knew the name; when I saw the box I thought the name was a place to eat.......

http://www.mikimotoamerica.com/stud-earrings-with-diamond-399.html

I like white gold.... Although yellow and rose gold are more beautiful, white gold seems to be the easiest to be confused with Sterling Silver. It makes for great surprises!!! Along with the pearls, we spent a total of $64 on many baggies of jewelry at quite an upscale home's garage sale. I've always read of people buying gold necklaces for $.50-cents or a dollar, then, a few months ago I find a 14kp yellow gold necklace weighing just over 11.5 grams....for .50-cents... Today, I beat my record!

In the top two best baggies, so far, I found 102 grams of Sterling Silver and in the pic showing two bracelets and their pricing, the one on the left is a 14.6 gram 18kt white gold bracelet. The plastic baggie pictures tell the story.....

They don't show me hunting for a spare Oxygen bottle..and De-Fib paddles.

Weight of Alloy	102.00 Grams - 65.59 Dwts - 3.280 Troy Ozs
Alloy	Silver of 0.925 Purity
Weight of Metal	3.034 Troy Oz of Pure Silver
Price Used	20.87 USD / Troy Oz
Value of Metal	$63.31 USD

Weight of Alloy	14.60 Grams - 9.39 Dwts - 0.469 Troy Ozs
Alloy	18kt.Gold of 0.750 Purity
Weight of Metal	0.352 Troy Oz of Pure Gold
Price Used	1,314.55 USD / Troy Oz
Value of Metal	$462.84 USD

 

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[GibH]

Wow. I'm jealous. The Mikimoto name I would have recognized from the thread a couple of days ago.
http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/g...ilver-hallmarks-styles-image-heavy-sorry.html

 

[billjustbill]

Follow up on the rest of high end garage sale

Here are pics of the rest of the jewelry that $64 bought:

The large oval pendant has "Obsidian & Sterling" stamped on the back.

The sterling bracelet is stamped "Jon Peters". Don't know much about it. Any ideas?

The Rest of the rings and bracelets are stamped Sterling or 925. Most stamped "Obsidian" brand.
Stones and metal weigh about 265 grams.

The watches quartz: Gold tone Citizens "Elegance" and the Bling watch is "JC Crystal": $1 each.

The rings with the watches aren't stamped and came in a bag marked $1 each. Sold all in bag for $1.

The Turquoise Bracelets were bagged and marked $1. and Necklaces were marked $2.