Online thrift auction treasure score

niffler · Jan 24, 2019

Hello, recently I have had some life changes and challenges and haven't been able to get out to my thrift stores as usual. Instead, I got on the gw auction site and bid on some lots of "assorted costume jewelry". I won the bidding on 3 lots, at $16 each, all total 87 pounds of assorted jewelry! Shipping was the worst part, and the total invested with shipping was about $110. When I opened the first box I found a gold and chrysoprase pendant almost immediately. It took me about 5 hours to sort through the tangled mess of necklaces, earrings, bracelets and all kinds of stuff. The next day I opened the second box and immediately saw the most charm covered sterling charm bracelet I have ever seen, weighing 145 grams. I spent another 5 hours sorting box 2, lots of 14k. The third day I went through the third box, lots of silver. The total 14k gold came to exactly 40 grams, 10k only 4.4 grams, 1/20 gold filled 24 grams, and sterling overloads my 400 gram max scale by far. Also a nice graduated pearl necklace with broken 14k clasp. It took 3 days to untangle and sort through all the costume jewelry, but totally worth it I think.