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After open for three days, I went back at 3:30 and bought two shadow box frames with "old jewelry" inside. The estate sale company had marked each one at $95, and until the last 30 minutes did not want to listen to any offers on them. The lady in charge came down to $150.00, plus State Tax, of course.....
One had a large ring that has a square Ruby in it, and what looks like a custom made gold ring made to fit it. It appears to be cast in either 10kt or 18kt, but I'll have to test it.
The other shadow box has a 1920's picture of a young lady wearing a diamond shaped Ruby pendant necklace and pin made with a long freshwater pearl. Arranged upon lace swatches around the old picture are the exact pin and pendant, two more long broach pins and a set of 1/20, 12kt, yellow gold filled rimless lady's glasses. Each piece of jewelry is not karat marked, but those two and a much larger and thicker gold broach pin appear to be handmade. On the ends of the long pearl broach pin, it appears to be cast and each end is a cat's head. I can see black investment casting sand embedded the back of the jewelry like one would use to cast in gold.... So, I've included two pics with one turn upside down for a different perspective. What year/era would you say the jewelry could have been made?
The red stones are clear and some slightly cloudy and wavy inclusions are seen off to the side. Any idea how to tell if either is Ruby?
Because of a gut feeling, and realizing that the old picture showing two of them being worn, I went out on a limb on these two shadow boxes and bought them.... I believe that even if they test out to be just 10kt, the gold should be worth more than double my cost.... but, if they are real gold, their worth as "Antique Heirloom Jewelry" may be more.
What do you think?
One had a large ring that has a square Ruby in it, and what looks like a custom made gold ring made to fit it. It appears to be cast in either 10kt or 18kt, but I'll have to test it.
The other shadow box has a 1920's picture of a young lady wearing a diamond shaped Ruby pendant necklace and pin made with a long freshwater pearl. Arranged upon lace swatches around the old picture are the exact pin and pendant, two more long broach pins and a set of 1/20, 12kt, yellow gold filled rimless lady's glasses. Each piece of jewelry is not karat marked, but those two and a much larger and thicker gold broach pin appear to be handmade. On the ends of the long pearl broach pin, it appears to be cast and each end is a cat's head. I can see black investment casting sand embedded the back of the jewelry like one would use to cast in gold.... So, I've included two pics with one turn upside down for a different perspective. What year/era would you say the jewelry could have been made?
The red stones are clear and some slightly cloudy and wavy inclusions are seen off to the side. Any idea how to tell if either is Ruby?
Because of a gut feeling, and realizing that the old picture showing two of them being worn, I went out on a limb on these two shadow boxes and bought them.... I believe that even if they test out to be just 10kt, the gold should be worth more than double my cost.... but, if they are real gold, their worth as "Antique Heirloom Jewelry" may be more.
What do you think?
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