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Weekend bling and finds thread

My visitors are still here so not that much hunting for me this week, but went out yesterday and did a bit of buying.

 

Here's a nice old Mexican bracelet I bought. It has a very distinct maker's mark (VCA) and eagle 19 mark, but I can't find any info about the maker. Oh well, par for the course with a lot of Mexican silver.

 

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Here are a few non-jewelry items I scored at a sale yesterday. Maybe the most unusual sale I've ever been to. THOUSANDS of items jammed into a house, being sold by the family. When I say thousands I am not exaggerating. I must have seen 40 Victorian silverplate pickle jars, for example, and maybe 200 cat figurines, this lady was a collector/hoarder ...but the house is immaculate and everything is spotless.

 

I am going back there this AM, but this is what I got for $30 yesterday. (No jewelry, unfortunately) -  portrait of the lady (need to research), a carved Indian  ivory figurine, tall sterling compote and a Bavarian hat pin holder (?)

 

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Hope we all have wonderful finds today and please post them here, and if you don't, feel free to post some oldies to share!

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Is she a tile?  I found a few bits this weekend but don't have any photos yet.  I dream of those kinds of sales.  You never know what'll turn up next.

 


She who dies with the most toys still dies; when's the estate sale?
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I love that portrait Arlene!

 

A brass and blue glass stone sash pin:

 

 

To die for 18 & 22K gold, blue topaz and small diamond earrings by a local goldsmith:

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Love the 'old stuff' Arlene..esp the hat pin holder!

 

That sash pin is beautiful Marie!

 

Found a few pcs today..some signed designer earrings Givenchy, St John, Gay Boyer, & Napier

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Couple starburst pins , unsigned & Sarah Cov

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Some kitty pins & just some nice pcs

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And a lovely old bar pin..maybe goldfilled?

 

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~~~Sarah~~~There's only ONE bad day when you love an animal
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And I bought myself a bd present. Cat Very Happy  A new/old Lane cedar chest for 85.00 Was needin one in the guest room

 

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~~~Sarah~~~There's only ONE bad day when you love an animal
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some oldies I wish I still had:

 

Persian turquoise bracelet

turquoise

 

 

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Louis Rousselet

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art deco

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Marie, those blues are gorgeous, but my favourite would have to be those earrings.

 

Sarah, great birthday gift!

 

Cleio, the Persian turquoise bracelet is very lovely, and I don't know that I could ever have parted with it, and those Rouselett earrings make me even more determined to buy something designed by him.

 

Hoss, good to see you posting.

 

Well, Ev, you would have loved the first sale I went to yesterday, the one I mentioned already  in the OP, but the second sale was just horrible ...even more PACKED with stuff, but positively creepy.

 

Imagine room after room piled with assorted items, from vases to bronzes to paintings to toys to ashtrays to linens....on and on and on.. but the items were dirty and broken and the house stank. It was sad and pathetic ....what a contrast to the first sale.

 

I only bought this men's watch, how it remained so pristine and in perfect working condition amidst the grime of the surroundings  is a miracle.

 

I pretty much ran out of the house into the fresh air, and sanity. The neighbours told me that the curtains had not been opened in that house for over 20 years.

 

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Arlene, really like the ivory carving.  Looks like a boars tooth from the shape.  How sad about the second sale. 

Marie, I too like the sash pin, the color is so pretty.

Sarah, like your jewels, but that chest is a real winner.  I love when people buy themselves presents.

Cleio, I can see why you miss that bracelet, and I'm not a big bracelet person.

Hoss, nice earrings.  Thanks for sharing, really like the second pair.

 

Well here is the last of my "natural beauties" from my trip. 

 

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Though the beauty may be in the butterfly, the struggle and growth occur in the cocoon.
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Sandy, what  kind of stone/material  is that in the brooch in the third pic?  Is it some kind of agate? It's  really beautiful, looks like a miniature work of art.

 

 

 

 

 

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Arlene, I believe it is a plume agate.  It is so much prettier in person because it is actually semi translucent so the pluming really shows up with a light behind the stone.

Though the beauty may be in the butterfly, the struggle and growth occur in the cocoon.
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I love the agates. My dad is a rock hound and they are his favorites, spends hours cutting and polishing them up.

Here's some of my recent finds:

 

marked sterling, 14k and an 'H', similar to modern NA marks.

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dont suppose anyone recognises the mark?

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pretty Victorian looooong watch chain with seed pearl and ruby heart slide

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MCM pearl ring, 14kt gold

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was hoping it would be mikimoto, but does anyone recognise the mark? Its TP or TF

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carved lucite, lea stein style vtg brooch

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dont ususally deal with modern sterling pieces, without a known maker anyway, but this piece just feels really good! Channel set CZ, only marks are .925 and CS

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