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QUARTERLY CHAT 2024 - April, May, June

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GREAT FINISHES 2024 APRIL MAY JUNE

Startin off with a bang! Trifari https://www.ebay.com/itm/186366662184?hash=item2b64519628%3Ag%3AAQ0AAOSwcEFmBWaX&mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&campid=5336393638&customid=&toolid=10049 Unusual Florenza https://www.ebay.com/itm/335317861520?...

The family of Schreiner Jewelry Post

The family of Schreiner Jewelry are still alive and kicking. Mom, Terry, is 89, and can't believe how my parents, and grandfathers creations have become so collectable. My dad's , Ambros, famous ruffle pin retailed for $7.50 in the mid 1950ss. It now...

Our ID'd Makers Marks

I am starting this topic in the hopes that we can create a permanent resource for our members. Please add images and research information for any Modern or Vintage Jewelry Marks.

Research & Reference Links Library

This Topic is for the sole purpose of providing resources for the accurate identification of items in our personal collections and to be placed for sale on ebay. Please feel free to add Links to Sites that you have found helpful.

Does anyone know what kind of stone this is? Agate?

I'm leaning towards some type of agate, but figured I'd ask first just in case someone recognizes it. VERY dark stone, but in the sunlight there's clear lines or "layers" so to speak. It's a chantille style pin brooch combo, sterling and copper, prob...

ZODIAC WATCH QUESTION

Hello all, I have tried to identify this watch, in terms of specific style name if any,found many Zodiac watches online, but none like mine. I have only had this for 10 years, but wish to let go, and the pricing is all over the place for these. Very ...

Is this stone on these antique earrings moonstone? Fire opal? Other??

Can anyone tell me what these stones are called, they appear whitish but have the orangle glow at different angles, I am not seeing any specks. The stone is smooth to the touch but it looks like the color is faceted? They are very old, screwback. Hel...

What in the world do I call these?

The bar dangles as well as the triangles hanging from it. They're almost 3 inches long. I am totally stumped.

Do you think this brooch & earring set is D & E?

I've had this set for awhile and wonder if it could be D & E? Thanks! Back Clasp is an older "C" clasp

Well made rhinestone brooch... Maker? How hard to do small repair?

This brooch is well made. It even has a support "beam" across the back. Question is...Can any one Id the Maker? I had originally thought it was D&E "Easter Egg" brooch but after compairing them it is not. And also, the rollover part of the clasp is g...

Fall has fallen on Eye Candy Wednesday

Smoke 'em if you got 'em! Smokin' hot eye candy that is. Please keep the images smaller so this will load quickly, and as always no live auctions. Two sterling necklaces, one with lab or synthetic opal, and the other dichroic glass. Modern Native Ame...

Question about the D&E ID website

Do they let you know by email what they have decided about your set? Or should I just keep checking the files? Its been several months so I was just wondering. Thanks!

Sterling SIlver Mark- Modernist - anyone recognize country or mark?

It is a modernist style flower bracelet- gives me a 40's-50's Mexico or FInland sort of feel Marked I in a rectangle KC in the center and S in a rectangle again.Any ideas? I checked some of the usual spots to see if I could I dentify a country but no...

Does anybody here use ProPay?

Signed up for it as an alternative to PayPal, figuring that another payment method wouldn't hurt. But eBay doesn't seem to recognize that I've done this and when I tried to add ProPay to my listings as a global on InkFrog, I got a message "this selle...

yellow glass bead necklace designer??

Hello, I need help describing this yellow glass bead necklace. Thanks for any ideas!

Before I list, anybody know who might have designed this amethyst brooch?

The design of this unmarked brooch is distinctive enough that I thought maybe someone knew who designed it. I thought the amethyst stones were supposed to be grapes, but the leaves on the branch are oak. Hmmm.... Thanks!

Return Help Please

I no longer sell here, and have not kept abreast of the recent changes.I need to return something I just purchased because it is damaged.Is there any way to arrange for a return without causing harm to the seller?He's new with only one feedback. I do...

Trifari scimitar brooch please help date

Hi groupies, Am I right in thinking that this dates from the 1960s? It's marked with Trifari, a crown over the T, and a copyright symbol in a round circle after the Trifari. I have looked at the RCJ site and I *think* that this mark is from the 60s, ...

Worth listing Trifari bracelet with matching broken necklace?

So the bracelet has 4 small missing stones and the matching necklace is broken with more missing stones. Someone (other than myself) could harvest some stones from the necklace. Should I try to list it as a repair, or put it in a lot of repair pieces...