Estate sale

goldencoin

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Was on the way to the beach to MD, but saw an estate sale...couldn't resist. I picked through the jewelry and found a sterling chain and a gold chain with the same design ($2 each). It says 725 (18K), but there are some other numbers as well. I would assume it is gold because the other is silver. I also got an old atlas ($5), and old girl scout book ($2), old atlas from sinclair gas ($1). But the neatest thing was a victorian mantel clock. It was $150, but bargained them down to $125. It has a patent of 1880 and a tag on the back saying who it was bought for. It has key and pedulum and seems to be in working order, but I don't know enough to test it. The only other example on google was selling for $625! Truly a nice example of the vicotrian era.
The other marks on the chain are in arabic, but there is also, in much smaller size, "(star figure) 335 AR" Any ideas?

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acevillav

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Nicely done. That clock is mucho suweeeeeeetttttt !!! shoot me a pm if you ever want to part w/it :icon_thumright:
 

spartacus53

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Looks like you scored well on that estate sale :icon_thumleft: Most estate sales have professionals in before the general public and cherry pick the good stuff, it seems they missed a quite a bit
 

goldgrubber

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The smaller size marks sound like Italian marks with the AR standing for the province it came from, Arezzo.
 

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Seth Thomas Adamatine clock. Easily worth over $600 if in excellent condition. The patent date is probably for the movement. The Adamatine finish was developed around 1885. Nice score.
 

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:icon_thumright: wtg you did good great scores
 

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