clorox
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I had an awesome day yesterday! First up, the silver and gold:
The sombrero is my favorite, 36.4 grams of Mexican sterling. The cup has Egyptian marks, but I haven't quite deciphered them. 49.9 grams of unknown purity. The little shakers are Weidlich pattern 7721. Missing one cap, the weigh 7.4 grams together. Don't know who the spoon's by, but it's 31.6 grams of sterling. The beads in the pile are unmarked, but tested for silver and weight 37.7 grams. The two rings on the far left and far right are unmarked, but tested for silver. The rest are marked as sterling, and all six together weigh 54.9 grams including stones. The sterling dancing girl pin is really neat, I think it will do well. The origami crane is on a sterling necklace and came with matching earrings, but my girlfriend snapped those up! The sterling tie bar is cool, it says "NABAC 1954" with a cable car; it's made by Shreve & Co., a famous San Francisco jeweler. The house pendant is enamel on sterling, with a sterling chain. The necklace to the right of it is also sterling, but broken. The pretty vintage clasp on it is still OK. The earrings with the pearls and the red stones are unmarked silver, and they're real pearls. The acorns and the hoop are sterling, probably will just re-use the acorns on something else. The cut-out Mercury dime is unfortunately on a steel chain, going to have to find a good replacement! The two Mercury dimes and the war nickel are nothing special, but the 1947 Panama medio Balboa is a stunner, probably a solid AU.
Here are the markings on the cup and spoon, any ideas?
As for the gold, the two earrings on the left are 10k, the left has a fake pearl, the right has a real pearl. The first hoop herring is vintage Monet, but the wire clasp is 14k. The second hoop earring and the setting for the genuine teardrop pearl are also 14k. After seeing randazzo's find the other day, I picked up the fraternity pieces, both are unmarked 10k! The necklaces are GF, though. You can see some of the other GF and costume bits and pieces that I picked up in the background.
Other finds were a Sony XC-999 video camera, a nice inlaid wooden box (and some cheap RAM sticks), and a hard hat from USS Waldo County, AKA LST 1163. Not pictured are a barely-used Streamlight Litebox flashlight with wall-mount charger, wall plug, and cigarette lighter adapter; a replica CCM Phoenix Coyotes hockey jersey new with tags in XL; and a possibly game-used American League baseball from 1970 to 1973 (Major League ball dating guide here.)
The sombrero is my favorite, 36.4 grams of Mexican sterling. The cup has Egyptian marks, but I haven't quite deciphered them. 49.9 grams of unknown purity. The little shakers are Weidlich pattern 7721. Missing one cap, the weigh 7.4 grams together. Don't know who the spoon's by, but it's 31.6 grams of sterling. The beads in the pile are unmarked, but tested for silver and weight 37.7 grams. The two rings on the far left and far right are unmarked, but tested for silver. The rest are marked as sterling, and all six together weigh 54.9 grams including stones. The sterling dancing girl pin is really neat, I think it will do well. The origami crane is on a sterling necklace and came with matching earrings, but my girlfriend snapped those up! The sterling tie bar is cool, it says "NABAC 1954" with a cable car; it's made by Shreve & Co., a famous San Francisco jeweler. The house pendant is enamel on sterling, with a sterling chain. The necklace to the right of it is also sterling, but broken. The pretty vintage clasp on it is still OK. The earrings with the pearls and the red stones are unmarked silver, and they're real pearls. The acorns and the hoop are sterling, probably will just re-use the acorns on something else. The cut-out Mercury dime is unfortunately on a steel chain, going to have to find a good replacement! The two Mercury dimes and the war nickel are nothing special, but the 1947 Panama medio Balboa is a stunner, probably a solid AU.
Here are the markings on the cup and spoon, any ideas?
As for the gold, the two earrings on the left are 10k, the left has a fake pearl, the right has a real pearl. The first hoop herring is vintage Monet, but the wire clasp is 14k. The second hoop earring and the setting for the genuine teardrop pearl are also 14k. After seeing randazzo's find the other day, I picked up the fraternity pieces, both are unmarked 10k! The necklaces are GF, though. You can see some of the other GF and costume bits and pieces that I picked up in the background.
Other finds were a Sony XC-999 video camera, a nice inlaid wooden box (and some cheap RAM sticks), and a hard hat from USS Waldo County, AKA LST 1163. Not pictured are a barely-used Streamlight Litebox flashlight with wall-mount charger, wall plug, and cigarette lighter adapter; a replica CCM Phoenix Coyotes hockey jersey new with tags in XL; and a possibly game-used American League baseball from 1970 to 1973 (Major League ball dating guide here.)
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