Recent yard sale/market finds

ThinIce

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My girlfriend and I did some yard sale hunting today and found some neat stuff. Also included in the picture are some city market/thrift store finds from not so far back.

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14k gold ring, I paid a dollar for it. Cheap gawky jewellery isn't always what it seems. I'm assuming minus the stone, the ring weighs in between 2.5-3 grams. The ring total weighs 3.6 grams.


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Other than the ring, I found an enameled sterling ring and a nice condition steel penny, 1943 s, both a dollar as well. The last ring on the far right was from a thrift store. 10k gold ring with a stone, most likely faceted quartz, for 12 bucks. Not the best find, but an alright deal.

10k ring weighs 1.16 grams with the stone
Enameled silver ring weighs 10 grams total


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Sterling spoons. The bottom 4 are a Gorham Sterling set I found at an estate sale. The bag was labeled sterling with the weight of 2.53 ounces. The lady asked for 19 dollars, so I gave it to her. She didn't seem to be concerned about pricing the spoons much cheaper than its weight. I haven't weighed the spoons for myself, but they're heavier than the rest of the spoons in my collection.

Top spoon was from Kansas City I went back in mid March for spring break trip. Says Anthony Kans on the mouthpiece of the spoons. Paid 3 bucks. Man who sold it to me had a bunch of plate spoons for 2, but he knew that one was sterling so asked for an extra dollar. Not complaining; it's quite a nice souvenir.
 

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Those are great finds!! It's always nice to find gold..............cheap!!! Well done! ☠
 

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Definitely some great buys.
 

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Is that first spoon pattern Grand Baroque?! If so, that pattern brings in big money. Either way, great score.
 

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ThinIce

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EDIT: Turns out the 14k gold ring is plated, and not solid. My girlfriend took it in to a jeweler and was informed that it was fake. It's a costume jewellery ring that could still fetch for more than a dollar, but it's slightly disappointing that I didn't score a nice 50 dollar gold ring.

I'll probably keep this ring as a reference tool in spying out falsely marked metals. I did notice a copper wear at the bottom, but I didn't think much of it at the time. In any case, this 1 dollar ring possibly saves me from losing hundreds more.
 

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