MRBeyer
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Still on the business trip. Went by myself the 22nd. Found two silver handled place setting knives in the junk silverware stuff at a local thrift store. $0.19 each. No markings. Due to the damage to the handles already I'm turning them in for scrap. Even iff they turn up plate its not much of a loss.
On the 23rd took my friend I have been teaching what to look for. First thrift store found a painting he is going back for today, it is an Adolph Sehring lithograph, selling it for $3, worth about $40-50 on Epay. Wish it was signed and numbered, it would be worth $150+ then. The second thrift store was a high end resale shop. Mostly clothes and jewelry. While looking through the jewelry I found two 14k rings marked Meda, China. One in white gold (a wedding set of band and engagement), the other ring in yellow gold. When I asked about them the lady said they had been bought with all the other silver rings as a resale lot. She was also nice enough to tell me they were fakes and were only gold plated (in her honest opinion as they had been made in China). I looked at the price tag, $10 each. Bought both of them, also bought three sterling bracelets at $9.50-10 each. When I got home and weighed the bracelets, I determined they about broke me even on silver weight. One my daughter will love (the heaviest) so I didn't break even there though. However, it turns out the Meda brand is real gold, the wedding set has CZ stones, the single gold ring's stone appears to be about a 1ct diamond. Gonna take it in this weekend to have the stone checked. The resale value on Epay of the yellow gold ring is about $250, not counting the stone. Gold value on all of the rings is about $350. Not bad for $20. Can't sell the wedding band set, my wife wants to keep them.
Nope, no pictures. Sorry
On the 23rd took my friend I have been teaching what to look for. First thrift store found a painting he is going back for today, it is an Adolph Sehring lithograph, selling it for $3, worth about $40-50 on Epay. Wish it was signed and numbered, it would be worth $150+ then. The second thrift store was a high end resale shop. Mostly clothes and jewelry. While looking through the jewelry I found two 14k rings marked Meda, China. One in white gold (a wedding set of band and engagement), the other ring in yellow gold. When I asked about them the lady said they had been bought with all the other silver rings as a resale lot. She was also nice enough to tell me they were fakes and were only gold plated (in her honest opinion as they had been made in China). I looked at the price tag, $10 each. Bought both of them, also bought three sterling bracelets at $9.50-10 each. When I got home and weighed the bracelets, I determined they about broke me even on silver weight. One my daughter will love (the heaviest) so I didn't break even there though. However, it turns out the Meda brand is real gold, the wedding set has CZ stones, the single gold ring's stone appears to be about a 1ct diamond. Gonna take it in this weekend to have the stone checked. The resale value on Epay of the yellow gold ring is about $250, not counting the stone. Gold value on all of the rings is about $350. Not bad for $20. Can't sell the wedding band set, my wife wants to keep them.
Nope, no pictures. Sorry
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