Beautiful unmarked rhinestone bracelet (and a little bit of gold & silver)

[kali_is_my_copilot]

Beautiful unmarked rhinestone bracelet (and a little bit of gold & silver)

The highlights of yet another six-buck junk jewelry bag from my neighborhood antique store. I bought it for the massive silver corkscrew pendant (20 grams, made by Barse, signed inside the bale). The watch chain clasp was on one end of a junk chain, it looked & felt like gold but is only marked "14" inside the clasp hook, and it turned out to be 14k (3 grams worth woo)! I've never seen anything marked like that before, thought it was odd. Last but not least is the gorgeous (and HEAVY) rhinestone bracelet. I don't mess with costume jewelry very often but I would love to learn more about this piece. It is not signed.

Edited to add a shout-out to my awesome boyfriend! After I had shown him the bracelet and mentioned that it was only missing one stone, he was looking through the rest of the bag. To my amazement (and some chagrin at not having noticed it earlier) he pulls out a rhinestone butterfly pin and casually asks if one of the stones is a match for the one missing from the bracelet. They (bracelet & pin) are constructed very differently and definitely not from a set or anything, and the stone is ever-so-slightly wider/longer/differently-tinted, but it's an entirely acceptable replacement.

 

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[kali_is_my_copilot]

Pic of replacement rhinestone, color is actually a much closer match irl especially when it's placed in the setting.

 

[diggummup]

Nice score! Looks like a Juliana or DeLizza & Elster bracelet. JEWEL CHATat Morning Glory Juliana Jewelry

 

[kali_is_my_copilot]

Thanks as always for your speed & accuracy dig, here's the same bracelet on ebay, sold for $109!

http://m.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-JULIA...-NAVETTE-ST-BRACELET-/191608769015?nav=SEARCH

 

[Beachkid23]

I believe your gold clasp goes on a chain for a pocket watch. Worth a lot more than scrap as well.

 

[kali_is_my_copilot]

Thanks beachkid that's what I figured, definitely did not belong with the chain I found it on. Do you know what this type of clasp is called? Figured there was something more specific than "watch chain clasp".

 

[Beachkid23]

Swivel clasp or watch fob swivel clasp is what I went with on mine. Not sure if that's exact or not.

 

[JimDon]

Great finds. I have yet to take the bag plunge. Tempting but my will power is holding up... For now.

 

[Drmad7]

Awesome scores! My local Thrift stores are getting better at detecting the good stuff in their jewelry bags and jars...but I still manage to score nice pieces here and there. But not at $6.00!! Nice!

 

[Beachkid23]

I just sold my watch clasp for $100!! Same thing as you have. Had it at $139 obo. $3 shipping. Sat online for 4 days...

 

[kali_is_my_copilot]

Darn it I didn't see any sold over 70 so I scrapped it cuz we needed the cash but I will remember that for future reference.

JimDon, all you need is one great find and you'll be hooked so be warned lol. I buy bags from this place fairly often because 1. they are always $6 for bags of jewelry, $10-20 for bags of watches, and they usually have a ton, and 2. they are out on the sales floor so I can look at them really thoroughly without bothering anyone or having my scrutiny scrutinized. These ladies know that I really know my stuff, I was even told at one point that if I found any more sterling cutlery/etc that was "mispriced" (that they didn't bother to look at closely enough to know) that they wouldn't sell it to me, but I keep buying their bags of jewelry and they keep putting them out. The only other place near me that consistently has bags is a thrift store where I used to make great discoveries but it's gotten to be slim pickings so I usually don't bother. Plus the lady who is usually at the jewelry counter knows that I will look at a lot of things but don't usually buy that much and she intensely dislikes me, to the point of eye-rolling, sighs, and pawning me off on another employee of there's one nearby. Makes it hard to want to spend any money there at all.

 

[NWpickin]

Good pickings!