First attempt at picking costume jewelry yields sterling

namster · Oct 5, 2013

Wife and I went out to do our usual Saturday morning garage/estate sale and thrift store shopping. I tried my hand at picking jewelry in the costume jewelry pile at a small thrift store. Found 5 pieces that caught my eye, 4 were marked 925, and two of those 4 proved to be genuine. Pics below. Paid $2 for them, weight is 24 grams. We also picked some fireware carnival glass items, 5 small oil lamps, and a karaoke machine all for $19.

shofs · Oct 6, 2013

Nice find! I always get exited when I see a nice lobster claw clasp like that one. 80% of the time it turnes out to be silver or gold so keep an eye out for those since you just started with jewelry :icon_thumright:

namster · Oct 6, 2013

Cool, thanks for the intel. It is fun seeing the real deal sitting amongst a bunch of play stuff.

shofs said:
Nice find! I always get exited when I see a nice lobster claw clasp like that one. 80% of the time it turnes out to be silver or gold so keep an eye out for those since you just started with jewelry

diggummup · Oct 6, 2013

I get alarmed when I see a separate 925 tag attached to a piece. That is a warning sign that it may be a Chinese fake. I hope it's the real deal. PS- What is fireware carnival glass? Do you mean Fire-king peach luster glass?

namster · Oct 6, 2013

diggummup said:
I get alarmed when I see a separate 925 tag attached to a piece. That is a warning sign that it may be a Chinese fake. I hope it's the real deal. PS- What is fireware carnival glass? Do you mean Fire-king peach luster glass?

The clasps are marked 925 also, and they both scratch test good. In the clear right?

yes I meant to say fire king, and they are the orangish color.

diggummup · Oct 6, 2013

namster said:
The clasps are marked 925 also, and they both scratch test good. In the clear right?

yes I meant to say fire king, and they are the orangish color.

Should be okay. Do a search for Peach Luster fire king, that's about as close to orange carnival glass that Fire King ever got. They do have some orange milk glass stuff from the 70's but it is really orange not just orangish.