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Today I was out searching my favorite coin store where I found my 10k Otsby Barton cameo ring for $10. They have these junk sterling jewelry bins for 1 or 2 dollars a gram. It's incredibly fun to go through them! Anyways I found this brooch and I hadn't known about Georg Jensen until I joined Tnet! It was in perfect condition so I bought it for $10. I looked up Georg Jensen 97 on eBay and there are some crazy prices on there! I highly doubt anyone would pay that much, but for $10 that's a steal!!
Now for a weird story, I was at another pawn shop two days ago looking for rings for myself. I noticed a small gold ring 10k really light, like 3 grams. I asked the lady how much and she said $55 when there was $68 worth of gold there... okay? I didn't have much cash on me at the time and wasn't too crazy about the ring, maybe I could have made like $40 off of it? Oh well. I asked to see another ring that was 14k, a big chunky gold ring weighing in at 8.4g, fit me perfectly and I loved it. Thinking it was going to be crazy expensive, she says $120... What the heck!! I snatched it up without even making an offer. About $185 worth of gold or so. Better than that is the fact it's a Hubertus Von Skal ring! Vintage designer brand, he was born in Germany 1942, and probably made the ring around late 60s early 70s. I feel like I got a very nice ring at a great price, worth more than melt IMO just looking at some on eBay, smaller ones selling for more than what I paid. Never been resized, great condition, stone is a lab sapphire (may just be glass IDK but it doesn't matter). Now comes the weird part...... I went back today with more $$$ hoping to get more rings. Same lady as before, I ask to see a 14k ring weighing 5 grams, I like it I want to buy it and ask how much and she says $350... umm? I took my money and didn't buy anything else... Very odd but still very happy with my ring as I have been wearing it around everywhere.
Now for a weird story, I was at another pawn shop two days ago looking for rings for myself. I noticed a small gold ring 10k really light, like 3 grams. I asked the lady how much and she said $55 when there was $68 worth of gold there... okay? I didn't have much cash on me at the time and wasn't too crazy about the ring, maybe I could have made like $40 off of it? Oh well. I asked to see another ring that was 14k, a big chunky gold ring weighing in at 8.4g, fit me perfectly and I loved it. Thinking it was going to be crazy expensive, she says $120... What the heck!! I snatched it up without even making an offer. About $185 worth of gold or so. Better than that is the fact it's a Hubertus Von Skal ring! Vintage designer brand, he was born in Germany 1942, and probably made the ring around late 60s early 70s. I feel like I got a very nice ring at a great price, worth more than melt IMO just looking at some on eBay, smaller ones selling for more than what I paid. Never been resized, great condition, stone is a lab sapphire (may just be glass IDK but it doesn't matter). Now comes the weird part...... I went back today with more $$$ hoping to get more rings. Same lady as before, I ask to see a 14k ring weighing 5 grams, I like it I want to buy it and ask how much and she says $350... umm? I took my money and didn't buy anything else... Very odd but still very happy with my ring as I have been wearing it around everywhere.
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