Todays Gold Finds - nearly cried with the Cartier find!

[dumpsterdiver]

Why isn't it real?

BAD news - the Cartier piece wasn't real (still 14k, so a sweet $245).

GOOD news - the Hublot watch is real (stainless steel, but real). Cost me $15 to replace the battery. I think I'll enjoy it for a while before listing on eBay. Not sure when I will be able to afford a $1600 watch any time soon...so, enjoy it while it lasts!!!

 

[mjm579]

Why isn't it real?

the signature wasn't correct. It was all capital letters "CARTIER" and not Cartier in italics.

 

[mjm579]

$5 for the watch and $15 for the battery=a $20 hubie

my thoughts exactly

 

[Butter Hat]

It's like you have a super power.

 

[mjm579]

It's like you have a super power.

People (mostly my parents and husband) laugh when I say "I can smell the gold"!! It's sort of true though (it's more, smelling that it's NOT junk metal...but who's to say).

 

[kali_is_my_copilot]

Lol, I will literally smell pieces that I'm unsure about, most of the silver and all of the gold I've subjected to this test is odorless. Fake gold/silver and pretty much all costume jewelry has a brassy "metal" smell, like clad coins. I read that tip here somewhere at some point and people look at you very oddly if they catch you sneaking a sniff of jewelry but it hasn't steered me wrong yet.

 

[mjm579]

Lol, I will literally smell pieces that I'm unsure about, most of the silver and all of the gold I've subjected to this test is odorless. Fake gold/silver and pretty much all costume jewelry has a brassy "metal" smell, like clad coins. I read that tip here somewhere at some point and people look at you very oddly if they catch you sneaking a sniff of jewelry but it hasn't steered me wrong yet.

Too funny - at least I'm not the only one.

 

[diggummup]

I don't know if yours is real or not. I'm guessing the jeweler told you it wasn't because of the mark. However I did manage to find a Cartier mark that is not in script right here- Cartier Jewelry Maker's Mark - Antique Jewelry University so I wouldn't dismiss it yet. Maybe get a second opinion.

 

[tamrock]

Ya never know Digs could be laggit , I do know Georg Jensen has a mark for pieces made in Denmark and an other mark for pieces made in New York I think. Maybe Cartier did the same thing over pieces from France and pieces produced outside of France. Need to look at more on Cartier marks to be sure. That piece looks the style of the retro late 40's to the 50's to me. Being gold would be good enough for me.

 

[mjm579]

I don't know if yours is real or not. I'm guessing the jeweler told you it wasn't because of the mark. However I did manage to find a Cartier mark that is not in script right here- Cartier Jewelry Maker's Mark - Antique Jewelry University so I wouldn't dismiss it yet. Maybe get a second opinion.

Thanks. I'll def keep it in mind for future Cartier find (yea, right!!). I sold it last week. Still got $250 for it. Paid $0.50....not a bad return on investment.

 

[mjm579]

I don't know if yours is real or not. I'm guessing the jeweler told you it wasn't because of the mark. However I did manage to find a Cartier mark that is not in script right here- Cartier Jewelry Maker's Mark - Antique Jewelry University so I wouldn't dismiss it yet. Maybe get a second opinion.

Two separate jeweler's also told me that Cartier pieces were all 18K. Any truth to this?

 

[diggummup]

Thanks. I'll def keep it in mind for future Cartier find (yea, right!!). I sold it last week. Still got $250 for it. Paid $0.50....not a bad return on investment.

Look here at a very similar design with the same signature, $966.23-
Vintage c1970 18ct Gold Cartier Pansy Remember Me Flower Brooch Pin | eBay