posted on April 15, 2003 05:36:59 PM
The pendant is very interesting. It looks a lot like some of the amber we saw in Lithuania a few years ago. Are there any marks at all to guide your identification?
posted on April 18, 2003 06:30:08 AM
I asked how much was paid because, in my experience, people who run estate sales for a living are in fact a little smarter than the average bear.
While it is true they don't know everything, generally they do know at least a little about a lot of different things. If you paid 25 cents or a buck for this piece, it's probably because the estate sale lady was pretty sure it wasn't precious metal.
Now there are exceptions to the rule, particularly for specialty items such as railroad china. At the estate sale of a railroad buff, I picked up a creamer, sugar and small plate all with an "Electroliner" logo for $17. (Not that I knew exactly what that meant.) Sold them a few days later for $700. I knew the lady running the sale and she was new to the business. So you can find some good things sometimes.
I used to buy a lot of china at estate sales, but prices are through the roof now.
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"I'm thinking of the immortal words of Socrates, who said `I drank WHAT?'"
posted on April 23, 2003 05:30:14 PM
Thanks, everybody. I'm going to list it.
Maybe I can retrieve the couple of dollars I paid at the estate sale. The yellow does look like enamel. Most interesting is the back which is very ornate -- like a Miriam Haskell piece I came upon once. May put it in with others and sell in a LOT. Thanks again. Appreciate your time.
posted on April 23, 2003 06:22:59 PM
if it were mine i would list it alone first..put gothic in the title with the closeup like you have put here..you might be surprised
if that doesn't work you can always put it in a lot later
