How are your adventures in estate and garage sales coming along. Yesterday at work, we had a man who spends his life and makes his living buying estate sale jewelry. He lives and mostly makes his purchases on the west coast, (Beverly Hills, CA), he will travel to sales all over the world that he believes he will find quality, rare and very sellable merchandise.
Some of the estate sale finds that he brought, included engagement and wedding rings from first, second and/or third marriages of some famous stars. Sometimes, the named star is the only reason an exaggerated value for some of the jewelry. More often the value is high because the famous get to deal with some rare and valuable pieces.
Antonio's visit reminded me to take a good look at the jewelry offered at local estate sales. I myself, have found interesting and fun pieces. The value is undetermined as I have not seriously looked into having my finds appraised. I did ask a worker at a pawn shop if he recognized anything significant about a bracelet that I found (see above picture). He did not know for sure, but figured my piece was mass produced using a metal that was not marked. It might be silver, pewter or nickel. It doesn't really matter though, because I like the piece, wear it almost everyday and paid $2.00 for it. That is how I roll! If I like a piece it doesn't have to be monetarily valuable, it just has to have a certain look or feel to it.
Happy Tag Popping and Merry Christmas
