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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Brett_in_Sacto, post: 2461019, member: 71510&quot;]Auction is truly luck of the draw.&nbsp; The thing is to find the items that are harder to value, and be prepared to pay close to fair value on metals.&nbsp; Sometimes you get lucky and sometimes not.</p><p><br /></p><p>One thing people don&#039;t do is is to look for yourself and don&#039;t assume what is listed is fact, especially at auction or estate.&nbsp; Sometimes you find some nice treasures.</p><p><br /></p><p>This was in a &quot;misc jewelry - sterling silver&quot; auction lot in 2014.&nbsp; I paid 50 cents over melt per ounce on a 12ozt lot at auction.&nbsp; 3 items inside were white gold.&nbsp; I saw one necklace inside the bag I was pretty sure was marked as .585, so I took a shot.</p><p><br /></p><p>Worst case was paying 50 cents an ounce over melt.&nbsp; I hit the &quot;best case&quot; scenario in which I found 17 grams of gold.&nbsp; 12gr of 14k and this little gem.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is an original Mouawad 18k &lt;750&gt; white gold and diamond necklace.</p><p><br /></p><p>Needless to say, the gold doubled my money for the entire lot - the neckace was a big bowl of gravy - and the silver jewelry is still stashed for a rainy day.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]515913[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]515914[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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