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Very cool stuff. I love the green Sherman set. True about people not using their nice cutlery sets. When my mom passed I inherited 2 sets, silver plated with bakelite handles, They were my grand parents' set . Not very valuable but cool and valuable to me. I use them daily now. Great memories.
That is a Stratton Initial compact the little "key" is to turn the initial to your chosen letter. To get the bottom portion to open you lean the mirror all the way back and the covered portion pops open. I would guess it to be a 1950s to early 1960s compact. Depending on the condition I have seen them sell for anywhere from $20 to $100 USD.
That pin with the filigree and the little dangly shields are handcrafted in Norway I believe. Most likely sterling silver. Called a Solje in Norwegian. Wear it just the way it is, on a national costume, a bunad. My mom and I have many pieces like this, handcrafted by silver smiths in Norway. Take care.
Now I understand what that pin is. I follow the Royals & have seen Queen Sonja, Crown Princess Mette-Marit & Princess Ingrid Alexandra wear such brooches on their Bunads during your National Day or when Princess Ingrid Alexandra’s Confirmation took place. They really are beautiful pieces of the Silversmiths Art. Not to mention the Embroidery Patterns on the Bunads themselves. I embroider & just am in admiration of the skill shown on the various pieces of the Bunad. They truly are stunning. Thanks for explaining just what that Brooch is & helping me to understand the significance of the Brooches. Take Care from 🇨🇦!! 😊
The Solje is absolutely stunning! I love filigree, and jewelry that are special pieces in other cultures. I'd LOVE to know more about the brooch they found in the satiny bag!
Great observation 👍! If you're not spot on you're close! I can actually see him making stuff like that in the future. That young man is so multi talented with an imagination that is going to take him places!
I think the opal brooch is real. At one of the Commonwealth Games in Australia or it might have been an expo we had in Brisbane Australia, those opal tie pins/brooch were sold as mementos. It was a koala holding the opal and I too bought one but I don’t remember how much it cost. The opals were not so valuable at that time (70’s or 80’s). Who knows now. ❤️ from Australia 🇦🇺.
Over the years of treasure hunting, I have bought quite a few boxes of jewelry like this one. It is sooooo much fun! I haven't done much in the past 2 years, but this video has inspired me to get back out there and do some serious treasure hunting again. In fact, right before March 2020, I bought about 4 boxes from an estate sale, and they're FULL of jewelry. I need to go through those again. I also re-sell vintage and antique items, and it is so addictive. Again, thanks for inspiring me to get back to doing what I love!
So that's where it went! I was out jewelry-hunting this morning, and sterling of course, but Alex bought it all! Long wonky post alert: 08:32 I'd say circa 1960. The newer they are the longer they tend to be. The coating was invented in 1954 so that's the oldest the AB set can be. The red one looked newer than the AB one. 09:48 Koala stickpin -souvenir of Australia. Opal might be a doublet or triplet - glued between two pieces of glass. 11:12 pre-1900 for sure. I'd bet on gold-filled. 12:12 early 20s filigree, Czech or Rhode Island. Could be either. 12:26 Scandinavian Solje! Wedding brooch. Still being made in the traditional style with the 19th century style hardware or were the last I looked, so age is... who knows. 13:17 Goofy 60s or early 70s, 16:00 amber, heat-treated. 17:45 80s acrylic. No bakelite there. 20:55 Not painted - transfer print. 24:18 The earrings aren't gold. The ivory looks like Ivory. 25:45 SHERMAN! That pays for the whole box!
Thanks for the breakdown! I was thoroughly enjoying each little treasure! I loved the little treasure box a bit more than the petrified wood. Do you know what the large brown topaz like stones in the pendant and what looked like a huge brooch' I once had a nice medium sized brooch with a large faceted brown stone, just like those items. It's ok if it's just colored glass, I just think those stones are really pretty and cool!
12:26 It's not a wedding brooch, it's for the Norwegian national costume called Bunad. By the style of it and the way it's made, it's probably from the late 1800s or early 1900s.
I'm amazed at how valuable costume jewelry is these days. Be sure to check all those pins and brooches for marks in case they are Trifari crown or Coro or other good-quality maker. The piece with the tiny thimble, scissors and needle case (etui) is called a chatelaine.
I would love to have that, my great grandmother was a seamstress at A fancy store downtown LA. It reminds me of her. I have her treadle sewing machine.
The amber jewelry was sold at a mall store with “nature” in the name. It was sold right after Jurassic Park was released. I have many pieces because my family was fascinated with the concept of insects in amber.
Hey .... sweet! Got in on the ground floor for once .... very rare I'm one of the first to comment. Nice video! Uhhh... your "mouse" is a koala with an opal (real or not...) because, as I'm sure you know, a lot of opals come from Australia!
Other than the Rolex "blunder", the watch collage is pretty neat, and tastefully done. It would be nice if you could salvage it by switching out some of the other watch parts for the pricey ones. I see you don't have a shortage of watch parts from this haul!
you had a few pieces of Mexican silver. there is an interesting story to go with that. Back in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, when a southwestern Native American was hired to do a job, he would specify that he be paid in silver dollars. He would take his pay to a silversmith and work out a deal with him to turn it into jewelry. The silversmith would go to a railroad track and, just before the train came by, he would lay all those coins out on the tracks. When the train came, every wheel that passed over the coins would act like a jeweler's hammer and, when it was gone, the coins would be turned into short pieces of sheet silver, which the smith would stamp and form using homemade tools. Often, you could see the old impression of the coin design
@@starrlacey2505 The really funny part was that they would then take the jewelry to the train station and sell it to tourists from back East. The tourists would ask, "Is it sterling?" and the seller would say, "Oh yes" What neither the buyer or the seller knew was that the coin silver used at the time was actually finer (purer) than sterling. Sterling silver is 7.5%copper.
The first crystal necklace that Melissa pulled out has Aurora Borealis crystals. That dates it to no earlier than 1954 when that process was invented. The cast iron turtle may be a flower frog used to hold cut flowers.
I love to watch you look through treasures. My fingers itch to reach through the screen and see with my fingers. I can't wait for this to be at the auction, I am excited about the keys, some silver bits andnd of course the silver. I hope you had as much fun as I did.
I think you will more than double your money. Some of the pieces are precious. Love the silver dinnerware. But, you right on when you said silverware is not used everyday anymore. Good luck!
I have a blue willow soup cup and saucer that I used as an ashtray for years until a friend who studied that kind of stuff told me it might be worth $500 or more. I have a set of two packed away in a box….and I know exactly where that box is…see it every day on the top shelf of the pantry.
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The little bear is a koala with an opal in the middle you can get them in tourist shops in Australia
Cane here to say that. My Mum was an Aussie war bride. I’d know a koala with my eyes closed.
*came not cane. Dang typos
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Yes, Koala!!
My dad brought me one of those koalas from his trip to Australia.
Hi you two, the little bear/mouse with opal tummy is a Koala bear as opals come from Australia mainly. Great video, xxx
Yes Koala defo and Australia is famous for opals
@@Fees-Shed Noticed that right away so the Opal is probably genuine.
Oh nice!!!
I came to comments just to say this! Aussie opal in a koala (not koala bear)
Came to the comments just for this!
Has anyone mentioned that it's a koala? (Reads comments) ... oh kaaay. 😄
Wait...what? No cars in this video? I'm going to have to rethink my subscription to this channel!
(Just kidding.)
Its a koala holding the opal!! 🇦🇺🐨🥰❤
Could be a koala, opals are found in Australia. I would think if it's real it would be in gold.
Very cool stuff. I love the green Sherman set. True about people not using their nice cutlery sets. When my mom passed I inherited 2 sets, silver plated with bakelite handles, They were my grand parents' set . Not very valuable but cool and valuable to me. I use them daily now. Great memories.
The Sherman pieces are beautiful. 💖
The little "mouse" pin is actually a koala and opal stone. Opals are found in Australia. It's a tourist piece.
That is a Stratton Initial compact the little "key" is to turn the initial to your chosen letter. To get the bottom portion to open you lean the mirror all the way back and the covered portion pops open. I would guess it to be a 1950s to early 1960s compact. Depending on the condition I have seen them sell for anywhere from $20 to $100 USD.
That pin with the filigree and the little dangly shields are handcrafted in Norway I believe. Most likely sterling silver. Called a Solje in Norwegian. Wear it just the way it is, on a national costume, a bunad. My mom and I have many pieces like this, handcrafted by silver smiths in Norway. Take care.
Now I understand what that pin is. I follow the Royals & have seen Queen Sonja, Crown Princess Mette-Marit & Princess Ingrid Alexandra wear such brooches on their Bunads during your National Day or when Princess Ingrid Alexandra’s Confirmation took place. They really are beautiful pieces of the Silversmiths Art. Not to mention the Embroidery Patterns on the Bunads themselves. I embroider & just am in admiration of the skill shown on the various pieces of the Bunad. They truly are stunning. Thanks for explaining just what that Brooch is & helping me to understand the significance of the Brooches. Take Care from 🇨🇦!! 😊
The Solje is absolutely stunning! I love filigree, and jewelry that are special pieces in other cultures.
I'd LOVE to know more about the brooch they found in the satiny bag!
Yes exactly I have some of these too
Looks like a Koala bear with Opal. Love the turtle. The Amber is beautiful. The pipes were just Wow. Awesome find y'all.
Please, not a bear
🤣🤣🤣 🇦🇺
I think the plastic halloween pumpkin ring was the best find, thumbs up
Dave, Dave, Dave, don't you know the turtle is everything? 😆🐢
@@karenmilligan5597 ha ha ha
I agree, a koala with a genuine opal.
Still have my mons Sarah Coventry jewelry from 70s In awesome shape still wear it myself
at 12.33 minutes , that's Traditional Norwegian/Saami Folk jewellery. It's got value. Could be 'Juhls' a Saami Jeweller..
Heat up the glue from the back of the collage. And use a couple of the extra pieces from the parts box to fill in what you remove
Sterling is usually kept in those anti-tarnish felt bags. The Girls Guide spoons are demi-tasse spoons. (Sorry for so many posts!)
It's always nice when Melissa comes in! Have a great day from Texas!
The ring Melissa kept is 1960's Sarah Coventry. I have one that is identical. Glad she likes it.
I have that exact ring!! It was giving to me as a kid in a bag of cast off jewelry from an aunt, still in perfect shape😄
The stool was made the way Josh has been making his cutting boards with glueing different types of wood together and then forming shapes.
Great observation 👍! If you're not spot on you're close! I can actually see him making stuff like that in the future. That young man is so multi talented with an imagination that is going to take him places!
I think the opal brooch is real. At one of the Commonwealth Games in Australia or it might have been an expo we had in Brisbane Australia, those opal tie pins/brooch were sold as mementos. It was a koala holding the opal and I too bought one but I don’t remember how much it cost. The opals were not so valuable at that time (70’s or 80’s). Who knows now. ❤️ from Australia 🇦🇺.
Over the years of treasure hunting, I have bought quite a few boxes of jewelry like this one. It is sooooo much fun! I haven't done much in the past 2 years, but this video has inspired me to get back out there and do some serious treasure hunting again. In fact, right before March 2020, I bought about 4 boxes from an estate sale, and they're FULL of jewelry. I need to go through those again. I also re-sell vintage and antique items, and it is so addictive. Again, thanks for inspiring me to get back to doing what I love!
Wow I’m one of the first, watching all the way from Jakarta Indonesia, old southern American x-pat….
So that's where it went! I was out jewelry-hunting this morning, and sterling of course, but Alex bought it all! Long wonky post alert: 08:32 I'd say circa 1960. The newer they are the longer they tend to be. The coating was invented in 1954 so that's the oldest the AB set can be. The red one looked newer than the AB one. 09:48 Koala stickpin -souvenir of Australia. Opal might be a doublet or triplet - glued between two pieces of glass. 11:12 pre-1900 for sure. I'd bet on gold-filled. 12:12 early 20s filigree, Czech or Rhode Island. Could be either. 12:26 Scandinavian Solje! Wedding brooch. Still being made in the traditional style with the 19th century style hardware or were the last I looked, so age is... who knows. 13:17 Goofy 60s or early 70s, 16:00 amber, heat-treated. 17:45 80s acrylic. No bakelite there. 20:55 Not painted - transfer print. 24:18 The earrings aren't gold. The ivory looks like Ivory. 25:45 SHERMAN! That pays for the whole box!
9:48 - Glad I wasn't alone shouting - it's a koala!
❤koala australia opal
Thanks for the breakdown! I was thoroughly enjoying each little treasure! I loved the little treasure box a bit more than the petrified wood.
Do you know what the large brown topaz like stones in the pendant and what looked like a huge brooch'
I once had a nice medium sized brooch with a large faceted brown stone, just like those items.
It's ok if it's just colored glass, I just think those stones are really pretty and cool!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
12:26 It's not a wedding brooch, it's for the Norwegian national costume called Bunad. By the style of it and the way it's made, it's probably from the late 1800s or early 1900s.
Great treasures
Such beautiful jewelry 🤩
The watch collage is a very nice off- the-page scrapbooking project. Impressive!
Cool and fun!
I'm amazed at how valuable costume jewelry is these days. Be sure to check all those pins and brooches for marks in case they are Trifari crown or Coro or other good-quality maker. The piece with the tiny thimble, scissors and needle case (etui) is called a chatelaine.
Yes, the little case opens and contains a tiny needle. Not very usable obviously, but cute.
I would love to have that, my great grandmother was a seamstress at A fancy store downtown LA. It reminds me of her. I have her treadle sewing machine.
That bear/mouse must be a koala, hence the opal - a souvenir from Australia.
I hope Abigail got that cute ring at the beginning with the circles. It was so pretty.
What you showed at 12.25 is a Norwegian Solje wedding brooch, Alex.
The earrings may also be in the haul. Difficult to see the brooch clearly, but is worth in the region of USD20-40. And it's vintage, not antique.
Yep have several of these!!
I did see ALL the jewelry and watch stuff, but, what I also saw was a SCHOONER on your piano. Please introduce that lovely model to us?
The ring with the tiny colored balls is a very high end piece. I sold a pair of earrings and necklace and got 250.00 US for it.
Maybe this is the ring that Abigail choose? She's a smart kid :D
I like to see you do a jewelry episode because you have respect for clearly loved pieces.
You're joking surely? He hasn't got a clue.
That little opal bear pin could be a Koala with opal. :)
Nice score!
That piano stool is totally awesome.
I have my grandma’s crystal jewelry. They are precious to me. 😁❤️🎶👏🇨🇦
The amber jewelry was sold at a mall store with “nature” in the name. It was sold right after Jurassic Park was released. I have many pieces because my family was fascinated with the concept of insects in amber.
loved watching that thanks ❤️🏴
Nice lil adventure into jewellery ...there's some very beautiful pieces in that box....kudos...thanks for sharing!!! 💞
That was fun👍
I could see my clueless self making a collage like that!!!😂😂😂 It does appeal to my heart ❤️
Crafters sometimes use watch parts in art work. You probably won't get a Rolex part too often!
That pin you think is a mouse looks like a koala bear with what looks like a genuine opal the pin could be Australian gold .
The turtle can be use for potpourri.
Check to see if the hair thingies are tortoiseshell. I used to have one similar- Edwardian.
Great box of jewelry!!
Its a koala bear from Australia, also many good opals are from Australia. Might be a good find.
I love the art piece with the watch parts.
What a great score with the silver dinner ware..
All my vintage Sarah Coventry jewelry looks the same as it did when I bought it in the 1960's. It was good stuff.
It was good stuff, and too expensive for me back in the day. But everybody wanted it.
@@jhn146 I could only buy one small piece at a time until I had a matching set.
Another exciting treasure hunt. Nice.
the little earings with opal in them looks like a koala. and since opals come from australia i feel like there is a theme going on here
Hey .... sweet! Got in on the ground floor for once .... very rare I'm one of the first to comment. Nice video!
Uhhh... your "mouse" is a koala with an opal (real or not...) because, as I'm sure you know, a lot of opals come from Australia!
This was really fun to watch. Bet some of the bunch will do good at auction.
Very nice to have a wife very educated about jewelry.
Some great old jewelry.
It is a koala with an opal! The fancy hair clip can be tortoise shell.
which like ivory is illegal to sell at least in the usa
I'm just here to be one of the 3,000,000 views on this video. 🙂
Jewelry like that sell really good people collect and wear them
Both koala bears come from Australia. Come to think of it, so does the gold and the opal. A nice little sister gift.
I love the ivory rose pin and earrings. They are beautiful! 🙂🌹❤
I just love these! Thanks so much for this video today! 😃
I think that stick pin is a koala & it very well could be an opal.
Yes, don’t clean the ivory as you may remove the patina that says it’s antique.
The Earrings at 18:42 that are pierced with clipon back look like a pair I sold that were 14k white gold and real gemstone!!
Yvonne, I agree!
Lovely old and New
Nice find ♥️
You know what I noticed? The privacy that you have now in your dining room is awesome and the finds were superb. Great Haul ! Loved it. :) :)
You'll get best price for the flatware if you identify the pattern. Dorks like me look for pieces to complete or replace for a set they already have.
That's a Koala Bear with an opal belly. Maybe someone brought it back from a trip to Australia
Other than the Rolex "blunder", the watch collage is pretty neat, and tastefully done. It would be nice if you could salvage it by switching out some of the other watch parts for the pricey ones. I see you don't have a shortage of watch parts from this haul!
It looks terrible.
For sure. Take the Rolex out and keep the rest of the collage.
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I think it looks nice. Lots of work went into that.
Think the little mouse is actually a koala bear as its holding a piece of Australian opal but I imagine someone has already said that lol....
Putting the wife to work today. Glad you have an intelligent lady to help ya out. Keep the videos coming.
Whenever I see keys I think of Josh!!
you had a few pieces of Mexican silver. there is an interesting story to go with that. Back in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, when a southwestern Native American was hired to do a job, he would specify that he be paid in silver dollars. He would take his pay to a silversmith and work out a deal with him to turn it into jewelry. The silversmith would go to a railroad track and, just before the train came by, he would lay all those coins out on the tracks. When the train came, every wheel that passed over the coins would act like a jeweler's hammer and, when it was gone, the coins would be turned into short pieces of sheet silver, which the smith would stamp and form using homemade tools. Often, you could see the old impression of the coin design
That is really interesting! I had never heard that before! Thanks for sharing!
@@starrlacey2505 The really funny part was that they would then take the jewelry to the train station and sell it to tourists from back East. The tourists would ask, "Is it sterling?" and the seller would say, "Oh yes" What neither the buyer or the seller knew was that the coin silver used at the time was actually finer (purer) than sterling. Sterling silver is 7.5%copper.
@@emmitstewart1921 thank you for that info - love to hear stuff like that!
My mother sold Sarah Coventry jewelry I still have many pieces and they bring back memories when my mom had parties.
That little mouse with the opal looks like a koala from Australia 👍
Hi Melissa and Alexander ! ❤
The first crystal necklace that Melissa pulled out has Aurora Borealis crystals. That dates it to no earlier than 1954 when that process was invented. The cast iron turtle may be a flower frog used to hold cut flowers.
Aurora borealis? Northern light crystal?
@@teramonte7077 I have some...it's very beautiful! 💕
Yes! A koala with an opal. Opal is my birthstone. What an interesting treasure find!!! 😁❤️👏🇨🇦
Wow truly some awesome pieces!
sarah coventry jewelry is great. my mom has pieces from the 70's that look like new today. it really does last forever
Got to love those crafty people! 😉
I’m one.🤷🏼♀️
That was so much fun 🤩❤️❤️❤️
I LOVE the painting of the sailboats!
Love how all your family get involved
Yessss. Jewelery vids are my favs
great finds ❤
I love to watch you look through treasures. My fingers itch to reach through the screen and see with my fingers. I can't wait for this to be at the auction, I am excited about the keys, some silver bits andnd of course the silver. I hope you had as much fun as I did.
Another great jewelry haul!! I love looking through the jewelry with u 2!!
😄👋👍👍👏👏💕🙏🏻
I am such a mom and Nana. I am having great urges to push the breakable away from the edge. Lol
Excellent finds
Wow, a sterling silver ware set!
Just like too say Alex your a great guy and the great stuff you have done for others is awesome. Cheers from down under
Koala bear with opal tummy. Australia is the main source of opal. The pin was likely a souvenir.
I think you will more than double your money. Some of the pieces are precious. Love the silver dinnerware. But, you right on when you said silverware is not used everyday anymore. Good luck!
I have a blue willow soup cup and saucer that I used as an ashtray for years until a friend who studied that kind of stuff told me it might be worth $500 or more. I have a set of two packed away in a box….and I know exactly where that box is…see it every day on the top shelf of the pantry.
That little bear/mouse holding the opal looks like a Koala 🇦🇺 I would almost make a bet on it😊