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• Vintage Charms & Charm Bracelets Buying Guide
• by gelatogrrl( 3145)
• If you collect vintage and antique silver or gold charms and charm bracelets, you'll find a wealth of choices on eBay--it's a charm collector's dream. But as more and more people fall under the spell of... 

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  charms | charm bracelets | vintage | sterling silver | gold

• 769 of 823 people found this guide helpful

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• Heart Charm Buying Guide: Victorian, Vintage, or Repro?
• by gelatogrrl( 3145)
• Whether you call them puffy hearts, puffed hearts, répoussé hearts, whether they're antique or vintage, sterling silver or gold filled, charm bracelets filled with old heart charms are tremendously popular... 

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  heart charms | charm bracelets | antique | Victorian | vintage

• 279 of 289 people found this guide helpful

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• How to test gold, platinum & silver with acid test kit
• by endless-antiques( 80)
• This is a simple guide to test precious metals with testing acids.You will need the acids, test stone to rub the metal onto and cloth or napkins. Please note that the acid will stain your skin or worse, so be... 

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  Platinum | Gold | Silver | Test Kit | 18K

• 238 of 251 people found this guide helpful

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• Jewelry & Beads - Words You Never Heard
• by poodlearts( 1021)
• Since I make jewelry as well as selling vintage jewelry, I've done a lot of ebay 'shopping' - and I've often come across terms I'd never heard of, without a clue as to what they were referring to. So, for... 

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  beads | jewelry | buttons | vintage | silver

• 216 of 220 people found this guide helpful

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• Twenty-five Facts about Cameos
• by bigthings_littleboxes( 2119)
• Twenty-Five Facts about Cameos A cameo consists of two layers: a raised figure/scene and a background.The oldest known cameo, found in Alexandria (Egypt), dates to the 3rd century B.C. and was carved from... 

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  cameo | habille | shell carving | caring for | cleaning

• 170 of 175 people found this guide helpful

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