Value my stock pin competition - a bit of fun.

[Maddie Moo]

I have no idea but I’ll guess at £40 as it’s very nice looking.

Edited because I wrote the wrong number

 

[criso]

Are we talking insurance value or what you would get it you sold it/at auction

 

[ycbm]

Are we talking insurance value or what you would get it you sold it/at auction

Ooh terribly serious question what it would cost to own it, I think.
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[tda]

£89

 

[SpotsandBays]

I’m going £21 In hopes that I’m right as I want it

 

[criso]

Anyway I'm going to go £55. No idea what the metal or the stones are and couldn't be able to tell if it was in front of me but it's pretty and vintage.

 

[Rowreach]

Without wishing to offend, and just to be different, I'm going with a fiver (£5 for clarity!)

 

[ycbm]

Without wishing to offend, and just to be different, I'm going with a fiver (£5 for clarity!)

I like it! It's twice what I paid, who wouldn't be happy with 100% profit ?
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[Rowreach]

I collect stock pins. Or I used to, haven't acquired any for a while now.

 

[CobsaGooden]

£17

 

[ElleSkywalkingintheair]

£18

 

[Gloi]

Is it Hallmarked

 

[Splash2310]

£17 (sorry, hope it’s worth more!)

 

[dottylottie]

i’m going to be a bit more positive than you lot, and say £120! fingers crossed!

 

[rextherobber]

£150 - I think there are some people who are lucky/ have a good eye with this sort of thing, and you were lucky with the ring you found

 

[Errin Paddywack]

No idea. £39.

 

[ycbm]

£150 - I think there are some people who are lucky/ have a good eye with this sort of thing, and you were lucky with the ring you found

I was. 7 pretty big diamonds in a gold signet ring. I seem to be programmed to spot patterns in things and I saw the circle trodden into the mud as I was opening a gate. I did hand it in but it wasn't claimed.

The tie pin is very roughly made. It's either very old, or very amateur. It's great fun to speculate which!
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[ycbm]

Well this is interesting. This popped into my news feed. The mounting of the stones is exactly this colour and quality.

Woman discovers £20 brooch she bought is rare Victorian treasure

Flora Steel bought the silver, coral, lapis lazuli and malachite brooch over three decades ago, in 1988, at a Midlands antiques market.

www.dailymail.co.uk

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[BallyRoanBaubles]

Well this is interesting. This popped into my news feed. The mounting of the stones is exactly this colour and quality.

Woman discovers £20 brooch she bought is rare Victorian treasure

Flora Steel bought the silver, coral, lapis lazuli and malachite brooch over three decades ago, in 1988, at a Midlands antiques market.

www.dailymail.co.uk

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Ooh keeping my fingers crossed!

 

[Annagain]

I'm going £500 just because nobody else has!

 

[gallopingby]

Ohh should we be upping the bids?

 

[gallopingby]

I’ll go £1313

 

[cauda equina]

£2024!

 

[ycbm]

Tee hee, this gets more fun ...

"At first glance, it is difficult to tell the difference between a cubic zirconia stone and a diamond. However, cubic zirconia is generally less brilliant and reflective than a natural diamond. Under natural light, CZs give off rainbow light dispersions, while diamonds give off white light."
https://www.brilliantearth.com/en-g...t glance, it is,diamonds give off white light.

I have taken it outside and the stones are showing pure white and very brilliant. There also appears to be tiny differences in their size when I put them under a magnifying glass.

I'll be taking it to the jeweller who valued my ring and reset the stones into a new one for me either tomorrow or early next week.
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[ycbm]

£2024!

I saw what you did there

 

[Xmasha]

im going along the lines of a scene from only fools and horses .... its a rare piece of jewellery and will end up at sotherbys and fetch ( not as much as the watch from OFH) but a whopping £1m

 

[BallyRoanBaubles]

I cant wait for the valuation

 

[Rumtytum]

This is such fun even if I don’t win

 

[Goldenstar]

£87 wild guess
It could Georgian a child’s pin with the stones paste Georgian paste can be as valuable as real stones

 

[Annagain]

There was a thing on the Antiques Roadshow on Sunday about telling the difference between diamonds and CZ. Diamonds will have very sharp neat edges where the facets meet. CZ will be more rounded. You need one of those magnifying scopes to see that though.