I spent about 8 hours at the garage this week, organizing my new finds and processing some of the old ones. I took a few pictures of stuff I found when I pulled that all-nighter about a year and a half ago. I started with this batch of silver, or maybe not silver. Only one piece was hallmarked (the little mirror on the right), but I decided to test the rest to see if anything else was solid and not plated. As it turned out, according to my acid test everything except the brush was solid silver. That’s another 360 grams, worth around 4-500$ depending on the purity.
Most is scrap, including the cigarette case because the latch that keeps it closed is broken. But that flat, ornate piece on the top right is intriguing. There are little nail holes around the edges, so it was clearly attached to something at some point. Here’s a closer look, after I cleaned off a bit of dirt with a toothbrush. If anyone has any ideas as to what it is, let us know in the comments! These people had Iraqi & Armenian roots, if that helps.
I also took a picture of my perfume finds. I know that little Chanel #5 (I can’t remember if it’s worth something, the rest I’ll have to look up. Van Cleef & Arpels is a brand I associate with fancy jewelry on Antiques Roadshow though, so that one is probably good!
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Can’t help you with identifying that silver item, but hopefully someone will have some notion what it was attached to. Great finds, and lucrative ones.
I wish I could help you to identify the silver thingy Maybe the back of a frame or prayer icon – but I searched for those things and couldn’t find anything at all. In any case, $500 sitting in your garage isn’t bad!! And, THANK YOU for the post. It’s always the best thing in my inbox, bar none.
The Chanel is worth something. Our local Goodwill had two half used bottles behind the counter priced at $50 USD each. I looked at them but the perfume was old and smelled off