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2. 9 Antique Items You Could Sell for Thousands of Dollars

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   Antique Jewelry. Fine craftsmanship and unique designs make antique jewelry highly collectible. ... For example, a vintage romantic cameo brooch or art deco cameo can fetch upwards of $1,145 on ...

3. Cameo (carving) - Wikipedia

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   Cameos are often worn as jewelry, but in ancient times were mainly used for signet rings and large earrings, although the largest examples were probably too large for this, and were just admired as objets d'art. Stone cameos of great artistry were made in Greece dating back as far as the 5th century BC. [6]

4. The Weird and Wonderful World of Radioactive Glassware ... - AOL

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   If you see estate sale listings with lots of glassware, she says, there's probably a piece or two of uranium glass hiding amongst the others. ... a vintage and antique jewelry collector from ...

5. Marlborough gem - Wikipedia

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   The "Marlborough gem", onyx cameo (Boston Museum of Fine Arts)The "Marlborough gem" is a carved onyx cameo that depicts an initiation ceremony of Psyche and Eros. [1]It is the most famous engraved gem in the extensive and prominent collection both inherited (through a marriage in 1762) and expanded by George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough. [2]

6. Castellani (goldsmiths) - Wikipedia

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   Fortunato Pio Castellani (1794–1865) is regarded as the forefather of the family. In 1814, Fortunato opened his own workshop in Rome. The progenitor specialized in the creation of jewels emulating the ones that then came to light from the necropolis of Etruria, that were found in the excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum or that could be observed in the Campana collection.

7. Engraved gem - Wikipedia

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   The Romans invented cameo glass, best known from the Portland Vase, as a cheaper material for cameos, and one that allowed consistent and predictable layers on even round objects. There are several antique and medieval engraved gems on the Ottonian Cross of Lothair (10th century with a 14 century base).