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Many of our items are from an old Yankee New England Maine Family estate ---Hope you find something you can treasure. Pictures are worth 1,000 words, so we let our photos do the talking. Be aware that camera flash and your color monitor can cause color difference ------ Do help us clear house and move things forward!!! Too Much Stuff!!! PLEASE help us Bid today -- we are full to the rafters!!! See our other auctions from our FAMILY ESTATE for great clothing, sterling silver holloware, flatware, vintage charm bracelets and charms, baby items, cruise ship items and more
Estate 1950s-1960s STERLING 14 total CHARMS:
WELLS sterling 14 CHARM BRACELET pristine in ORIGINAL BOX
We believe this is New Old Stock: each charm is shiny like new. It seems this has been in its box all this time, so we have not removed it... The original box shows storage marks, dents, tear, does not line up when closed, but protected the bracelet within all these years!
Estate Vintage Fifties-Sixties bracelet. Varied theme charms are a sign of the times!
Lovely double curb links with thumb C-clasp, jumpring marked "WELLS Sterling" -- appx 7.25" - Every other link has a charm for 14 total
Some wonderful charms: Variety of themes, styles of traditional charms, moving/mechanical, 3-D, 2-D, Travel/souvenir, Life/Living, and more… We cannot attest that each charm is by Wells, but as near as we can tell, many are. It is typical that other favored charms would be added. Perhaps the original owner had a jeweler put the charms on, and there it has been ever since:
Left to Right:
(1) Large 3D CHRISTMAS TREE: with tiny blue, red, green gemstone 'ornaments' (no hallmark found)
(2) PAINTER'S PALETTE with paint brush: artist 'paints' in enamel (WELLS STERLING)
(3) moving Farmer Farm WISHING WELL, handle turns, bucket swings (no hallmark found)
(4) 3-D VIOLIN or CELLO or DOUBLE / STANDUp BASS? Stringed instrument (no hallmark found)
(5) moving A-frame LADDER, opens and closes (no hallmark found)
(6) moving old-style 4-wheel ROLLER SKATE / Wheels roll (may be a hallmark underneath, we cannot tell for sure)
(7) 3-D wire SPIDER WEB with stylized spider (no hallmark found)
(8) moving fifties style DIAL TELEPHONE / dial moves to read: "HELLO I LOVE YOU" (looks like WELLS/STER)
(9) 3d TENNIS RACQUET (no marks)
(10) 3D DIVER - DIVING WOMAN doing JACKKNIFE dive, One piece suit, awimcap (STER and ??? cannot decipher)
(11) 3-D wire UMBRELLA BUMBERSHOOT PARASOL (unmarked)
(12) 3D SUGAR SHACK with PALM TREE (looks like a sterling mark, maybe 925 or 3 letters on palm back)
(13) Irish CLADDAGH heart crown in hands DISK (925 with logo - not Wells)
(14) moving Civil War type CANNON / wheels roll
Photos dont quite capture just how great this bracelet is!!! A great conversation piece!
FYI: it is not unusual for Sterling and European silver charms to be unmarked from this era: many charms came unmarked on display sales cards that had the maker and metal info; as well as jewelry items under a certain weight did not have to be hallmarked.
FYI: Rhodium is in the Platinum family of metals. It was often used in the 50s-70s to plate sterling silver to avoid tarnishing, In the Rhodium plating process, 925 Sterling Silver is given a nickel underplate prior to Rhodium plating. The nickel is magnetic and causes the magnetic attraction.
Stored wrapped in smoke-free home.
PAYMENT: We accept Paypal - safest for all. US Shipping includes Delivery confirmation
The ONLY international sales we offer are through Ebay’s Global Shipping Program. Contact eBay directly for estimated shipping costs; we only know the cost from our house to the Erlanger KY shipping center.
CANADIANS NOTE: EBAY's RULE: You must buy $25+ in order to get the Global Shipping Program protection... Anything under means the seller/shipper can opt to take the risk to mail it directly, but WE DO NOT, so auction will be cancelled UNLESS you provide us with a USA address of a friend, family member, or business associate to whom we can mail your item(s) and who can then get it/them to you.
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Please refer to photos (coloration is/ may be off due to flash and your monitor!) It is HARD to photograph metal, so please note marks and glare are from flash!!!!!!!!!
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Will gladly combine shipping where safe to do so!! -- Any time we offer FREE SHIPPING that is to 50-state USA only / We are probably the best packers on eBay. We want you to get your items exactly as they are when you win them...SO please take note: we double pack any breakables, we often triple pack antiques, so that adds weight to the package.
A breakable item is unique, a breakable antique is irreplaceable
-- so if your 10-ounce breakable &/or antique item --- which is
theoretically first-class rate --- weighs in at over a pound in packed weight
(parcel rate), that is because we double or triple pack/box the item.
Everyone gripes at the cost of postage until the item arrives damaged...
We will NOT toss your irreplaceable item into a bubble bag just to save you a
dollar or 2 or 3 in postage because the risk of damage is too great. Thanks
for your understanding & as Gram said "WHEN IN DOUBT, DONT"
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THIS IS THE FINE PRINT:
Please PLEASE take the moment to read all 10 points (inc. international bidding, which we no longer accept unless EBay Global Shipping). Do help us clear house and move things forward!!!
(1) If you have questions, please contact us. We do our best to answer in a timely fashion, but don’t always get online. ANY and ALL purchases or auction wins we assume that you have read and understood our policies. – We encourage domestic bidders to email early before bidding if there are questions.
(2) No more international bids taken because of several bad eggs who bid and then never paid. We are old and clearing out 2 lifetimes of accumulation so its too tiring to relist over and over!!! The ONLY way is through eBay Global Shipping
(3) Please only bid on this item if you plan on prompt payment & will confirm w/in 3 days of winning.
(4) We reserve the right not to sell to anyone with Negative or hidden feedback, as we determine. If you have a lot of negatives, it is worth emailing us first before bidding!!!
(5) We're neither Expert nor Dealer, we do our best to be accurate in our descriptions- and like any other buy-it-now or auction, items sold to highest bidder as is, final sale, so be sure to ask questions first.~~~~~~ We are old and clearing out 2 lifetimes of accumulation so really cannot take returns!!
(6) Winning bidder to prepay/must pay S/Ins (We pack VERY WELL, but reserve the right to insist upon insurance against shipping damage or loss) If insurance is declined, winner must assume any loss/damage.
(7) PLEASE make payment within 4 days OR deal may be cancelled.
(8) We do our best to weigh and measure everything according to our high standards.
(9) We will ship as soon as we are able, after payment is received. Usually a day or two. Bear with us, we are slower than we used to be -- And please don't gripe about shipping costs to us, we are victims too!!! Take it up with the Postmaster General at pmgceo(at)usps(dot)gov
(10) As sellers, we leave feedback after we receive your feedback. As a buyer, we leave feedback as soon as we receive and review our items, so ask you please to do the same!
PLEASE BID IF YOU AGREES!!!! Thank you.
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A Word About The CLOTHING We Sell
PLEASE NOTE: Any clothing /shoes we list are helping us to clean out our closets and boxes of stored goods.
For all clothing we sell - new and especially used - we check for holes, tears, wear, spots, or any other imperfections before we list.
Whether new or used, we have made every attempt to note any flaws in our auctions, but may miss something.
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We ask you to understand that even if we missed something in the description, you are still getting a BARGAIN compared to buying retail, so YOU may need to have the garment cleaned, get a button replaced, stitch where threads have come loose, whatever...
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Many can be worn as they are, but would benefit from a pressing or cleaning at winner's discretion -- especially worn garments, or even if clothing in new "store" condition, since they have been folded wrapped and packed.
In any event, NO exchanges or returns,
Gramma used to say "When in doubt, dont!"
Check our feedback on clothing we sell: no one has complained yet!!!
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“If your knees aren't green or muddy by the end of the day,
you seriously ought to re-examine your life.” – Calvin and Hobbes
“Muddy knees have got me all a-quiver…” – Monty Python
NOTE: WE WILL ALWAYS SHIP AS FAST AS WE CAN, BUT KNOW WE HAVE FAMILY HEALTH ISSUES THAT MAY -- but not necessarily -- CALL US OUT OF TOWN and INTERRUPT SHIPPING, SO EBAY TELLS US TO PUT 30 DAY HANDLING. IF YOU NEED AN ITEM ASAP, ASK US BEFORE BIDDING/BUYING!!! THANKS FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING!
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