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Cleaning Jewelry
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Chart with information on how to clean over 30 different gemstones that may be set in fine jewelry - what to do and what not to do.
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Identifying Jewelry
| How to identify fine jewelry from costume jewelry at garage sales, estate sales, auctions and flea markets. We tell you some of the differences and what to look for when looking for gold and sterling silver jewelry.
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Gemstone Identification
| General information on 37 gemstonse including diamond, ruby, emerald, tourmaline, alexandrite and many more.
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Jewelry Care
| How to care for your fine diamond, ruby, emerald, pearl and other precious jewelry set in gold.
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Patent Dates
| List of Patent Dates beginning in 1836. Useful for dating items with patent numbers.
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Bakelite Test
| Learn how to tell if an item is made of Bakelite.
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Clean Silver
| Clean your sterling and silverplate safely without harsh chemicals and little or no 'elbow-grease'.
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Whiten China and Ironstone
| Bring back the beauty of old china and porcelain dishes using a common household product.
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Auburn Rubber
| Clean and care for your Auburn Rubber toys.
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Auction Information
| Learn about estate and onsite auctions before going. . . Glossary of terms, General information on how an auction is run, and what to take if you are going to an on-site auction.
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Gold
| US & European marks, alloy variations, calculate scrap gold value, definitions for other types of gold designations, i.e., gold-filled, rolled gold, vermeil.
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Search for antique values, hallmarks, etc.
| Learn how we search to find information on an unknown antique or collectible.
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Snoopy Copyrights
| Learn what all those dates mean.
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Toy Grading
| Learn how collectors use the C-10 scale to grade toys..
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Precious Metal Weights & Conversion Table
| Precious metal weights - troy ounce, pennyweight, grams and conversion chart.
Calculate weight from grams to ounces
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Calculate Gold Content of Jewelry
| Use this formula to calculate how much gold value there is in 18K, 14K or 10K jewelry - before you sell it.
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US Silver Coins - Silver Content
| Learn how much silver there is in silver coins before you sell or spend them.
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Hot Wheels Variations
| Coming Soon - Learn the wheel variations for Hot Wheels.
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Clean Old Toys
| Coming Soon - Learn how to care for your old toys.
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Clean Jewelry
| Coming Soon - Keep your jewelry sparkling.
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Precious Gems
| Coming Soon - Top gem stones, cut variations, birthstones.
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