Question for all you water hunters. Besides scrap value and possible value to others that might want to wear something you find, do you look for value in makers marks?
Curious because I am scrapping some of my gold rings. I was looking at the K marks and saw BELAIS 18K in one.
I googled it for fun and came across this page:
http://www.maejeanvintage.com/blog/2014/10/31/belais
My ring is exactly like the one pictured halfway down the page.
In reading that page, they talked about a ring marked OB. Well that is Ostby and Barton. Ostby went down with the Titanic in 1912. I have one of their rings also.
I have sold hundreds of rings. This is the first time I have looked at the makers marks. All 4 of the dainty 18K white gold rings I found last summer have makers marks. Only one is inscribed with a wedding date and it is 1931.
Curious because I am scrapping some of my gold rings. I was looking at the K marks and saw BELAIS 18K in one.
I googled it for fun and came across this page:
http://www.maejeanvintage.com/blog/2014/10/31/belais
My ring is exactly like the one pictured halfway down the page.
In reading that page, they talked about a ring marked OB. Well that is Ostby and Barton. Ostby went down with the Titanic in 1912. I have one of their rings also.
I have sold hundreds of rings. This is the first time I have looked at the makers marks. All 4 of the dainty 18K white gold rings I found last summer have makers marks. Only one is inscribed with a wedding date and it is 1931.