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direwolf1972

Picked this up for $14 plus shipping. Auction title only said 1884 necklace/handmade.

I've always thought these were neat so figured a $15.00 snipe and if I won cool if not oh well.

Read a thread several months ago on the origin of these but cant find it now.

Thought I might put it up for resale but wife claimed it as a necklace as soon as she opened the box.





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bdunndchi

DorkGirl

kryptonitecomics

I owned one that was identical in every way except for the date. I paid around $75 and sold it years later for the same so $14 is dirt cheap for one of these...

direwolf1972

Bump for the morning crowd.

I'm still wondering if anyone knows the origin of these.

For some reason I think I read that they were first made at one of the Worlds Fairs with later reproductions existing. I could be totally off base though.

MadMarty

Yes, they were items made the the world's fairs, but the dies still exist and there are a lot of contemporary ones out there. No matter what, for melt you can't go wrong!