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Evaluating Your Collection

Penrose Appraisals

Speaking of ornament, the way in which an object is engraved, or painted, or carved, or any of a hundred other ways ornament has been used can make a tremendous difference in the overall quality of the item. The proper identification of materials sometimes requires testing, which may require the assistance of an expert. Condition.

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Insights on Auction Sales: Rolex Watches, Corvette

WorthPoint

Estimated to be from around 1930, this 9K gold beauty features a 15-jewel manual-winding Rolex Prima movementstill running strong when tested. It was awarded to a secretary of the Cobden Lodge (likely part of the IOOF, or Odd Fellows), with an engraving on the back that reads, Presented to Bro.

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