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Good to see a fellow Dutchie on a forum ! The more or less final update is that all four lots were pulled 2 hours before the auction (so we correctly guessed that they belonged together). Remember these lots were 'owned' by the Dutch Ministry of Finance and taxation so they can pretty much do...

The tooth test wont be possible as the vieuwing possibility has passed, besides that sticking that big Melo berry in my mouth wil most likely get me thown out of the building :D The surface seems to be very smooth and hard (like porcelain is stil the best description) but from what I've read...

If all goes to plan I will be buying them in the upcomming auction (1 and a 1/2 weeks away). I'll be sure to pust the results and/or some better foto's. Was great having you guys share your views on the items ! @GemGeek. I did not get to see the necklace in real life but it is listed as...

@ Pattye. This is the only Melo I've ever seen let alone handled in real life so although I cant see any indications of it being fake I also don't have much to compare it with. @ Dizzie. No the auction took place but the Melo was held at a rather high reserve (not as high as typical auction...

Wel I got a chance to make a proper appointmnet to vieuw/handle them in person, best of all was that I was able to take some pics and do some measuring I'm quite confident the Melo is real but if anybody here had doubts please let me know. Those melo Pearls are really intresting things to...

Well Caitlin al I can say is Yuuuup :cool: But not really this time just had a bunch of more interesting lots, mostly its just 'junk' gold and nothing refined (last auction also included a gold chain weighing 440 grams and if wearing almost 1/2 kg of gold around your neck wasnt a big enough...

Well I was able to handle the Peice. Stupid thing was I didnt have anything on me that could take pictures or measure the thing. To me at least it looked like a Melo and had a nice structure that not visible on the crappy pic. Other observations were that it seemed very heavy, I think 80 to 90%...

I was not really going for that lot it was more for a size comparison as the ring size is listed. Thanks for the info though, I'll make sure I list the end prices after bidding

Like I said I don't really know what I'm doing :o The sale is in 2 weeks time and I will try to get a close look at the item at the veiwing and mabye take some pictures if possible because our local .gov seems to hire village idiots to take the pictures of the items (lighting is really bad)

Bidding is done mostly by gold buyers (who break up the pieces) and the occasional person looking for a Rolex. So not really the people looking or willing to spend money for the finer things, and this piece stood out to me as something finer than the run of mill gold chain or giant watch that...

It will not be possible to view it up that close, but I will be able to view it behind glass It's in a sale by the local goverment (usually stuff from dead people or taks debts) and usually doesnt attract many buyers for articles like this so it migh be worth a gamble to me. I also quite like...

So anyway I want to pick up a item that is part of a forced estate slale. I think its a Melo pearl but don't really know what I'm doing. So is it real and what would be a price on such a item ? Total weight of the item is 24 grams and is set with approx 1 ct of diamonds and a 'pearl'