Cameo Gold

If you’re still young enough to remember your birthday, you probably also remember the special birthstone assigned to it. But at your age, we bet you don’t really know the SIGNIFICANCE of your birthstone and what power the ancients felt would be bestowed about you by wearing it.

March Birthstone: Aquamarine
Birthstone Properties: Bestows courage, insight, and victory
Alternative Birthstone: Bloodstone

Aquamarine is the traditional birthstones for March. It is also the accepted anniversary gem for the 19th year of marriage. Aquamarine is mined primarily in Brazil, Nigeria and Zambia.

Water Baby

Created by combining Latin words for water (aqua) and sea (mare), aquamarine does indeed resemble the bottomless blue of seawater. Like Emerald, aquamarine is a variety of beryl (a mineral that crystallizes within large rocks on the earth’s crust).

Aquamarine varies in color from blue-green to a light sky blue, and for generations, those stones containing green are often heat-treated to remove this less desirable color. Surprisingly, unlike other coveted gemstones, the majority of aquamarines are flawless. As a gift, aquamarine is unsurpassed in its legendary abilities to preserve and enhance mutual love, to ensure truth in relationships and to maintain a good marriage

When In Rome…

Ancient Romans believed the magnificent gemstone was sacred to Neptune, the god of the sea. Some legends say that it was gift from mermaids, while others suggest that Neptune retrieved it after it fell from the jewel boxes of sirens and washed onto shore. Early sailors wore aquamarine talismans, engraved with the likeness of Neptune, as protection against dangers at sea.

The association with water led to the belief that the Aquamarine was particularly powerful when immersed. Water in which this gemstone had been submerged was used in ancient times to heal a variety of illnesses of the heart, liver, stomach, mouth and throat. Aquamarines were also used to reverse poisoning and to aid in fortune telling.

Heal Me

Many believe that aquamarine helps dependence on drugs, is an aid in digestion, and can be used as remedy for swollen glands and to maintain the health of the jaws and teeth.

On the non-physical plain, aquamarine is believed to release anger and negativity replacing them with mental peace and clarity, providing emotional and mental balance. It has been used as an aid in meditation and to assist in self-expression.

A Gift of Love

To dream of aquamarine signifies the making of new friends. To wear aquamarine brings love and affection. To give aquamarine is to offer the gift of knowledge, foresight and individual inspiration. It is a universal symbol of youth, fidelity, hope and health.

Ideal for carving into cameos and beads, the “blue sea” stone is said to aid seafarers so it is a wonderful gift for sailors, fishermen, and everyone who spends time at sea. A a gift of aquamarine symbolizes safety and security, especially within long standing relationships.

Caveat Emptor (Buyer beware): The beautiful light blue to blue-green color of aquamarine may fade upon prolonged exposure to light, so it is especially important to purchase this gem from a reputable source.

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★1908 DENMARK GOLD 10 KRONER SUPERB CAMEO GEM★ $0.99

1996 W $50.Gold Eagle NGC PF 69 Ultra Cameo 1OZ GOLD $1,895.00

2001-W CAPITOL VISITOR $5 GOLD NGC PROOF 69 ULTRA CAMEO $409.00

1988-P $5 American Gold Eagle NGC PF69 Ultra Cameo $1.04

2006 CANADA $350 .99999 GOLD ..NGC PF 69 ULTRA CAMEO $405.00

1992 10 DOLLAR GOLD EAGLE ultra cameo $400.00

2000W $10 NGC PF70 ULTRA CAMEO Congr.Library GOLD Comm. $2,799.95

1997W $5 NGC PF69 ULTRA CAMEO W Robinson Com. GOLD Coin $699.95

2006 W Gold Eagle PF70 Ultra Cameo $390.50

1995 W CIVIL WAR GOLD NGC PF69 Ultra Cameo Proof $5 $415.00

2009 W $50 GOLD BUFFALO Proof – PF70 Ultra Cameo $1,499.99

1964 Bank of Israel Gold 50 Lirot NGC PF 65 Cameo $9.99

2007 W 1 oz $50 GOLD BUFFALO Proof – PF70 Deep Cameo $1,399.00

1984-W Olympics Gold Coin – NGC PF69 Ultra Cameo #E35 $224.50

0240 HENRY VIII GOLD SOVEREIGN & WIVES CAMEO COLLECTION $1.55

14K GOLD AMERICAN EAGLE COIN BEZEL PENDANT CAMEO HOLDER $59.99

1996 GREECE 20K D OLYMPICS GOLD COIN PF66 ULTRA CAMEO $748.88

PROOF CAMEO 2007-W $50 GOLD AMERICAN EAGLE PCGS PR69CAM $2,249.00

1988-P $5 GOLD AMERICAN EAGLE – NGC PF 69 ULTRA CAMEO $150.00

1991 W RUSHMORE $5 GOLD (1/4) NGC PF69 ULTRA CAMEO $0.99

1988 W OLYMPICS $5 GOLD (1/4) NGC PF69 ULTRA CAMEO $233.50

2008 W 1/2 OZ GOLD $25 BUFFALO NGC PF70 ULTRA CAMEO $1,949.95

France 1984 GOLD 5 Centime Proof 67 Ultra Cameo Piefort $69.00

GOLD 1987-W Constitution in PROOF 70 Ultra Cameo by NGC $525.00

2008 NGC PF70 Ultra Cameo 1/10 oz Proof Gold Eagle $5 $178.50

2008 PALAU GOLD 4 LEAF CLOVER NGC PF 67 ULTRA CAMEO $19.00

RARE US GOLD COINS 2007W NGC PROOF ULTRA CAMEO COIN 5D. $0.01

CUBA 1916 REPUBLIC GOLD 1 PESO – NGC PF64 ULTRA CAMEO $4,900.00

1997 W $10 PF70 AMERICAN GOLD EAGLE NGC ULTRA CAMEO $590.00

2006-W American Gold Eagle PF69 ULTRA CAMEO $150.00

Girls 2.2g 10kt Solid Gold And Cameo Ring Size 4 $24.00

2008 W $5 Gold Bald Eagle PF 70 Ultra Cameo FLAWLESS $501.00

2003-W $10 GOLD EAGLE NGC PF 69 ULTRA CAMEO PROOF !!!! $399.00

ANTIQUE 14K GOLD CAMEO RING SIZE 5 1/2 ALSO HAS DIAMOND $375.00

1884 GOLD G$1 NGC Proof 67 Cameo $4,050.00

2006-W Proof American Buffalo $50 Gold PF70 Ultra Cameo $1,466.00

Rare * 1967 * $ 20 … GOLD ..Rare Gem Specimen SP-65 $899.00

The International Art and Antiques opened last week at the Olympia Exhibition Hall, Kensington, west London and continues until 15 June. I attended, as I do every year, excited, hoping to find some small treasure. My interest is Chinese art and antiques, which I bought and sold, and collected for over thirty years. I try to visit most of the Art and Antiques fairs in the UK and some in Europe and the U.S. each year.

From a point of view of Chinese art Olympia was a disappointment for me. Although I have seen some interesting pieces, the objects would have liked to buy were too expensive or restored. He was resigned to leave empty-handed. Not only empty-handed, disappointed, because he had been very touched by what he had seen and I had walked miles. Exhausted, I went to a coffee shop.

Unable to find a seat in the cafeteria, I sat on a long bench in front of a stall silver. Although occasionally buy Chinese silver to sell, I've never been interested in collecting silver, always seeing that it was too bright and need lots of attention to keep it that way. Rarely look at silver dealers stands, but as I drank my coffee, I looked at the objects this dealer was sold and realized quickly that many were much more than silver. Gold, silver vases, jars and large covered cups that looked like pineapples mingled with religious objects: a golden monstrance, a rock crystal cross and various reliquaries. No such items were common and were all eighteenth century or earlier.

The man raised the sale of these articles various elements of the cabinets, cheerfully, giving information in excellent English with an accent that does not. I looked at the name on the stand: Peter Szuhay – B59.

Somebody asked the price of a beautiful rhino horn cup with a foot gilded silver. I know nothing about European rhinoceros horn of the factory art, so when the potential buyer of the left and I had finished my coffee, I asked Mr. Szuhay if he would show him to me.

We talk about the cup, now standing between us at the top of a glass window full of jewels and I find that Mr. Szuhay is Hungarian, has lived in London for more thirty years and has a permanent stand in Grays Antique Market Davies Street in London's West End, near Bond Street station underground. He is an expert in silver continental and artwork. He showed me the money to start several beautiful pieces, mentioning the famous towns of Augsburg and Nuremberg, of which, including a dealer Chinese art has heard. It also has an interest in the later silver and he showed me some 19th century Russian silver and a magnificent 20th century silver fish server by Scandinavian master silversmith, Georg Jensen.

I realized that what I had initially dismissed as jewelry, in the window below the cup, was actually a series of beautifully carved stone cameos and carvings. I'm used to seeing shells carved into portraits, mounted in brooches, usually from Italy and dating from the middle nineteenth century until very recently, but these pieces were very different and very exciting.

By now we were on first name terms and Peter showed me a selection of these carved stones, dating from the late nineteenth century back to Rome in the third century. Exquisite little works of art, some signed by master sculptors sixteenth century. We were interrupted and while Peter sold a Chinese silver box, which had not even account was there and walked to the other side of the booth, where he Jewelry showcase second.

Here was showing, what looked like a group of much more common gold signet rings. But when she turned talk to me again, Peter put me straight. They were actually English Medieval rings of gold and silver. Some were signet rings others were guild rings or rings iconography, used by pilgrims and etched with icons of San Cristobal, etc. There Posy rings XVI and XVII century: mostly plain gold bands bearing sentiments recorded around inside the ring, in Olde English. This was an area of collection had never considered. I've never had much interest in jewelry as decoration, but the Pedro jewelry was much more than that – it was sculpture, design and artwork and everything had a story and an accompanying story. These small masterpieces were a revelation to me.

Do not buy anything from Peter Szuhay in Olympia, although it made my day and gave me something to write. However, the promise I made to visit his shop in Grays Antique Market and I, and I'm sure I'm going to buy something from him soon. Peter also offers a selection of shares in: target = "_blank"> www.peterszuhay.co.uk

About the Author:

Sam Scribbler Ex ad-man living at the end of the world.

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