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Vintage Sterling Silver
Ball Purse
HK Item #BBM01

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Vintage sterling silver ball purse

Paula says -

"I've heard these called 'ball bags' because the wearer (who would of course, be attending a ball) would slip the ring on a finger or thumb and carry the bag when dancing. Talk about days gone by...

"The photo of the front makes it look like there is a substantial ding yet it is barely noticeable to the eye or the touch in person.There are one or two chain links missing where the chain has become detached."

"Initials (looks like M J C) engraved on both the front and back."

Vintage sterling silver ball purse

 

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Vintage Sterling Silver
Ball Purse
BBM01

$145 - plus s/h

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Vintage sterling silver ball purse

Size
3 1/4" x 2 1/2"
Weight
85 grams
Hallmarks
STERLING
Maker's mark

 

Vintage sterling silver ball purse

"The inside is leather and consists of a small pouch that closes with a leather slip tab, a mirror (broken) a pencil loop, and another slip pocket to tuck a few bills or ID.

"Stamped inside with STERLING and a maker's mark.

" Latch works perfectly, very secure."

What is the Bargain Barn?

Our Bargain Barn is a mixed bag of new and used items. They might come from inheritances, estate sales, private collections, and store liquidations. We'll give you as much information as we can, but often the materials, date and origin are unknown.

Bargain Barn items are sold as described and are not returnable.

For vintage items visit our Vintage Shop.

For new items visit our New Jewelry Store.

Our Rescue Mission
of
Native American Indian Jewelry and Artifacts

We are in the vintage Native American jewelry rescue business and are passionate about finding new homes for used and vintage jewelry and artifacts. That's why we purchase Native American pieces from estates, inheritances, collection downsizing and New Old Stock (NOS) inventory from closed stores.

Often people contact us after taking a box of Native American jewelry to their local pawn shop and find that a pawn shop is mainly interested in melt value of the metals and not in preserving the beautiful historic pieces. To hear that people have considered selling these treasures for melt value makes us truly sad.

Melt value is usually far below what we would offer for the jewelry. Yet we can't pay retail price for items because of the time and cost involved in finding new homes for them. We have to research, often repair and restore the jewelry, photograph and list each item on our website, and sometimes hold pieces in inventory for years until the right buyer comes along.

Items that are not Native American made or that we cannot verify as such go into our Bargain Barn where you can find some real treasures at low prices.

We hope you'll find something special in our vintage shop that will complete yet another circle of our jewelry re-homing mission.


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