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About Bill and Sally Jarrett
Expertise
We are collectors, hobbyists and dealers in memorabilia and antiques - especially antique vintage and costume jewelry items. For 10 years we owned an antique shop here in Central Florida but retired and reopened a site on the internet that specializes mostly in antique jewelry and accessories such as perfume bottles, etc. Bill is informed on general antiques specializing in china and silver or sterling tablewares while Sally tends to jewelry and paper/advertising ephemera. We receive a lot of general questions from our site and would be glad to try and answer or give direction not considered for official appraisal purposes, i.e. estate or insurance.

Experience
10 years as antique shop owners 8 years as a jewelry designer supplying designs to Walt Disney World, Universal Studios and MGM as well well as other limited outlets.

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Jewelry, Gems, & Minerals - Markings on Sapphire Bracelet

Expert: Bill and Sally Jarrett - 11/3/2009

Question
Dear Bill and Sally,

I just purchased a sapphire bracelet over the weekend from Bailey banks and biddle.

To my surprise , the markings on the bracelet said 18K CIJ(According to the store, they said CIJ is a designer...)
I was thinking the markings should be 18K BBB Since my mother bought a diamond ring from them a year ago with BBB markings.
The store told me Bailey banks and biddle's product is not necessarily hold BBB marking. I am just curious to ask , from your expertise, is it true ?

Answer
Hello Cindy and thank you for your inquiry. I imagine BBB does use outside individual designers for some of their items and most of the time (unfortunately) they retail it using just the designers name. They don't realize the importance of having their mark along with the designer and cutting out this step saves time/money.

Sally
jarrettsjade.com

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