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A couple of eBay finds

MarionC

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The first one is engrave “to Carl 1934”.
The second one has wonderful detail, such as the milgrained bezel.
The third one Is a vendor shot and I’m still cleaning it before photographing it.
Anyway, they are fun to loupe. Nice workmanship details in all three.
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YadaYadaYada

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Nice finds, the detail on these rings is really outstanding, part of the reason I love vintage so much!
 

Ally T

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I LOVE the bottom one with two tone. It’s really pretty!
 

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I love that last one! Its so unique and has this airy femininity about it (: nice finds!
 

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Oh they are all lovely but that last one is particularly pretty.
 

junebug17

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All are beautiful! I think my favorite might be the gold ring with the blue stone, LOVE it with the band!
 

MarionC

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Thanks, I really had fun shopping online for these when I was holed up in my house over Christmas vacation and wanted something to look forward to when I got home. This might be the start of collecting antiques. Even though I have run out of fingers, I still have ring boxes to fill LOL
 

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Nice finds! Vintage pieces almost always have ornate details; a pride in workmanship. Old buildings also do, such as those in NYC.I love them!
 
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Nice finds! Vintage pieces almost always have ornate details; a pride in workmanship. Old buildings also do, such as those in NYC.I love them!
This one ring has detail so fine. Here are vendor photos, probably better detail than what I posted originally.
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Have you read any of Christopher Alexander’s books? They are sheer pleasure. I love architecture too. He feels *a certainly quality* is found in, among other things, old buildings.
From an article about him...
He believes “there is a central quality which is the root criterion of life and spirit in a man, a town, a building, or a wilderness. This quality is objective and precise, but it cannot be named”. Despite being unnamed, Alexander proposed several descriptors for this quality—‘beauty’, ‘alive’, ‘whole’, ‘comfortable’, ‘free’, ‘exact’, ‘egoless’, and ‘eternal’—and discusses how each captures certain dimensions of the quality, even though they are too imprecise to describe it perfectly.
Alexander argues that this quality exists, to some extent, in every individual, and this allows us to recognise its presence in the environment and each other.~
 
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rockhoundofficiando

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That's even more gorgeous up close. I haven't read any Christopher Alexander's books, I'll have to check those out. Thanks
 

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This one ring has detail so fine. Here are vendor photos, probably better detail than what I posted originally.
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Have you read any of Christopher Alexander’s books? They are sheer pleasure. I love architecture too. He feels *a certainly quality* is found in, among other things, old buildings.
From an article about him...
He believes “there is a central quality which is the root criterion of life and spirit in a man, a town, a building, or a wilderness. This quality is objective and precise, but it cannot be named”. Despite being unnamed, Alexander proposed several descriptors for this quality—‘beauty’, ‘alive’, ‘whole’, ‘comfortable’, ‘free’, ‘exact’, ‘egoless’, and ‘eternal’—and discusses how each captures certain dimensions of the quality, even though they are too imprecise to describe it perfectly.
Alexander argues that this quality exists, to some extent, in every individual, and this allows us to recognise its presence in the environment and each other.~

Sounds a bit like Roland Barthes 'punctum', although he uses it primarily for photographs. He delves into the concept in Camera Lucida if you're interested.
 
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MarionC

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Sounds a bit like Roland Barthes 'punctum', although he uses it primarily for photographs. He delves into the concept in Camera Lucida if you're interested.
Thanks,
I’m getting the paperback of his reflections on photography
 
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