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Gold chain, 80 links, 158.6 grams.

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Jewelry & Watches Start Price:20,000.00 USD Estimated At:25,000.00 - 37,500.00 USD
Gold chain, 80 links, 158.6 grams.
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Gold chain, 80 links, 158.6 grams. 19" long. A wearable length of sturdy links of elegant ribbed design, the links alternating straight reeding with twisted, each one hand-made in a continuous line and then cut and bent into nearly oval shape, which the owner could easily bend back to cull out links and trade them as tax-free money (since jewelry was not taxed), exactly identical to lots 136-138 of the original Christie's Atocha auction in 1988, which sold for over $450 per link on average, the gold probably around 20K and a lovely patinated yellow in color. With Fisher photo-certificate #51486-2. Recovered from: Atocha, sunk in 1622 west of Key West, Florida.