[Jewelry making - Article 00940] - Re: [Orchid] Using bi-metal

[Beth Rosengard]

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>     I cannot believe that someone who buys a piece at a gallery that
>     is marked sterling and 18kt is going to sue for misrepresentation. 

    You're probably right that they wouldn't.  That doesn't change the
    fact that they could and that, from a legal standpoint, they would be
    in the right. That's the point that Jim and I are trying to make. 

    I use 14k, 18k, and 22k in almost all my pieces and stamp them with
    all three karatages.  That, too, is incorrect.  Only the 14k stamp is
    proper in this situation, but I do it anyway for the same reasons
    that you stamp your pieces 18k and SS.  In other words, I'm aware
    that what I'm doing is not, strictly speaking, legal but, considering
    the market that buys my one-of-a-kind work, I'm willing to take the
    chance that my customer understands and won't consider this practice
    a misrepresentation.  It's an acceptable risk to me. 

Beth 

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