Antiques Roadshow

my sister and I have collected this jewelry that belonged to my grandmother she was born in 1900 she lived to be a hundred and she had really good taste and my grandfather enjoyed buying jewelry for her I'm curious about especially this piece I didn't really see that one until she had passed away but I loved that one I'm kind of the only one in the family the only one of the sisters who really was attracted to that one and you told me who made this jewelry it's uh buccalotti am I saying it correctly buccolatian from Italy I'm going to gently correct you it's boochelotti this is not just signed buccelotti it's signed Mario buchella big deal because he's where the company starts in Italy you were right he continued his business in New York he opened in New York in 1951. he dies in 1965. family continues to run the business but this is clearly signed Mario buccelotti these pieces were probably made in in the 1950s he was nicknamed The Prince of goldsmiths everything is handmade all the pieces here are made of 18 carat yellow gold the earrings the bracelet and the pen they're oak leaves the metal is rolled out it's gently dapped and shaped to these forms the spine for the stems is all engraved into it that type of Engraving work the type of a filigree they perfected this the jewelry is light yet springy and it has just the right of metal that it's gonna withstand the use over many years you just know it's them when you see it how do we know it's Mario buccelotti if we flip it around you can clearly see on the on the back of the leaf clip not just says buchellati it says okay now the pin that you like there's sapphires sapphires buchellati wasn't known for using the best quality stones but the U stones that had this wonderful color that he liked and what's interesting they're really not pink they're like magenta I love it thank you I do too at an auction the bracelet in the center would be the estimate three thousand to four thousand dollars the oak leaf clip pin 1200 to 1800 women love their earrings even though they're smaller than the pin they would probably be fifteen hundred to two thousand dollars of auction wow the pen you're in love with yeah well your sister here's this it's probably worth as much money as the bracelet two thousand five hundred okay to three thousand five very very nice at auction as a group eight thousand to twelve thousand dollars well that's really nice to know we really love it it just it's it's our grandmother very excited I know my sister will be excited too