Forget the Hallmark — Check the Clasp
When authenticating signed necklaces, collectors and experts instinctively turn to hallmarks: those familiar stamps, maker's marks, and metal purity indicators. Yet hallmarks present a fundamental vulnerability. They can be added, altered, or transferred from one piece to another with relative ease; a skilled forger needs only basic tools and knowledge of period-appropriate markings. Clasps offer something different. These functional components carry authentication value precisely because they w
