I have been collecting Antique and Vintage Costume and Fine Jewelry for over three decades. Most of what I bought was from the Saturday and Sunday flea markets at the local drive-in theater and at a once a month massive open air antique market held in the mountains near where I grew up. I never paid much, ...

Over the past 35 years I have collected antique and vintage signed and unsigned costume and fine jewelry and through this experience I have found many ways to find and acquire the most amazing and collectible pieces, having values far higher than what I paid. My tried and true secrets have worked and as a result ...

Antique jewelry is jewelry which is greater than 50 years old. It is turning into increasingly more widespread for buyers. Jewelry pieces from periods such as the Edwardian, Victorian, Art Deco and Art Nouveau periods are very popular.Some people are bequeathed jewelry by members of their family, however this is not the one way that people begin ...

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Question by summers_angel_84: How to find info on Antique Costume Brooch? When my grandmother passed away about 6 years ago I was given a brooch of hers. After going through her jewelry my mother and I went to the library and got antique books. Amazed I found the dog brooch in one of them which was worth $ 100 according to the book. I want to say it was published around '95 but all I did was photo copy the page ...

Question by Sheila: Antique costume jewelry? My mother gave me a beautiful necklace and earring set she bought from an estate sale in Avon, Ohio back in the early 80's. It is squash blossom design and has faux turquoise stones, I believe the chain is silver plated. It is marked (tag on necklace), Emmons, this mark is on both of the earrings. On the other side of mark on necklace has a design - at first I though it was an eye, ...

by Kotomicreations Humans have always worn jewelry. Before man learned to write, or even speak, he decorated himself with pendants, necklaces, earrings, and headdresses. Fossils from primitive people living 75,000 years ago show that humans formed bracelets and necklaces from materials like the shiny shell of a snail or bones strung together from animals. They formed beads from mollusks and strung the beads to create beautiful necklaces. Throughout history, people formed jewelry from ...