Fun - you can play dress up or incorporate into a modern wardrobe. It's always fun.
Quality - Many of the designers of Vintage Costume Jewelry started out as Fine Jewelers. Panetta was a master in Platinum and Alfred Philippe of Trifari had worked as Jeweler for Cartier.
Variety - There is a style for every mood and occasion, and many styles can be changed, parts can be added or taken away,. Coro Duettes are a perfect example of that. A pair of dress clips that becomes a brooch. How creative is that?
Green - If you like jewelry and live a green lifestyle, you can't go wrong with vintage jewels.
Price - although some rare pieces can go into thousands, there is no way you could by the quality, style, variety and design for the same price today.
Investment - if you know the trends you can make some pretty good investments, on occasion.
Beautiful ladylike sets, suites or parures and demi-parures. Wonderful combinations of vintage necklaces, vintage bracelets, vintage earrings and vintage brooches are the perfect compliment to any elegant and stylish ensemble.
Gorgeous Abstract Modern set by Marcel Boucher. Gold tone metal, richly plated, with genuine Cultured Pearls (not imitation). Boucher used a lot of finer natural materials incorporated into his costume jewelry designs. He was a master jeweler specializing in Platinum pieces. His designs are beautiful, classic and timeless. The quality is excellent.
Beautiful reflective chain necklace and bracelet set by Monet. Chain links are highly polished flat squares with a textured top edge that seems to bind them together. Color is rich gold tone. Necklace measures approximately 24" long and bracelet is 7 1/4" long. Chain is 3/16" wide. You can actually connect the necklace and bracelet together for a longer necklace. Marked on the underneath of each fold over clasp. Circa 1970s. In excellent vintage condition.
Gorgeous runway style necklace and earrings by Monet. The V shaped collar necklace features links of gold nugget textured rectangles in great contrast with convex squares of highly polished gold tone metal. The plating is beautifully rich, akin to the color of 18k Gold. It is not a modest necklace, wear it if you wish to be remembered.
Not for the faint at heart, this is a very bold set by Monet and dates from the 1980s. The chain is large, about 13/16" wide, highly polished and richly gold plated. Excellent quality vintage Monet jewelry. Necklace is 18 1/2" long and bracelet is 8" long. Both can be worn shorter by clasping the toggle higher on the chain. In excellent vintage condition, both are signed "Monet" with the copyright symbol on a hangtag.
Bright silver tone Rhodium plated necklace and bracelet set by Monet. The quality is excellent and the design is classic. The Rhodium plate keeps the metal bright. Both pieces are a bold textured link rope chain that is almost 5/16" in diameter. Necklace is approximately 21" long, bracelet is 7 1/2" long. Bracelet features a safety chain that opens with scissors type c clasp.
The opulence of solid gold but not the price tag. Very well made high quality Gold Filled jewelry made by Van Dell. Great set to wear whenever you want to look polished. The classic graduated round bead necklace is almost 16" long. Beads start at 1/8" in diameter and increase in size up to 3/8" in diameter at the center. They are strung on gold filled chain for durability. Necklace is marked on the clasp and chain tab.
Lovely vintage Trifari necklace and clip earrings set, perfect for a bride too. The necklace measures 15 3/4" long when clasped at the last link of the extender. The snake chain is soft and drapes beautifully. The necklace's center portion measures 3 1/4" long and is curved, this is the curve length. Center is approximately 7/8" wide. Signed on the inside of the hook clasp.
Stunning vintage Runway Style Modernist necklace and earrings set by Napier. Not for the faint at heart, this is a real show piece. The necklace is segmented and textured through out. Part gold nugget, part Inca gold, it is one of the most sophisticated Napier styles I have had the pleasure to offer. Very well made, fits very well.
Beautiful vintage costume jewelry set by Lisner includes the necklace and matching clip earrings. Each piece features very nice Baroque pearls and AB (Aurora Borealis) rhinestones. The pearls are white with a satin finish. Metal is gold plated or gold tone.
Nice vintage japanned (black enameled) metal and clear rhinestone brooch/pin and clip earrings set estimated to date from the 1960s. The brooch or pin measures 2" wide by 1 3/4" tall. Earrings are clip backs and feature a large "headlight" rhinestone with a spray of smaller ones. They measure 1 3/16" tall. Set is unmarked and in very good condition.
Pretty and feminine set of brooch or pin and earrings featuring faux moonstone glass cabochons, enamel and rhinestones. The brooch measures about 2" in diameter, earrings are clipbacks measuring 15/16" tall. In excellent condition with very, very minor loss of enamel that is barely visible. It is unsigned and estimated to date from the 1960s.
Vintage to antique, early 20th Century Arts & Crafts style pendant necklace and bracelet set. Metal is Gold Filled. Stones are imitation Amethyst, the stone on the pendant is slightly darker than the bracelet but not much. Please note no chain is included. Picture of
Vintage Art Deco Machine Age Czech glass necklace and bracelet set with solid Brass accents. It is a gorgeous style, geometric yet feminine. Necklace measures 16 7/8" long and bracelet is almost 8 1/4" long although the wearable length for the bracelet is shorter.
I have always loved the look of natural stones. The nuggets on these vintage necklaces look like they were just picked off the Baltic shores. Each is cut as a fairly thick slice and in graduated sizes. The smallest is about 1/4"wide by 3/8" long by 1/8" thick. The largest is the pendant on the lavaliere style necklace. It measures 1 1/8" long by 15/16" wide and about 1/2" thick at the center.
Great looking statement necklace by Monet. Made in the 1980s with Pop Art influences of bright colored enamel on gun metal (japanned). The asymmetrical style completes these striking look.
This is one of the most beautiful vintage sets from Japan I have ever seen. The beads are slag glass with Turquoise center and clear body. They are also faceted. The color is incredible! The beads in the earrings are smaller in size than the necklace. The style is also quite unusual. The set includes a very long flapper style necklace and cascading clip earrings.
Nicely made vintage jewelry set including necklace, bracelet and clip earrings. This is a marriage. The necklace and bracelet are a perfect match and are unsigned. The clip earrings are signed Napier. They were found together so are offered together.
Elegant gold tone and faux pearl sun burst shaped brooch or pin and earrings set. The brooch measures 2 3/8" by 2 1/16" overall. It is somewhat dimensional. It is signed Boucher and the copyright symbol and marked with the number 7441. It is post 1955 and likely from the late 1960s. Brooch is n very good condition. The earrings are clip backs and measure 1 1/4" (approximately) in diameter. In good condition, however there is a very small loss of plating at the very tip of some of the rays. Not noticeable when worn.