If you collect vintage and antique silver or gold charms and charm bracelets, you'll find a wealth of choices on eBay--it's a charm collector's dream. But as more and more people fall under the spell of...
DO YOU KNOW? GOLD prices have gone crazy in value on the World Market. Since August of 2004, Gold has gone up 250% per ounce. The price of Gold was then at $380.00 per oz. Today, in the...
Want to know how to identify the silver content of jewelry? Silver purity marks defined and some types of “Silver” that aren’t silver at all! The precious metal silver is very soft in its purest form, so...
Whether you call them puffy hearts, puffed hearts, répoussé hearts, whether they're antique or vintage, sterling silver or gold filled, charm bracelets filled with old heart charms are tremendously popular...
It is a common mis-perception that the term guilloché refers to a TYPE of enamelling when the term actually refers to a PROCESS. Guilloché, phonetically pronounced gee-oh-SHAY, is from the French word meaning...
Choosing an Antique Cameo What is a cameo? They are miniature sculptures, usually mounted as jewelry, but sometimes decorating boxes, buckles or other accessories. Cameos are gemstones carved in relief,...
Since I make jewelry as well as selling vintage jewelry, I've done a lot of ebay 'shopping' - and I've often come across terms I'd never heard of, without a clue as to what they were referring to. So, for...
Twenty-Five Facts about Cameos A cameo consists of two layers: a raised figure/scene and a background.The oldest known cameo, found in Alexandria (Egypt), dates to the 3rd century B.C. and was carved from...
Unfortunately, the majority of green jade on eBay is polymer treated, this is especially true of that coming from China. Regardless of what the seller says, no one can realistically sell "Imperial" quality...
White, yellow, or rose gold, platinum, or silver from whatever period (Georgian, Victorian, Edwardian, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, or mid-century) ? your rings, pins, earrings, bracelets, necklaces or charms...