The height of the Victorian period of mourning reached its climax in 1861, when Prince Albert passed away after only 21 years of marriage to Queen Victoria of England. The heartbroken Queen was devastated that...
A common, and sure, way to ruin the value of your collection of jewels is to store them improperly. Jewelry is made up of stones and metals of various hardnesses. When thrown together, they will easily...
La Tausca Pearls La Tausca Pearls was a trade name for high quality faux pearls used by three different companies: Maurice J. Karpeles, L. Heller Son Inc and Martin Low Taussig, Providence RI. This trade name...
Antique Jewelry Boxes, Caskets, Trinket Boxes 1900-1915.A brief history and identification lesson. Throughout history, jewelry boxes were constructed and designed by craftsmen, one box at a time. With the...
I have just recently started selling some jewelry that I own and no longer wear. At a loss for what to use to display some necklaces and bracelets that I wanted to take some pictures of to list, I eyed my...
So your thinking about buying a kilt, but were do you start. After you enter kilt into the search engine it comes up with over one thousand responses. Some say pub crawler, others are part of a Prince Charlie...
The most important thing for jewelry pictures is light and focus. In order to obtain good light I use flourescent lighting. It does not create the flashback or glare on the stones that white light does. Simply...
Everyone loves the Gold Silver Safekeeper Mirrored Jewelry Cabinet by Lori Greiner -- it's an ingenious space-saving marriage between a dressing mirror and a jewelry armoire, which is something most of us can...
See the images I learned the hard way as to how to take better pictures. It took me a year to figure out what is important and what is just marketing to sell there stuff and its no use. What do you need in...
DISPLAYING YOUR WATCH PURCHASE (Please take a moment at the conclusion to vote for this guide. We enjoy creating these to offer our fellow eBayers information that is hard to find elsewhere, and ask in return...