A Brief Look at Designers and Companies We Love at Bethidee's Collectible Vintage Costume Jewelry From Art and Boucher to Vendome and Weiss: A Guide To Timelines and Styles Brought To You By Bethidee- Click...
If you collect, or even casually bid on, vintage costume jewelry, you need to be aware of the new floodtide of fakes on ebay. And you should be OUTRAGED. These are often very attractive, attractively listed,...
This Guide will help you buy ORIGINAL Cast Iron Doorstops and Avoid Modern Reproductions! Purchasing a Genuine Antique Cast Iron Boston Terrier Doorstop has become more challenging in the past 30 years. ...
You may have seen them and not even realized what they were, but buried in the piles of costume jewelry and Bakelite pieces that you may see at antique shows and flea markets are some fabulous treasures of...
Button Collecting Tips. Collectible antique buttons are not "just buttons". They are special buttons of a particular age and type and there are several ways to collect and organize them. What follows is a...
Many people will run an auction claiming their item is Steiff, if identication is no longer attached, but it turns out it's not Steiff. To be an educated consumer, as with any collectible, do your research! ...
Hi, My name Is Jay Kerch, and I am a major seller of vintage dog figurines with a specialty of made in Japan dogs. Before and after world war two, Japan was the main source of inexpensive decorative arts just...
Collecting Cast Iron Banks is Rewarding and Profitable, especially if you know how to spot OLD ORIGINALS and avoid Modern Reproductions coming out of China. The OLDEST Cast Iron Banks were miniature versions...
The purpose of this guide is to provide some practical and effective things to do when your sewing machine stopped working. You will be AMAZED at how often sewing machines arrives at the sewing shop when...
I would like to share some new discoveries with you. 2 Ferris Wheels you may not have ever seen before! How cool are these? The first is a chain Chein!Appparently produced by Chein for the "NIFTY" line of...