Shopping for fine vintage jewelry, vintage costume jewelry, and antique jewelry on eBay is like exploring your grandmother's extremely large jewelry box. You'll find nearly every type of jewelry imaginable,...
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...
Whether you're new to the field of vintage costume jewelry or an experienced collector, you'll find eBay to be the best resource to build your collection.It can also be the worst.The fact is, at any given time...
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...
If you are a novice at buying vintage jewelry, especially on EBAY, you will probably find many of the descriptions a bit confusing due to the terminology used to describe the pieces. Sometimes, you might start...
What is Art Deco?Art Deco is known as a style or era relating to the years 1920-1935. Of course, it didn't start on January 1, 1920 and end at the stroke of midnight on December 31, 1935, but the years...
Moonstones have been popular from antiquity. The Romans frequently used the gem in their jewelry, and it continued to be valued through the medieval period in Europe. The stone is also seen in classic jewels...
For the collector of Georg Jensen (1866-1935) of Copenhagen, Denmark, Ebay represents a wonderful resource pool. Georg Jensen was a metal designer who worked primarily in sterling silver, but also in gold...
Nineteenth and Twentieth Century costume jewelry is an exciting area of collecting for personal enjoyment as well as an excellent for-profit business opportunity. The first and best piece of advice to the...
Opal: Color: An orangy crystalline glow if put up to light, but when held in hand runs the gamut from opaque white to crystalline orange. All opals have a background color and texture upon which brilliant...