That red jewelry sells best... I don't remember the reason, but bidders and buyers tend to pay more for red jewelry. In practice I have noticed that auctions for red rhinestone jewelry often close with higher ending bids then other similar quality vintage jewelry that is not red. I wonder if jewelry designers find this is the case as well?
Is red jewelry more popular? What do you think?
This very old brooch was made using a technique called repousse - the alternative to this technique is chasing. As you can see the back was hammered out to make the design work on the front and then the brooch was painted.
I absolutely love this Victorian brooch and I will be sad to see it go. Really- I am actually thinking it might walk over from my inventory and deposit itself into my jewelry box. If you are interested in breaking my heart- it's still available here in my store.
I really have a fondness for Art Deco- it's a very opulent look. That's probably why I like dress clips and I like these earrings. What's really cool about these, is they still retain the blue paint for the most part. Many times you'll find that really old vintage jewelry has lost all the paint or enamel original to the piece. So I think these are kind of special despite the fact that someone spilled rubber cement all over the lower fronts. Luckily I am able to remove quite a bit of it.
Oh Oh - It looks like I missed a day of posting, bet you thought I was out of jewerly HA! We'll just back date this post and it will fill in the blanks nicely.
If you have been following this blog- you know two things;
I sell jewelry and I have a thing for dress clips...
except for this one. Well- that's because this has got to be the ugliest dress clip ever. It look like a duck foot dipped in metal... and in a way that's kind of cute. Well not really- it's ugly.
This brooch is called Wisteria and it does come with matching earrings if you can find a complete set. I like the pink and purple rhinestones on silver-tone, it's a good look.
These earrings are signed Sarah Coventry and are called Enchanted Forest. Here's something cool about the earrings- they are labeled right and left. I have heard that if you don't wear the properly matched clip ons on the ears they are meant for, they can be uncomfortable sort of like shoes. I also should mention that these earrings come with a matching brooch to make a set.
This is a really pretty vintage filigree bracelet that has an antiqued look. It's another one of those pieces that I wouldn't mind if it accidentally found it's way into my jewelry box... too bad I put it up for sale already.
My mantra in selling jewelry is "I will not fall in love with the merchandise, I will not fall in love with the inventory..." Um this bracelet makes it hard to do business. This is one of those bracelets I want to hoard and treasure for ever in my secret vintage jewelry pirate booty stash... At this point I have no idea what I am talking about and perhaps that is because I wrote this post on Halloween night after consuming way too much candy. (I love scheduling blog posts).
Here's a lovely carved rose pendant, the composition or I won't even guess. I am really not up to snuff on pre-ban ivory, bone, of scrimshaw jewelry pieces. This pendant is very pretty and a large size though as you can tell in comparison with my hand.
This brooch has a really nice regal or military look and I can't actually say for sure it is from 1937. I can tell you that the patent number on the back for the hardware is a patent number from 1937. Patent numbers can be really helpful- we know then that the brooch wasn't made before 1937 and that it fits in with other war time jewelry of this nature.
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