01-07-2008
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i collect vintage jewelry, mostly victorian and mid-century modern silver, or stuff with bugs. these are some of my current favorite pieces (photos by me):
 1880s shiebler silver brooch (u.s.)  1880s silver cufflinks (u.s.)  1890s georg scheid silver/enamel pin (austria)  georges pierre art nouveau carved horn pendant (france)  georg jensen ss/18k ring (denmark) |
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01-07-2008
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^those pieces are all really gorgeous
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01-07-2008
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^ thanks! i have managed to wear them all, and the ring i really have never taken off since buying it about 3 years ago. i love old jewelry!
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04-07-2008
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Inter - Your necklace is a wonderful find! Do you happen to know what time period the piece is from?
Fashion fashoff - Very impressive collection you have. Hard to believe the flawless condition of your pieces when you consider when they were made - some of the jewelery could easily be mistaken for modern designs!
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14-07-2008
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El Viaje Definitivo
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maezashi (a knid of kanzashi)
hpfrance.com
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10-08-2008
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Hi! I am very excited, after a long time of just reading TFS, I was admitted and this is my first post! YAY!
 Lately I have been very into costume jewelry and I found a great little place here in San Francisco that has a lot of wonderful vintage pieces. I am very new to this and was wondering about the prices. I am considering a signed - limited - necklace from YSL from the 70's and the price is around $1000. Seems a lot to me. How much is too much? How do you know what these pieces are really worth? |
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10-08-2008
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The way I purchase vintage is not in expectance of making money, etc. If it speaks to me and I cannot stop thinking about it, I generally purchase. However, I have been collecting for quite sometime and usually when I see a piece I love, I think of a price in my head that if it's more than that, I pass on it.
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16-08-2008
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The Georg Scheid silver/enamel pin is absolutely beautiful. I really couldnt stop looking at it
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16-08-2008
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17-08-2008
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yay
That way you know you totally love it. I know it sounds cheesy, but when I know I really should buy a piece is when I finally own it and it feels like it was meant to be mine!
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08-10-2008
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Does anyone know how to sanitise vintage earrings (22k solid gold)? Does anyone do this...are you supposed to? I inherited some reaally nice earrings but I'm scared to wear them because they've been in someone else's ears.
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13-10-2008
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WOW. those are GORGEOUS! Love every single one. |
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13-10-2008
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I still have a bottle of that earring cleaner stuff when I got my ears piereced at claire's cos I was convinced I needed the big bottle. I just use that. I also have a steam cleaner that my grandma gave me when I got engaged because she spends hours each week cleaning her jewelry, so supposedly I need to as well!.... but I made the mistake of putting in a pair of my gorgeous costume earrings and some of the stones fell out, so just watch out for that.
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13-10-2008
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I just found the funniest pair of vintage earrings that I am going to wear with my Halloween costume..one earring is a dinosaur and the other is a bone. They are a riot.
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14-10-2008
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hehe, post pictures! i can imagine the dinosaur being green.
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