Antique jewelry is over a century old.
Old vintage jewelry value.
The market for custom jewelry expanded.
The value of your antique jewelry is largely dependent on 3 factors.
While its age may increase its value due to scarcity and demand the reality is that its condition may have deteriorated.
The first costume jewelry may have been made more than 300 years ago but many people started wearing antique and costume jewelry during the art nouveau period.
I ve put together a guide containing photos and suggested values based on the jewelry that i ve owned and or sold myself.
After many women went to work during world war ii the wearing of costume pieces became even more prominent.
Values shown in this price guide reflect the actual selling price in the venue stated in parenthesis after the value.
This style of jewelry is categorized separately from fine jewelry as it is made of inexpensive materials and imitation gems though often sold at a more accessible price point some rare high quality pieces can sell for thousands of dollars.
Vintage costume jewelry that has a lot of brilliant stones all set with prongs can be very valuable.
Vintage costume jewelry is a collectible item that also holds novelty and sentimental value for many people.
Antique vintage costume jewelry price guide if you re looking for some help determining the value of a piece of costume then you ve come to the right place.
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Vintage and antique costume jewelry.