After many women went to work during world war ii the wearing of costume pieces became even more prominent.
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It is important to be sure the piece is vintage in good shape and has a lot of brightly colored clean stones all set with prongs.
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These pieces can sometimes be as valuable as pieces of fine jewelry.
Vintage and antique costume jewelry 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.
Many materials including sterling silver wood leather bakelite lucite natural shells plaster and ceramic were used to create antique costume jewelry necklaces brooches bracelets ear clips and double clip brooches during this decade.
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.
Schreiner vintage pieces remain popular with collectors due to their beautiful use of stones and excellent craftsmanship.
First of all if a piece was created by a noted or collectible designer it has inherent value.
The value of the piece will then increase depending on how rare it is.
I ve put together a guide containing photos and suggested values based on the jewelry that i ve owned and or sold myself.
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Vintage costume jewelry that has a lot of brilliant stones all set with prongs can be very valuable.
The most common rare costume jewelry material is metal.
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One new type of costume jewelry seen during this period was double clip brooches.
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.