| Wow! What better way to spend a Sunday | | | | Elster and they manufactured way more than the |
| afternoon than in an antique show! Somehow I go | | | | Juliana line. |
| for the furniture and end up looking at all the jewelry, | | | | At the time of this writing there are 398 listings on |
| imagine that... | | | | eBay for Juliana jewelry (which would mean approx 1 |
| I attended a home town show recently and was | | | | 3 of all the Juliana jewelry ever produced is actually |
| amazed and delighted to see glitter and glamour | | | | on eBay right now). Over the last few days, I have |
| stretching down each self made aisle. Rolling up my | | | | viewed 320 of them and have counted 26 that I |
| sleeves, I browsed contentedly until I landed at one | | | | believe are a good bet on being authentic. The rest is |
| dealer's booth. One particular set stood out almost | | | | just unmarked rhinestone jewelry. What is this craze |
| immediately. A coveted Juliana Easter Egg parure in | | | | to attribute rhinestone jewelry to "Juliana"? Is it |
| the most delicious colors. | | | | simply a case of sellers not taking the time to |
| Every piece of rhinestone jewelry displayed around it | | | | educate themselves? |
| was in its shadow. I do believe you could stick that | | | | The dealer at the antique show actually reminded me |
| set in the back underneath magazines and it would | | | | of Carol S (Junkyard Jeweler) and her love of D |
| still be seen! Not having had the good fortune to | | | | & E research. She can still teach people so much |
| ever see one in person, you know I needed to hold | | | | better than I so here is the link to her D & E |
| it, examine it and try not to drool on it! What a | | | | research. I recommend it to anyone that wants to |
| fabulous set! I was most suitably impressed (ok, ok, | | | | learn more about Juliana jewelry: |
| speechless may be more accurate) until the dealer | | | | Junkyard Jeweler D & E Facts |
| opened his mouth and said: "That was made by a | | | | What would she have done at the antique show? I |
| woman named Juliana." Yikes! Talk about a vintage | | | | could picture her stifling a little inward groan and |
| jewelry faux pas that can break the spell of a | | | | proceed to give a mini vintage jewelry designer |
| dazzling piece! It's disheartening to hear such | | | | lesson right smack in the middle of the aisle. I think |
| inaccurate information. Although I realize I am | | | | that's what Carol would have done. And, just maybe |
| somewhat of a purist at heart, certainly a dealer | | | | one more seller would have walked away with a tad |
| should know the basic fundamentals. Juliana was | | | | more knowledge and a few less "Juliana" listings on |
| never a person that designed or created jewelry. | | | | eBay. |
| The company was D & E for De Lzza & | | | | |