| There are a large variety of locations where you | | | | garage and estate sales to find great vintage |
| may find fabulous vintage jewelry. But if you don't | | | | jewellery. You may have to claw through a bunch of |
| have experience buying vintage treasures then it | | | | items to find just a few good vintage pieces but |
| would be best to take some time and do a tad bit of | | | | they are there just waiting to be found if you do a |
| research before you head out to shop. Having said | | | | little work. Estate sales are somewhat different |
| that, the following are outstanding places to check | | | | because the person running the sale usually has some |
| out when you head out to hunt for your vintage | | | | knowledge about antiques and vintage items. |
| earrings or brooches. | | | | However, you will likely be able to find reasonable |
| Vintage clothing shops and consignment stores: | | | | prices at either type of sale. Just take a peek in your |
| These shops don't just sell fun clothing. You may also | | | | local classified ad section to find these sales. |
| find fantastic vintage brooches, rings, earrings, and | | | | Antique sales: Visit an antique mall or larger antique |
| other gems at local vintage consignment stores and | | | | sales to find quality vintage jewellery. You should |
| clothing shops. Often the shop manager will be able | | | | expect prices to be somewhat higher than when you |
| to tell you a few things about the vintage treasures | | | | buy them from the prior sources mentioned above. |
| they have for sale. They will very likely be able to tell | | | | But the pay off is that you will be able to find |
| you about the type of gemstones (or fake | | | | authentic vintage jewelry and the sales staff will |
| gemstones) that are in each. Prices will usually be a | | | | have a large amount of knowledge about the items |
| bit higher than at the resale shops but you will | | | | for sale. |
| probably be able to find vintage pieces at a | | | | Online auction websites: One additional place to find |
| reasonable price. | | | | vintage jewels is through online auctions. An unlimited |
| Resale shops: Think Goodwill, Salvation Army and | | | | assortment of vintage earrings, brooches, necklaces, |
| other thrift type stores. Many people make regular | | | | and other vintage pieces are available for purchase |
| donations to these stores and they generally have a | | | | online. Naturally eBay is the auction website that |
| very large inventory that spans all of the vintage | | | | most often jumps to mind when we think of online |
| periods. These shops are a fabulous resource for | | | | auctions. But there are other such websites online |
| finding vintage jewelry especially costume pieces. | | | | and if you take time to find some smaller sites you |
| And, if you keep your eyes open you might just find | | | | might be able to find some great deals as there is |
| a few fine vintage pieces. | | | | likely to be less competition on those sites than on |
| Estate and garage sales: Yep. Wake up early on the | | | | larger ones like eBay. |
| weekend, jump in your car, and head out to some | | | | |