| There's a great resource out there for collectors of | | | | such as Coro or Trifari. Currently there are over 300 |
| vintage costume jewelry - on line stores and on line | | | | listings for Coro, and 102 listings for "Vintage Coro |
| auctions. | | | | Earrings Rhinestones"...see how it works? |
| I'm going to focus on the virtually limitless selection | | | | Scroll through the selections and see what's out |
| on the largest on line auction marketplace, eBay. | | | | there, and what the prices are. If you want to bid on |
| Anyone can sell just about anything on eBay, and | | | | or buy an item, eBay will walk you through the |
| there are hundreds of thousands of listings for | | | | process. |
| jewelry. The prices can be amazingly low - some | | | | And now a word (or two) about caution. eBay tries |
| sellers start their auctions at under $1.00, and there is | | | | very hard to keep sellers honest. If you're interested |
| often a fixed price listed as well. | | | | in a particular item, check out the seller's feedback |
| If you're not familiar with shopping on eBay, go to | | | | score, and look at the feedback comments. You can |
| and click on the help column on the right side, then | | | | ask the seller a question about the item, and be sure |
| "help topics" for excellent advice and information. | | | | to read the seller's refund policy. Some do not accept |
| You can browse, the Internet version of window | | | | returns if you are not satisfied with the item, but |
| shopping, without having a clerk hovering over you. If | | | | most do. Since you're buying a piece of jewelry |
| you're looking for vintage jewelry, and you enter | | | | without personally examining it, you want to be sure |
| "vintage jewelry" in the search box, you'll see that | | | | you are getting what you want. Become |
| there are over 96,000 listings. You can narrow the | | | | knowledgeable about the jewelry you are interested |
| search by entering "vintage earrings", for example, | | | | in. Read books, Internet articles, and of course, more |
| and see over 17,000 listings. Narrow it down even | | | | articles by this author! |
| further if you're interested in a particular designer, | | | | |