| ge costume jewelry produced between 1910-1970 is | | | | enhancing their value. Generally speaking, a Coro |
| now a hot collector’s item despite being | | | | necklace will have a lower market value than a |
| relatively inexpensive when first purchased. Unlike | | | | Barclays piece. Doing your homework is important |
| costume or fashion jewelry produced in places like | | | | because times occurred when even the larger |
| India and China made in dizzying numbers and using | | | | companies produced some designs in small quantities |
| poor quality materials in most cases, vintage costume | | | | making them more valuable than typical pieces from |
| jewelry continues to appreciate in value as demand | | | | the company. |
| continues to grow for a shrinking supply. Any of the | | | | The value of vintage fashion bracelets, rings, and |
| costume or fashion jewelry pieces made today will | | | | other pieces is the quality of the stone. Among the |
| not retain value and most likely will not last long due | | | | dozens of manufacturers, there were companies that |
| to shabby craftsmanship and inferior materials. | | | | crafted pieces consistently using high quality stones |
| Manufacturers of vintage fashion jewelry include: | | | | and semi-precious gemstones, such as: |
| Coro | | | | Eisenberg |
| Eisenberg | | | | Bogoff |
| Weiss | | | | Weiss |
| Coventry | | | | Hollycraft |
| Trifari | | | | Eisenberg costume pieces are renowned for having |
| Antique costume jewelry is typically viewed as any | | | | superior quality stones so that makes it difficult to |
| piece of jewelry not manufactured with precious | | | | find a piece by them that is not already high-priced |
| metals (yet it is common for pieces to be plated with | | | | yet it is possible to find a cheap an unsigned one. |
| a precious metal) or gemstones while also being mass | | | | Focus your efforts on locating pieces by Weiss, |
| produced and sold for relatively low cost. | | | | Bogoff, and Hollycraft as they tend to be under |
| Despite costing relatively little when first launched, | | | | priced on the market and will certainly be better |
| authentic costume jewelry manufactured between | | | | investments with greater profit potential. In addition |
| 1920-1970 can fetch some serious money on today's | | | | to materials, the quality of metal and craftsmanship |
| market. In many cases, there are many pieces being | | | | affect the overall value of vintage jewelry. Those |
| sold in flea markets for a measly dollar but actually | | | | companies renown for superior craftsmanship include: |
| worth hundreds. There are three main things that | | | | Eisenberg |
| help determine the value of authentic vintage pieces: | | | | Trifari |
| Demand | | | | Kramer |
| Stone/Gemstone Quality | | | | Money |
| Craftsmanship | | | | Danecraft |
| Despite dozens of companies producing thousands of | | | | While the vintage jewelry is typically more expensive |
| pieces annually, they produced jewelry in varying | | | | than similar fashion jewelry pieces made today, the |
| quantities. On the one hand, you had large players | | | | great thing about the genuine costume jewelry is |
| such as Coro and Trifari flooded the market with | | | | that it still looks great and it’s a perfect |
| thousands of copies for each design. | | | | investment opportunity. You can enjoy the jewelry |
| On the other side of the coin there was: DeMario, | | | | today, and sell it for a profit |
| McClelland, and Barclays who only produced much | | | | tomorrow—it’s the perfect investment! |
| smaller volumes hence making them both rarer and | | | | |