Archive for February, 2009
Buying on eBay – How much and when should I bid?
Posted by: | CommentsHere is the next part of my guide to buying antiques and collectables on eBay. How much and when should I bid?
There are four types of sale to consider here:
- buy it now
- buy it now with best offer
- auctions
- auctions with buy it now
Remember this applies mainly to antique, vintage and collectable items where the seller will rarely have more than one of each item. Different strategies apply for new items. Read More→
Vintage and Antique Silver brooches
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I am starting my exploration of the materials that brooches are made from with Silver. Why? Well I seem to have more vintage silver brooches than those made from every other material put together. Perhaps that is because I like silver or just perhaps because more brooches were made from silver than from any other material? Certainly it has been popular in both antique and vintage brooches and remains so up to date.
Silver is a grey / white material which is a popular metal for use in jewellery as it is easy to work and durable when worn. It is also cheaper and lighter weight than platinum which is the other whiteish precious metal. Read More→
Buying antiques on eBay – part 3 – is the seller reliable?
Posted by: | CommentsHere is the belated third part of my guide to buying antiques, vintage and collectables on eBay – checking out the seller .
Lets assume you’ve followed my advice on searching on eBay and have found a treasure you are thinking of buying. The next step is to check out the seller to see if they are reliable. eBay provides us with a number of guides towards this: Read More→
Brooch or Broach ? Or just call it a clip?
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So how do we spell the pretty clips we attach to our clothes. Is it Brooch or Broach? Why are their two different spellings? As I see both variations used I decided to do a little research.
Goggle offers us far more choice of sites and searches using the term “Brooch”. Wiki gives Brooch its own entry but not so for Broach which simply seems to be an alternate spelling.
So my choice is made – for this Blog they will be Brooches ( or pins, or clips)
The pretty at the top of this post is a hand painted Victorian brooch made of porcelain and decorated with flowers.
Vintage Brooches and vintage jewellery
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Vintage brooch
Stunning antique charm necklace
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Antique charm necklace
I just had to show off this amazing silver charm necklace I purchased recently. Although the actual chain is quite new the charms are mainly genuine antique ones – Victorian charms and charms through to the 1950s. Read More→
Reminder – 2 days left on silver butterfly clip free give away
Posted by: | CommentsJust to remind you that there is only 2 days left until my free give away of the silver butterfly clip ends. I am interested in your thoughts as to what it might be and the best idea wins the clip
Good Luck
AntiquesAvenue shop re-organisation Antique Tiles and Antique Jewellery
Posted by: | CommentsJust a quick update on my shop over at www.antiquesavenue.co.uk where I have been having a bit of a re-organisation.
The antique tiles area has been amended to make the Victorian tiles easier to find . By the way watch out for a new selection of 1970s Maw tile panels being added over the next couple of days.
I have removed the Gents Jewellery section from Antique Jewellery and replaced it with individual sections for Stick pins, Cufflinks, Fobsand Alberts
There is a new section for Antique Charms
Coalport cottages, miniature china, trinket boxes and enamel boxes can now all be found under miniatures