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Vintage charms blog
Posted by: | CommentsRegular readers here will know that one of the Vintage Jewellery specialities of AntiquesAvenue is Vintage charms and Charm bracelets. I have no opened a special blog devoted to vintage charms over at http://vintage-charms-info.blogspot.com/
Do take a look, I’ve made a start on a Vintage Charms A-Z with A for Acorns and opening charms starting with A.
I’ve also being trying out Google’s new Knol system ( short for knowledge I think) and have written a five point guide on how to tell genuine vintage jewellery from modern reproductions
Anne
Vintage Jewellery News – March 2010
Posted by: | CommentsVintage Jewellery News for March 2010 from AntiquesAvenue
Hello, Anne here with your March Vintage Jewellery News from AntiquesAvenue.
Blog:
Just for a change lets start with this Antiques and Vintage Jewellery blog.
Information Videos: As you can see I have now added a section on the right hand side of the page where you can see all my information Videos. Hover over a picture to see what the video is about and click on it to view the vid. I have received such good feedback ( kind people) on these that I am hoping to be able to show you more about Antiques and Vintage Jewellery in this format. Is there anything you would like me to cover next?
Vintage Jewellery A-Z: I’ve now finished with the letter A for vintage jewellery materials, A is for Agate, Amber, Amethyst and Aventurine. During March I will be blogging on Antique and Vintage Jewellery materials beginning with B: Bakelite, Basalt, Bloodstone, Bog Oak, Brass and Bronze.
Comments and Contact Anne:
Thank you for all your wonderful comments left on this blog but please be aware – I do have an anti-spam program running so please don’t waste you time leaving a long comment advertising your latest pharmaceuticals or adult products. My anti spam program will prevent this from being published. One link back to your site or blog which is Antiques or Vintage jewellery related is welcome where this adds to the article.
Thank you also for all the lovely emails I get from you on a regular basis. I will try and help if I know the answer but cannot spend hours researching your item. Nor can I do valuations . Should you wish to sell you item please contact your local auction house or try selling it on eBay. As a private individual you are very unlikely to get a better price from a dealer than you would achieve yourself by selling it on eBay.
AntiquesAvenue Vintage Jewellery Shop:
There is still time to order your Vintage Jewellery for Mothers day – please ensure that orders are with me by March 11. Easter is coming too, I will be back early next week with a selection of jewellery for Easter ( much less fattening and longer lasting than chocolate) . Think Spring flowers, chicks, bunnies, ducks, egg jewellery. Do you have any Easter theme suggestions I can add?
I have been very busy working on the Shop during February adding lots of lovely fresh stock of vintage jewellery including gold gemstone rings, Victorian silver sweetheart brooches and some nice Scandinavian silver and enamel jewelry. How about this striking brooch :
Vintage Norwegian silver enamel brooch K Rasmussen
What a colourful vintage brooch. This brooch is made of silver and enamel and was made in Norway by Karl A Rasmussen having the KAR initials and the markers mark on the reverse. I believe that this dates from circa 1950s. This brooch measures about 5 cms long .
You can now find a selection of vintage crosses in the shop and coming soon a new department for pearls including pearl necklaces and pearl earrings. Also coming during March are more wonderful gold and silver charms and I have just receive a nice selection of vintage costume jewellery .
See you soon – Happy hunting
Anne
AntiquesAvenue Vintage Jewellery News February 2010
Posted by: | CommentsIts been a while since Ive updated you with my latest vintage jewellery news. If you’ve taken a look at my shop recently you will see why, I’ve been busy re-designing it and adding lots of lovely fresh stock and new features.
Vintage Brooches for Mothers Day Video:
Every Mum deserves a flower brooch this Mothers Day .
New Features on AntiquesAvenue.co.uk
Ive added a few new currencies, just click on your flag beneath the pictures on the detailed item pages. Now available are Sterling, USA dollars, Australian, Canadian and Japanese currencies.
Live Chat is back, this has been off-line for a few weeks whilst I solved a technical difficulty, You can now find the live chat button on each page. This is keyboard chat. When I am here you can type your questions and I will type the answer.
Share This: Seen something really special, I have added a share this button so that you can add it to your favourite networking site
Twitter: Just click on the Twitter logo in each page to see what I’m talking about. Follow me and I will follow you back.
Follow AntiquesAvenue
Customer Feedback: Many of my lovely customers have been kind enough to let me know what they think of my jewellery and services. Some of your e.mails are so lovely I’ve published them on my new customer feedback page which I will try and add all new one too.
Vintage Jewellery.
Enough about the shop, what about the vintage jewellery which is what you come here for after all. A quick preview of three of my favourites:
Antique jewellery pendant lavalier on chain
A lovely piece of antique jewellery. This lavalier type pendant is made of 9 carat gold and is set with amethysts and pearls. This pendant hangs from a decorative nine carat gold chain. Th amethyst drop at the base of this Lavaliere separately articulated. The Lavaliere measures about 3.5 cms long and it hands from a chain which measures about 44 cms long.
Antique rose gold 5 bar gate bracelet heart padlock
A wonderful antique gold bracelet made of 9 ct gold in a warm shade of pinkish gold known as Rose gold. This bracelet fastens with a heart shaped padlock which is stamped as 9ct. There is also an attached safety chain. The bracelet is just over 18 cms long and about 1.5 cms wide. This is quite a heavy bracelet weighing 24 grams. An excellent piece of antique jewellery in lovely condition
Antique opal diamond ring 18 carat gold Edwardian
A truly beautiful antique ring. This gold ring is made of 18 carat gold and is fully hallmarked with the hallmarks being for 1902 right at the beginning of the Edwardian era. This ring is set with three opals and two real diamonds. The opals have red, green and blue colours and there are diamonds inset in between the opals. The head of the ring is 6 mm across and it is UK ring size L, USA size 6. It weighs a little over 3 grams
Vintage Jewellery coming Soon:
Look out over the next couple of weeks for some interesting antique Victorian cameo jewellery including a bracelet, some mourning cameo jewellery and some antique Wedgwood cameo brooches. Ive some mid 20th century silver and enamel pieces which will be very popular and of course vintage gold rings and some unusual brooches
Vintage Jewellery Blog
Yesterday I started my A-z of vintage jewellery materials with Abalone. This series is continuing every day or so. Next is Agate closely followed by amber, amethyst, aquamarine and aventurine. Hmmm, I think this is going to take several months to work my way to Z!
Happy collecting
Anne
Vintage Jewellery news update
Posted by: | CommentsA Vintage Jewellery news update from antiquesavenue.co.uk
Its a while since my last vintage jewellery news update. Over the past few weeks I have been searching out more fresh stock of vintage jewellery for you.
Vintage Charms:
Recently I have added lots of vintage silver charms and gold charms to the shop including some quite unusual ones. IN gold look out for the opening Adam and Eve in an apple and the strange ” Happy days” opening vintage Caravan. The most unusual silver charms include an opening dressing table by Nuvo, a Nuvo penguin waiter and interesting charms such as Don Quixote and St George and the dragon.
Vintage Brooches and Antique Brooches:
I’ve been looking out for vintage designer brooches and now have quite a nice selection including Napier, Trifari, Royal Crown Derby and Exquisite. There are also brooches by named Scottish and Scandinavian silver makers.
I am expanding my selection of vintage rings and antique as these seem very popular. These are in both gold and silver and set with precious and semi precious gemstones. Mainly these will be added to the site over the next ten days so please do keep checking back if you are interested.
Vintage Costume Jewellery
Coming soon a nice fresh selection of costume jewellery necklaces.
Vintage Jewellery for Valentines day.
I have made a short video on heart shaped charms and valentines charms which would be suitable as a gift for a loved one this valentines day
Gift Wrap.
Following several requests from customers I now have a gift wrap option which I will be adding to the site in the next week. Your jewellery can be presented in a pretty organza bag in one of a variety of colours and I have decided to charge just £1 extra for this service.
News Letter
Have you subscribed to my news letter yet? I dont often get the chance of sending one out but when I do there is always a Special offer on vintage jewellery which is exclusive to news letter subscribers. I am hoping a news letter will be on its way within the next week or two so dont miss out
Anne
Vintage Jewellery Sale and News
Posted by: | CommentsVintage Jewellery Sale.
Its that time of year again, after Christmas its traditional that retailers hold a sale and offer their customers a change to grab a bargain. AntiquesAvenue.co.uk is holding a vintage jewellery sale with a difference. Each day until January 10th I will be offering one special piece of vintage or antique jewellery at a low low price. You will be able to find a link to that item at the top of every page on my website during this time so please do check back every day and you might just find something which appeals to you.
Today I have on offer a vintage silver thistle brooch which was originally offered at £26 and is now just £15 including delivery.
Scottish Brooch
Vintage Jewellery News.
Following a bumper Christmas I have been able to source some lovely fresh antique and vintage jewellery for you. This week and next I will be adding an excellent selection of 1970s vintage silver charms, some mid 1900s vintage necklaces and more silver alberts and a couple of fobs.
Also a few more special gold charms. As you must have seen the price of gold has gone orbital recently and so these vintage charms are getting harder and harder to find. Unfortunately many folks are selling their vintage gold jewellery to the scrappers – what a pity. I rescue the pieces of vintage and antique gold jewellery I can but with prices forecast to rise even further I suggest you buy them now too.
That’s all for today – Happy Hunting
Anne
Vintage Jewellery News
Posted by: | CommentsHere’s the Vintage Jewellery news from AntiquesAvenue for the 1st week in November.
I’ve been featuring Vintage Silver Jewellery on AntiquesAvenue for the last couple of weeks, please do take a look before its all change again. Especially there are some lovely antique Silver fobs and Silver albert watch chains for the gents and some nice Scandinavian silver jewellery for the ladies.
Most of the fresh stock added last week is in the charms section especially vintage gold charms – here are a couple of unusual ones;
Are these for the special criminal or Law enforcement officer in your life? This gold charm is and original vintage gold charm is fully hallmarked as nine carat gold and dates from circa 1960s / 1970s. This gold charm is suitable for any vintage gold charm bracelet or for hanging on a fine chain as a pendant This vintage gold charm is in the shape of a pair of handcuffs. This charm measures about 2.1 cms long including the fixed bail. You will find that this charm is more substantial than many of the modern ones being sold new today.
This gold charm is and original vintage gold charm from circa 1960s / 1970s . This gold charm is suitable for any vintage gold charm bracelet or for hanging on a fine chain as a pendant This vintage gold charm is in the shape of a pair of a vintage tractor both sets of wheels move. This charm measures about 1.6 cms long You will find that this charm is more substantial than many of the modern ones being sold new today.
New Shop Design
Have you seen the new shop design? AntiquesAvenue vintage jewellery shop has had a makeover – and there is a makeover coming soon to this blog. Just a little more work to do before it is all revealed.
Live Chat
Have you tried the live chat button on the shop yet? Just a click when it reads ” on -line” and you can ask any questions about my jewels or services through the keyboard – this is free of charge.
Coming Soon:
Hat pins, I have managed to acquire quite a collection of genuine Victorian and Edwardian hatpins which will be added to the shop by Mid November so do keep checking back . Also coming in the next couple of weeks are an excellent selection of vintage necklaces which will make excellent gifts this coming Christmas. Glass necklaces, silver necklaces and some nice pearl necklaces too.
More website changes:
As my range of vintage jewellery and dress accessories changes I am developing the shop too. Are you shopping from outside of the UK? you can select to see prices and pay in US dollars or Euros by clicking on your flag on each items page. During November I am hoping to add an optional Customer account facility so that you do not need to enter all your details every time you shop.
Shop Securely:
Mastercard Secure and Verified by Visa: there are two new logos beneath the credit card logos. These are for the new verified services provided by MasterCard and Visa to provide you with extra confidence that when you are shopping on AntiquesAvenue your credit card details are safe.
Look out for vintage bracelet week next and I’ll keep you updated here when I have more vintage jewellery news from AntiquesAvenue.co.uk
AntiquesAvenue news update mid October
Posted by: | CommentsI’ve got a new blog
AntiquesAvenue blog was getting over run by vintage jewellery articles so I’ve opened a new blog dedicated to vintage and antique Jewellery to leave more room here for talk about antiques and the antiques trade. The new blog is www.vintage-jewellery.info and I will be updating it regularly .
vintage charm bracelet
Charm Week
If you’ve been reading this blog regularly you will know its charm week on AntiquesAvenue and I have a new video out on how to attach a charm to a charm bracelet. I’ll re-do this video if I can find a little help with the filming. As a special offer to readers of this blog you can have a 15% discount from any charm or charm bracelet purchased from antiquesavenue shop – www.antiquesavenue.co.uk between now and Monday 19th October 2009. Just mail me before you buy and I will sort out the discount for you.
eBay Auctions
Now that summer is over its time to start my eBay auctions again and I have some nice pottery and glass items up for auciton all at bargain prices and with UK postage included inthe cost. Do pop over and take a look: antiquesavenue
Antiques-Forum
The new antiques forum at antiquesavenue is starting to get a bit of interest – have you seen it yet? You just need to register with an e.mail address to comment , no further details are required. Want to find out about your antique ? well just ask a question on there and you may just get the help you need.
New in Stock
Fresh stock of vintage jewellery this week includes an excellent selection of vintage gold charms – these are much better quality than the equivalent new ones today and usually have a heavier gold weight. I also have more to add over the next few days including gold spinner charms, more gold cat charms and some nice gold ring charms
Denby jug
Antiques A-Z
Now I have largely freed AntiquesAvenue blog from vintage jewellery, I am going to start a new series antiques A-Z. The aim is a blog post a day – lets see if I actually manage this post rate. A is for Auctions, B is for Bakelite, C is for cups, D is for Denby – there is just soooo much to do. (Anyone want to help?)
Coming soon
Next week and until the end of October I am featuring vintage silver jewellery so watch out for features about silver and special offers on my silver jewellery including antique and vintage silver brooches. There is more pottery and glass going up for sale on eBay as well.
Thats all for now
Anne
Vintage Jewellery News October 1st
Posted by: | CommentsVintage Jewellery news from AntiquesAvenue for October 1 2009.
Have you seen the super vintage jewellery I have recently added to antiquesavenue.co.uk? There are some wonderful original pieces of costume jewellery including the art deco glass necklaces you can see pictures of in this post. There are art deco blue glass necklaces and green ones, a wonderful wedding cake glass necklace and some lovely glass flower necklaces too.
vintage jewellery
For those of you liking something a little older I have been topping up the antique brooch section with Victorian brooches in gold and silver. Brooches added to the 20th century vintage brooch section include some amazing Scandinavian examples including this designer Anton Michelsen brooch made from silver in the shape of a star burst.
vintage art deco necklace
With the coming part season in mind I am going to add some necklaces this week for wearing with your best dress. Lovely vintage glass necklaces to sparkle in.
Just an update on whats happening on this antiques blog too: The forum is now live and needs your input. Add a thread if you like. Do you have something related to antique, vintage or collecting you would like to tell the world about? You can write an article here and have a link or two back to your site.
This week I will be adding a lovely collection of antique and Victorian dogs sent to me by a reader from the USA , I think it is the best collection of staffordshire doggies I’ve seen. Your collection can be added on here too – just get in touch.
I will be continuing the series on birthstone jewellery by looking at Octobers birthstone the wonderful Opal.
Have you tries the new on-line chat feature on antiquesavenue.co.uk yet? Just press the button when it is showing as on-line and you can talk to me through your keyboard about any items in the shop. Look forward to hearing from you
Anne
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