The latest Vintage Jewellery news update from AntiquesAvenue.co.uk for the middle of July.

Summer is here and I cant believe how busy the shop is. A big THANK YOU to all my lovely customers . Selling lots of Antique Jewellery and Vintage Jewellery means that I am able to obtain a much wider choice for you and continue to offer great value including free postage world wide. Remember as well your Jewellery comes either in a box or bag (Occasionally both) . I suggest that you store your piece in the box or bag I post your jewel in . This will prevent wear from other pieces in your jewel box.

 Fresh Stocks of Vintage Jewellery

A usual I have been busy adding lots more original vintage jewellery to the shop. Today I have been adding bracelets and antique brooches. There is a superb antique rose cut diamond necklace and plenty of costume jewellery for collectors .

 I’m adding about 50 items a week at the moment and I suggest that you check back regularly . Recently I have had a couple of special pieces sell within less than a day of putting them on the site.

 

New Website Design

Exciting for me, by the end of August AntiquesAvenue.co.uk will have a new professional website and logo. For the past few years I’ve been struggling with this myself and have decided that its time to hand this work over to the professionals giving me more time to concentrate on the antique and vintage jewellery . Hopefully the site will be more attractive easier to use for you too.

Please dont be surprised if you come back in a few weeks and the look of the site is changed. I will have at least one special offer to coincide with the launch new look shop and will give details of this and the exact launch date next month.

In the mean time I am re-organising the categories ready for the new design. You can now find all Brooches in a Brooches Section, Bracelets in a Bracelets section, Rings in a ring Section without having to visit other parts of the shop. All men’s Jewellery is now in one area with tick pins, Lapel Pins, Albert’s , Albertina’s, Fobs and Cuff links under the Men’s Jewellery Section.

A polite request

As regular readers know I am happy to take a quick look at photos of your jewellery and offer an opinion on it if possible. I do not charge for this service. Please however I would really appreciate it if you:

i) Please contact me either by e.mail or leave a comment here on this blog for such help – I will get back to you as soon as I can and certainly within two or three days. I cant help over the phone a I need to see a photo.

ii) Do not ask me to value your item, valuations is a specialist skill and takes a lot of time to do properly. After all imagine if I give out a free valuation and get it wrong by a considerable amount. This could affect you badly and I dont want that responsibility. For a valuation I suggest you either contact your local auction house or one of the paid for valuation services on the Internet.

iii) Have good quality .jpg photographs of items you wish me to take a look at.

iv) If a piece has UK hallmarks you can look these up for yourself either on the Internet or from a Book such as Bradburys book of Hallmarks.

V) Sorry but I do not wish to buy jewels. Buying privately is not something I am comfortable with as I have to verify identities to ensure that pieces are not stolen and I have to add quite a large % to the price I pay in order to cover costs. You could try selling on eBay or taking your piece to your local auciton house who will sell jewellery for you.

AntiquesAvenue Blog

Still working through my A-Z of Jewellery Materials and have just about exhausted the letter G. coming over the next few weeks antique jewellery materials beginning with the letter H: Hair and Hematite. Perhaps a few more will spring to mind?

You’ve probably noticed I’ve a new picture banner at the top of the page, I think it adds a bit of colour and shows the sort of thing this blog is about.

I’m starting to put together a series of articles on how to run your own antiques business drawing on my experiences of giving up a secure career to follow my dream. This should have a few useful insights for anyone wanting to move into selling antiques, Vintage or Reto items. Many of the basics are the same if you choose to be a general antiques dealer or specialise in one aspect of the trade such as Antique Jewellery. Over the past 20 years I’ve tried most ways to buy and sell antiques and vintage and I’m going to share my knowledge here so pop back soon.

Happy Hunting

Anne X