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Lovely vintage gold and genuine salmon coral clip earrings by the San Francisco jeweler Gump's, known for its fine coral, jade, and pearl jewelry. Circa
1975. Marked 14K and GUMP'S. Together they weigh 9 grams. The color is a classic salmon coral, warmer than the photos depict. The earring backs
are ready to be converted to pierced with the addition of a post.
Each is 7/8 inch long. Excellent condition. One clip is slightly askew but both clips are tight and function properly and...
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Fabulous and large antique drop necklace in very finely worked silver, with large blue chalcedony carved round beads on a fine chain with tiny very detailed silver flowers, and with a large blue
chalcedony drop drilled and invisibly suspended from a flower form mounting. Circa 1910. Spring ring clasp. The metal is not marked but tests positive for at least 800 silver. Similar necklaces are
pictured in "Warman's Jewelry" by Christie Romero. The color of the stone is a bit brighter and a b...
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Fabulous and early vintage yellow gold and carved jade drop screwback earrings with Chinese motifs. Circa 1925. Not
marked, but they test positive for at least 14KT gold. Together they weigh 4 grams. The carving on the drops is double sided and photos show both sides.
Nice size -- 2 3/8 inches long and 1/2 inch wide. Excellent condition. Photos enlarged to show detail.
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Lovely Art Deco pools of light necklace circa 1920 or 1930, made from 19 genuine rock crystal orbs, undrilled, held in silverplate wire, with a spring ring clasp and connecting jump rings. The clasp is marked but illegibly except for the number 211 in a cartouche. The metal is dark brass or other goldtone base metal with traces of silver or white gold plating, however most of the plating is lost. Guaranteed genuine rock crystal; images viewed through the orbs are shown upside down and backwards....
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Beautiful heavy and drapable rope necklace with graduated rose quartz beads carved with Chinese motifs. The clasp tests positive for 10KT gold.
Circa 1925. The beads vary from very translucent to mostly opaque, and the color is a lovely pink which is warmer than the photos depict. It has been
professionally restrung for security. The beads range in size from 14 mm to 6 mm in diameter. 35 inches long and 1/2 inch wide in the center. Excellent
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Stunning necklace in 14KT yellow gold with carved softly pyramid shaped carnelian stones in bezel settings. Marked 14K on the spring ring and also tests positive for 14KT gold. Circa 1930, from the same estate as the German Deco sterling and coral necklace I have listed. Art Deco, with elements of Arts & Crafts Tudor revival style. The stones are slightly graduated from the center. A beautiful, tailored, very wearable piece. It weighs 33 grams.
15 1/2 inches long and 5/8 inch wide at cent...
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Beautiful vintage necklace of large round beads made from genuine natural translucent cherry amber. Probably circa 1930. Hand knotted with the original pale pink silk cord. Guaranteed genuine
vintage amber. Three of the beads have small inclusions but most of the beads are clear, which is considered very desirable. The color is dark reddish brown under white photo lights. Under yellow
incandescent light it is a warmer more red color. The beads have a beautifully aged patinated finish. 4...
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Fabulous heavy vintage coral necklace of carved graduated rounded beads in soft pink and salmon colors, warmer than the photos show. Circa 1930. The coral is
natural and undyed. Great to wear alone or to layer with other similar necklaces. Substantial at 78 grams. Wearable length is 16 1/2 inches. 5/8 inch wide at
center. The largest bead is 15 mm by 11 mm and the smallest beads are 11 mm by 7 mm. Goldtone spring ring clasp. Excellent condition. Display form is life
size. Photos enl...
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Beautiful vintage bib fringed necklace with long black glass rods and small marbled blue glass beads, and a huge heavy center fob pendant with a blue
glass stone and faux pearls, all suspended from a brass bookchain. 1930s. This piece is most likely French; the long glass rod shaped beads and the fob
form charm are French elements. A fabulous dramatic piece. Wearable length is 16 inches and it drops 2 3/4 inches in the center. Excellent condition with
no damage to glass. Photos enl...
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Fabulous early Art Deco Egyptian revival necklace with five tiers of colorless round beads festooned between two sterling silver mounted incredible green glass
paste scarabs, with sterling filigree slide clasp. 1930s. The clasp is marked STERLING. Probably French. The colorless beads are probably rock crystal. They don't
look like glass. There were a few missing beads when I acquired it and I had it completely restrung with matching rock crystal beads which are scattered
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Fabulous vintage very long necklace of carved round creamy white or celadon jade beads graduating from 8 mm to 13 mm at the center. With original silver
screw clasp. Circa 1940. Possibly Chinese. The beads have a slightly matte finish. Very weighty at 198 grams. It has been professionally restrung on very fine
silvertone fabric covered soft flexible wire. 48 inches long and 1/2 inch wide at center bead. Excellent condition. Display form is life size. Photos enlarged to
show detail.
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Sumptuous vintage necklace with two strands of graduated oxblood red undyed Mediterranean coral spezzati, or branches, with a gold washed silver clasp. The color is a true red and darker than the
photos depict. Best representation of color are the photos on light background. Circa 1940. The clasp is not marked but tests positive for at least 900 silver. 18 1/2 inches wearable length on the
inside strand. It drops 3 1/2 inches in the center. Excellent condition. Some wear to gold wash on ...
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Fabulous large vintage 1940s gathered pochette or wristlet bag beaded in brilliant glittering bronze coppery glass micro beads, with a soft flexible beaded strap
which pulls through a large loop to close. The beads are very high quality and are cut on every side. With matching peach color silk lining. Exterior is in
excellent with no losses to beading. The lining has some slight losses as shown. 7 1/2 inches long, 7 1/2 inches wide and 2 inches deep. The strap drop is 4 1/2
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Outstanding vintage signed Los Castillo heavy sterling bracelet with a repousse foliate motif. 1940s, pre-eagle mark. Marked LOS CASTILLO TAXCO, STERLING MADE IN MEXICO, and with design number 116. Very substantial at 94 grams/3.3 ounces. With a hook closure and safety chain.
Great size -- 1 3/4 inches wide and 7 1/2 inches long. Excellent condition. Photos enlarged to show detail.
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A lovely sterling necklace with an asymmetrical centerpiece with an amazing and huge blue glass openback and unfoiled stone. Marked OTIS
STERLING. Circa 1940. With brilliant paste rhinestones. The color of the blue stone is more intense than the photos depict.
A classic collectible Art Deco piece, and currently perfectly of the moment as well. The fashion world is in the midst of a major Art Deco
revival, with top houses such as Marc Jacobs, Lanvin, and Gucci showing jewelry and access...
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Stunning vintage French fringed bib necklace with a very complex construction. 1940s or 1950s. Marked FRANCE. With glass beads simulating
turquoise suspended from brass chains, and framed by layers of petal form brass elements. With a slide clasp and safety chain. Extremely wearable for
day or evening and fabulous with white or black. Wearable any time of the year but especially perfect for resort and spring. Wearable length is 16 inches
and it drops 3 inches in the center. Excell...
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Fabulous very long French poured glass sautoir with thin dark goldtone metal chains and luscious glass beads simulating carved jewels in six
colors: green, blue, cranberry, purple, topaz, and a beautiful dark pink tourmaline color I have not seen before in French jewelry. Circa 1950 or
possibly earlier; the clasp is an early spring ring without the thumb tab. 60 inches long and just under 5/8 inch wide at the largest beads. The
largest beads are 7/8 inch/24 millimeters long. Excellen...
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Fabulous beautifully detailed French necklace with wired contruction, with black glass beads terminating in very finely detailed goldtone cast metal crown form
elements, with a hook close, surmounting a long tassel with matching beads and fine goldtone metal foxtail chains. The glass bead strands on the tassel loop
back on themselves. All elements and construction are characteristically French. Wearable length is 20 inches. The drop is 7 1/2 inches long. Excellent condition.
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Fabulous dramatic two tier bib necklace in textured matte goldtone with both transparent and opaque very big aqua and turquoise poured glass beads. The beads are
probably French. Circa 1965. With a hook closure. Wearable for day or night, and perfectly of the moment; the statement necklace is the "it" accessory
of the season. Wearable length is 18 1/2 inches; the center drops about 5 1/2 inches. Excellent condition. Photos enlarged to show detail.
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Amazing very big collar necklace in silvertone metal with huge brilliant glass stones in fuschia, cobalt blue, topaz, and opaque black. Slide clasp. 1960s or 1970s. This piece looks like a hand made one off
runway piece. All the stones are round except one oval topaz stone on the lower left side. The stones are much more brilliant than the photos depict. This piece would be fabulous worn over a black sweater or
T shirt. 17 inches wearable length and 2 1/4 inches wide in the center. Exc...
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Vintage chunky heavy signed Cadoro hinged bangle in textured goldtone metal with white enameling and very big opaque glass
stones simulating Persian turquoise. 1960s. Marked CADORO, which is a very rare name. With a snap clasp.
Just under 7/8 inch wide and 6 1/2 inches inside circumference.
Excellent condition. The stones move slightly when pressed but are completely secure. Photos enlarged to show detail.
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Fabulous vintage beaded necklace in turquoise and jewel tone beads, circa 1965. Marked CADORO on an attached metal hang tag at the spring ring clasp. With seamless Lucite beads in two shades of turquoise, goldtone metal spacers and findings, and amazing huge poured glass beads in glowing jewel tones, including red, green, peach, cobalt, and amber. The glass beads are probably by the French maker Gripoix. The colors are more intense than the photos depict. A stunning statement necklace. Big el...
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Glam long bib necklace in goldtone metal with very large poured glass beads with an iridescent silvery finish. Circa 1965. Large cast metal elements have Etruscan revival applied beading and wirework and
are suspended from groups of metal chains. Spring ring clasp. Perfectly on trend with the glam, edgy look of the metals, chains, and studs which are all over the runways and fashion magazines. Wearable length is 19 inches. Drop is 7 inches long and 2 1/2 inches wide. Excellent
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Fabulous collier made from goldtone metal and wired glass beads simulating different colors of jade, coral, amber, turquoise, and lapis. Also with
small goldtone metal beads which I have had on another signed French necklace. Slide clasp with matching wired beads. This could easily be
lengthened by adding jump rings at either side of the clasp. I can have this done for a nominal fee. Wearable length is 15 1/2 inches. The drop is 2 1/2
inches. Excellent condition. Photos enlarged to ...
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French long rope necklace with goldtone chain and glass beads in fabulous modern shapes. 1960s. The beads include a large saucer shaped vermilion bead, and oblong and round beads in pink, pale green,
pale blue, opaque cream, and white, as well as faux baroque pearls. Colors are brighter than photos depict. Spring ring clasp. Long enough to wrap three tiers. Wearable length is 52 inches. The largest bead (vermilion) is 3/4 inch wide. Excellent
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Dramatic vintage necklace in textured goldtone metal with seriously huge brilliant crystal prong set stones in very subtle colors.
1960s. Not marked, however, the design, materials and findings are characteristically French. I have another necklace listed with
these distinctive chain links. With a slide closure. There are eleven stones in red, dark green, colorless crystal, silver, fuschia,
peridot, lavender, royal blue, aqua, and a fabulous olive color. The colors are more inten...
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Huge vintage statement size signed Kenneth Lane clip earrings in goldtone metal with brilliant colorless rhinestones. 1960s. Marked K.J.L. on
the backs of the clips. From the estate of a New York socialite. Great size -- 4 1/8 inches long and 1 5/8 inches wide. Excellent condition.
Photos enlarged to show detail.
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Amazing modernist Lanvin layered necklace with cream plastic elements on goldtone snake chain. Marked LANVIN PARIS on an attached hang tag.
Circa 1965. With the recent resurgence of the house of Lanvin, vintage 1960s and 1970s Lanvin jewelry is hotter than ever. The large center pendant is
backed in goldtone metal and slides on the chain. Fabulous and super wearable for day or night.
Wearable length is 21 inches. The center drop falls an additional 6 1/4 inches. Excellent cond...
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Superchic vintage Lanvin necklace in goldtone with a metal and translucent Bakelite pendant which slides on a flexible snake chain. Circa 1965. Marked
LANVIN PARIS on the back of the pendant and also with a metal hang tag in the form of a conjoined J and L, for Jeanne Lanvin. The Bakelite tests
positive with Simichrome.
With the recent resurgence of the house of Lanvin, vintage 1960s and 1970s Lanvin jewelry is hotter than ever. 16 1/2 inches wearable length. The
pendant is an addi...
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Unsigned Italian necklace, probably by Baroness Luciana Aloisi de Reutern, who designed for Gucci and Elizabeth Arden and also exported directly to
the United States. Circa 1965. It has dimensional "molten" looking articulated sections with a hook and chain at the back, and brilliant very large glass
stones in aqua, chartreuse, and yellow. The emerald cut stones are unfoiled and openbacked. The photos do not capture the brilliance and quality of the
stones. Several of the emerald cu...
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Unsigned Italian necklace, probably by Baroness Luciana Aloisi de Reutern, who designed for Gucci and Elizabeth Arden and also exported directly to
the United States. Circa 1965. Marked ITALY on the hook of the clasp. It has heavy dimensional articulated links enameled in a warm pink (warmer
than the photos depict), and large brilliant colorless prong set rhinestones. With a hook clasp and chains at the back. A stunning and dramatic piece. I
have another very similar Luciana neckla...
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Luminous vintage glass beaded necklace in pale blue transparent glass beads clustered in groups, with large and small silvertone metal hollow beads, and melon shaped blue glass beads at the ends, with small silvertone spacers. Circa 1965. This piece is French; the shapes of the poured glass beads and the wired clustered construction are distinctively French. A fabulous piece in a great statement size and perfectly of the moment; the statement necklace is the "it" accessory of the season. Weara...
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Unsigned but most definitely by Schreiner, this fabulous set has a very large and dimensional pendant suspended from a goldtone metal
braided chain. The pendant has a huge marbled blue glass stone surrounded by layers of pale green glass cabochons, and pale blue and
raspberry glass faceted stones. The pendant has a drop with matching stones and a matching raspberry poured glass bead. The clip earrings
have matching stones and beads. Many Schreiner pieces were made for designers s...
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Stunning unsigned Schreiner necklace with detachable large brooch. The signed brooch only version of this piece is more common. In dark
silvertone metal with huge marbled mauve pink glass stones, and huge pale violet blue molded glass leaf form stones. Many Schreiner pieces
were made for designers such as Christian Dior, Norman Norell, Pauline Trigere, and others, and were unsigned because they were made to
be shown or sold as accessories to the designer's couture clothing collecti...
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Beautiful vintage marbled translucent Bakelite bangle in malachite green by the French fashion house Carven with goldtone metal mountings in rope motifs. Marked CARVEN, DEPOSE (for registered), and dated 67 with copyright symbol. Tests positive for Bakelite. 7/8 inch wide, 1/2 inch thick, and 2 9/16 inches inside diameter. Excellent condition. Photos enlarged to show detail. Display form is life size.
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Fabulous statement making asymmetrical necklace with a double sided genuine mabe pearl gold mounted station strung among very large black onyx round beads, hand knotted with black thread. Circa 1970 or 1980. The
gold tests positive for 14KT with jeweler's acid. Continuous strand and can be doubled with a necklace extender/shortener, which I will include. Each mabe pearl is 20mm in diameter. The pearl station
is 21mm by 18mm overall. The onyx beads are 12mm in diameter. Wearable length is...