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All Items : Estate Jewelry : Costume : Designer : Pre 1980 item #1178274
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Stunning very very big 1970s signed Les Bernard four tier necklace in goldtone metal with Byzantine style and Roman style coins, dark silvertone beads, marbled amber Lucite beads, and transparent amber Lucite beads mounted in heavy ornate cast metal settings. With heavy ornate chains and hook clasp. The coins have a dark antiqued finish with touches of black. Marked LES BERNARD on the clasp and on the back of the large center coin...
All Items : New Century : Jewelry : Earrings : Pre 1990 item #1178271
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Stunning very big 1980s long clip earrings with matte ornate goldtone metal tops with red glass faceted stones and goldtone metal filigree moghul style elements suspending amazing iridized orange and pink glass rods and beads, and goldtone spacers. Very substantial couture quality, possibly French. Great size -- 4 inches long and 1 1/2 inches wide. Excellent condition...
All Items : New Century : Jewelry : Necklaces : Pre 1990 item #1178270
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Beautiful unsigned Chanel necklace, 1980s, with lengths of heavy sculpted goldtone metal chain links and elements alternating with handknotted large white baroque Gripoix glass faux pearls. Very heavy and finely made. It weighs 227 grams. The form, a long sautoir with handknotted pearls alternating with chain, and the materials and construction, are Chanel standard. These necklaces typically are signed with an attached metal hang tag...
All Items : New Century : Jewelry : Necklaces : Pre 1990 item #1178267
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Sumptuous 1980s long beaded necklace with poured glass beads in slightly irregular shapes simulating carved jade or chalcedony, carnelian, sapphire, and onyx, rondelles with smoke gray rhinestones in gunmetal settings, large goldtone beads with a Florentined finish, and small heavy cast goldtone rondelles. The large goldtone beads are handknotted with heavy matching gold yarn. Not marked but I have seen this exact necklace in another colorway, with a Ciner paper label...
All Items : New Century : Jewelry : Necklaces : Pre 1990 item #1178264
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Fabulous very weighty and substantial 1980s Yves Saint Laurent necklace in goldtone with five tiers of braided chains each centering a fixed brilliant Swarovski glass stone pendant in a different jewel tone and shape. With a heavy sculpted S hook clasp and sculpted terminals. Not marked but the hook, the terminals, the chains and other elements are characteristic French and YSL style. It weighs 267 grams. The backs of the stone settings are very sculpted as well...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Costume : Designer : Pre 1980 item #1178263
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Really fabulous vintage long clip earrings in heavy cast goldtone metal with poured glass beads in jewel colors of blue, red, green, iridized gray, and amber, with goldtone beads, and red poured glass beads at the tops, with opaque gold rhinestones. The tops have openwork detailing. Very substantial couture quality, possibly French. 1970s or 1980s. Great size -- 4 1/2 inches long and 1 1/8 inches wide. Excellent condition...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1940 item #1170728
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$295.00
Stunning statement early Mexican sterling silver huge bracelet and matching screwback earrings, with very big cabochon obsidian stones. Circa 1930 or 1940. Hidden slide clasp and safety chain. Marked STERLING, .925, very faintly what looks like HECHO EN MEXICO, and a signature which is very worn and illegible. The earrings are marked STERLING. The stones are bezel set in rope twisted wire frames. Great size -- bracelet is 1 3/4 inches wide and has a wearable length of 7 5/8 inches...
All Items : New Century : Fashion : Accessories : Pre 1990 item #1167713
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$445.00
Fabulous statement making early Karl Lagerfeld wide corset style belt in buttery super soft black leather, completely lined with pale beige leather, with a large dimensional center element in goldtone metal. Buckles in the back. Circa 1980. Marked KARL LAGERFELD MADE IN FRANCE on cloth label, and also marked CUIR VERITABLE MADE IN FRANCE on the leather lining. Sewn in pieces and curved so that the front dips slightly below waist level, and the back hits right at waist level...
All Items : New Century : Jewelry : Necklaces : Pre 1990 item #1166384
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$795.00
Incredible 1980s Yves Saint Laurent matched set of two bracelets, a necklace, and a pair of clip earrings, in silvertone metal with large platinum baroque faux pearls at the slide clasps and the earrings, white faux pearls, and smoke gray/olive green glittering faceted glass beads. The pearls feel more like acrylic than glass. Each piece is marked YSL on the back. Necklace is 18 inches wearable length and drops about 3 inches in the center. The bracelets have a wearable length of 8 1/2 i...
All Items : New Century : Jewelry : Necklaces : Pre 1990 item #1166383
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$595.00
Incredible huge statement long lariat necklace by the Italian fashion house Moschino, with a heavy dark blue silk cord terminating in two very large tassels made from Italian poured glass drops or beads in palest gray lavender, on engraved chains in dark goldtone metal, held in large caps of dark goldtone metal. Marked MOSCHINO and MADE IN ITALY on the attached metal hang tag. Also with original paper label marked MOSCHINO BIJOUX. The Moschino label was created in 1983 by the late Fr...
All Items : New Century : Jewelry : Earrings : Pre 2000 item #1166382
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Fabulous signed Christian Lacroix long drop clip earrings in stunning Louis XVI French 18th century style, in a girandole design, with pale aqua enameling in a trellis design, and three baroque pearl drops. Marked CHR. LACROIX. MADE IN FRANCE and E94. Great size -- 4 3/4 inches long and 1 3/4 inches wide. Excellent condition. Photos enlarged to show detail. ...
All Items : New Century : Jewelry : Necklaces : Pre 1990 item #1166376
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Super chic vintage Art Deco revival Yves Saint Laurent necklace with a centerpiece in slightly matte goldtone metal with large red resin stones, on a "gaspipe" chain finished in dark gunmetal tone. Marked YSL. Circa 1980. 1 7/8 inch wide at center and 16 inches wearable length. Excellent condition. Display form is life size. Photos enlarged to show detail....
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Costume : Unsigned : Pre 1980 item #1166374
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$195.00
Very glam statement making vintage sautoir with huge amber or tortoise color Lucite beads wired and mounted in goldtone metal. Top quality and very substantial. Great to wear alone or layer with other similar sautoirs. Circa 1970 or 1980. 44 inches long and 7/8 inch or 22 mm wide. Excellent condition. Display form is life size. Photos enlarged to show detail. ...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Costume : Unsigned : Pre 1980 item #1166373
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Fabulous unusual glass beaded necklace with multi strands of purple, dark blue, pale lavender glass beads, and silvertone metal beads, with a huge dark brass mounted asymmetrical center element with giant softly faceted and smooth cabochon glass stones and a prong set brilliant purple prong set glass drop. It can be worn as a dog collar with the center as the clasp, or longer as shown, with the center as a pendant. Circa 1970, from the same estate as the Egyptian collar I am listing....
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Costume : Unsigned : Pre 1980 item #1166372
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Stunning vintage Egyptian revival collar necklace in goldtone metal with rows of red and green enameled tiny panels alternating with rows of prong set opaque turquoise milk glass faceted stones. Circa 1970, from the same estate as the purple glass torsade I am listing. Slide clasp. Statement jewels are hotter than ever and this piece is perfectly on trend. 1 7/8 inches wide. Wearable length is 14 1/4 inches. Excellent condition. Display form is life size. Photos enlarged to show deta...