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Beautiful, super versatile, great to wear alone or layer, signed YSL necklace in antiqued goldtone with thirteen large Byzantine style coin form
drops of varying sizes and designs. 1980s. Some of the coins are two sided, with different designs on each side. Marked YSL on the attached
metal tag, and also marked YSL on the S shaped hook close. 33 inches long. The largest coin is 1 1/2 inches long. Excellent condition. Photos
enlarged to show detail. Display form is life size.
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Statement signed Ugo Correani asymmetrical necklace of beautifully made and finished glowing translucent Lucite charms in the form of coral, sea anemone, and other sea life, in one of the hottest
colors of the season, amber orange. The charms are strung on heavy pale creamy silk cords. With a slide clasp marked UGO CORREANI ITALY. Circa 1980. The designer Ugo Correani has had his own
label since the 1970s, and also has designed jewelry for Valentino, Fendi, and Versace, as well as Karl L...
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Statement signed Ugo Correani asymmetrical necklace of beautifully made and finished glowing translucent Lucite rings on silk cords, in one of the hottest
colors of the season, amber orange.
With a slide clasp marked UGO CORREANI ITALY. Circa 1980. The designer Ugo Correani has had his own label since the 1970s, and also has designed jewelry for Valentino, Fendi, and Versace, as well
as Karl Lagerfeld and Christian Lacroix. Never worn, with its original store tag. 17 inches wearable le...
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Glam 1980s hinged bracelet in cast goldtone metal with a rope form texture, with slide clasp. Marked V with a copyright symbol, for Valentino. Great statement on its own or stack tribal style with other bangles. Just under 3/4
inch wide. The tongue of the clasp is on a hinge. Inside circumference is 6 1/4 inches. Inside diameters are 1 7/8 inches and 2 1/8 inches. Excellent condition. The hinge has the slightest bit of give but this does not affect wearability and the clasp is tight.
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Fabulous very big bracelet in slightly matte goldtone metal with three strands of thick snake chains and two strands of large decorated matching beads
graduating from the center toward each end. Foldover clasp. Circa 1980, unsigned but possibly by Robert Lee Morris, who has designed jewelry for Donna Karan
for decades. Great size -- 2 1/8 inches wide and 7 3/4 inches wearable length. Excellent condition. Display form is life size. Photos enlarged to show detail.
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Beautiful sautoir necklace in glowing chartreuse poured glass, probably by the French maker Gripoix, designed by Deanna Hamro, an American designer who is no longer making costume jewelry but has
moved to fine jewelry. 1980s. Marked DEANNA HAMRO on attached metal tag. All beads are hand wired in the French style with dark slightly matte heavy goldtone metal. Continuous strand. As with all Hamro's costume
jewelry, it is made with the same couture technique and quality as French designer j...
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Spectacular long sautoir necklace in dark silvertone metal with navette marquise shaped cabochon glass rhinestones in dark jewel tones, alternating with brilliant
small multi color stones, with a hook and eye clasp. All stones are prong set. 1960s or 1970s. Probably an unsigned Schreiner piece, based on the hook and eye
close, the metal color, the variety and quality of the stones, and the over the top design. Amazing length -- 64 inches wearable length and just under 5/8 inch
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Beautiful statement size vintage signed YSL articulated bracelet in heavy goldtone metal enameled in opaque black and translucent red.
Marked YSL. Circa 1975. The metal elements are attached with very fine metal springs which allow it to stretch and flex slightly. With a slide
clasp. A stunning piece and super wearable for day or night. Perfectly of the moment; statement jewelry is the "it" accessory of the season.
Wearable length is 8 1/4 inches. Just under 2 inches wide. Exce...
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Fabulous early statement size YSL bracelet in heavy cast goldtone metal with "molten gold" stones in sculpted settings. Marked YSL and MADE IN
FRANCE. Late 1970s or early 1980s, designed by Robert Goossens, who has designed jewelry for decades for Yves Saint Laurent, Chanel, and
other couturiers. Early foldover clasp. 8 inches long, 1 1/2 inches wide and 1/2 inch deep. Excellent condition. Photos enlarged to show detail.
Display form is life size.
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Early Yves Saint Laurent large bib necklace in dark variegated silvertone metal with coin form drops strung on a red cotton cord. 1970s. Marked SAINT LAURENT RIVE GAUCHE on attached metal tag. Very weighty and substantial and makes a fabulous statement. Designed in the North African tribal style which was Saint Laurent's lifelong inspiration. Wearable length is 20 inches. The center drops 2 1/4 inches. Excellent condition. The finish has lightened in a few places, not noticeable at a short dist...
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Beautiful modernist signed Yves Saint Laurent beaded bib necklace with a large goldtone metal center element with a hammered texture, and
very large cabochon glass stones simulating banded agate and garnets. With marbled Lucite beads simulating carved carnelian. Constructed
in classic French couture fashion, with the beads strung on fine goldtone metal chains, allowing the strands to drape gracefully and flexibly.
With YSL hangtag at the hook clasp and also marked YSL on the back...
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Classic Gucci double G belt buckle, 1970s, in goldtone metal. Marked with GUCCI ITALY and also marked with a patent number. A belt attaches with tiny screws
which can be easily screwed and unscrewed with a tweezer tip or even a fingernail. 2 5/8 inches wide and 1 3/4 inches long. The opening for the belt is 1 1/8
inches. Excellent condition. Display form is life size. Photos enlarged to show detail.
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Fabulous vintage Les Bernard long necklace in dark brass/goldtone metal with heavy curb chain and large round stations in Etruscan/Byzantine style, two with Lucite cabochons in blue and green.
Foldover clasp. Marked LES BERNARD. 1970s. Very substantial at 175 grams. Some Les Bernard jewelry was designed by Ugo Correani, who had his own line and also designed for Karl Lagerfeld, Versace, and others. Very rarely one sees pieces with both names. Although this piece is not marked with Correani's...
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Very cool vintage clip drop earrings by Jay Feinberg Strongwater, in dark antiqued goldtone metal, in the form of African bronze Ashanti masks. Heavy and substantial. Marked JAY FEINBERG. 1970s. 3 inches long and 1 3/8 inches wide. Excellent condition. Photos enlarged to show detail.
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Jay Feinberg (now doing business as Jay Strongwater) dark goldtone signed necklace with a complex and unusual construction. Multiple strands of
twisted mesh are attached with rings on one side to a centerpiece of two cast metal leaves, and multiple strands of ornate metal beads are attached on
the other side of the centerpiece with a pin close, allowing it to be adjusted along the strands of beads for different looks. Marked JAY FEINBERG on
the hook clasp. Late 1970s. Great size -- 1...
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Very glam vintage necklace in gunmetal gray mesh with huge prong set stones in red, smoky topaz, and purple. The stones feel like glass. Most of the
stones are openbacked and all of those are unfoiled. With a slide clasp with emerald cut colorless stones and tiny lavender stones. Probably Italian,
circa 1970. A fabulous very modern and wearable piece. Very much of the moment: statement necklaces are the "it" accessory of the season.
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Vintage Chanel drop necklace in finely worked goldtone metal in the style of the Roman/Byzantine era primitive gold jewelry which was one of
Chanel's many influences. Asymmetric design with a large drop and chains on either end terminating in a large spring ring clasp. Circa 1970. Marked
CHANEL in block letters. I am also listing the matching earrings. Probably designed by Robert Goossens. The sections are curved slightly to conform to the body. About 17 inches wearable length. The cente...
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Chic vintage 1970s or 1980s Hermes signed black leather belt on signed goldtone buckle. The buckle hooks into two holes in the belt. The belt loops through two bars on the buckle and has a thin matching leather "keeper." The buckle is marked
HERMES with an additional mark. The belt is marked HERMES, PARIS, and MADE IN FRANCE and also stamped with number 70 and letters T (in a circle) and M and L. Guaranteed authentic. The buckle is 2 1/4 inches wide and 1 3/8
inches long. The wearab...
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Fabulous vintage hinged bangle bracelet in textured goldtone with a very dimensional center element in the form of what looks like a Chinese foo dog,
enameled in dark rust, with sherry colored tiny rhinestones, topaz rhinestones, glass faux coral cabochons, and large glass cabochon stones simulating
carnelian. Circa 1975. Marked GEOFFREY BEENE and KRAMER. With a spring hinge and a slide clasp. A classic piece of 1970s Chinoiserie
and a perfectly on trend as a dramatic statement p...
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Very cute vintage layered plastic pin in white and navy blue in the form of a sailboat, with red painted detail. This is a French piece; several similar figural sailor pins are pictured in the 2003 edition of "Plastic Jewelry" by Lilian Baker, with updates by Ginger Moro and Karima Parry. This piece is 1960s or 1970s. From a Baltimore estate. I also have the matching sailor pin, from the same estate, listed.
Nice size -- 2 5/8 inches long by 3 inches wide. Excellent condition. There is what...
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Statement size clip earrings with the rarely seen signature Craft, a high end maker active in the 1970s and 1980s. Marked CRAFT. In matte goldtone
metal with faux coral cabochons, tiny faux pearls, and black glass cabochon stones. 3 1/4 inches long and 1 3/8 inches wide.
Excellent condition. Photos enlarged to show detail.
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Long signed Cadoro necklace in goldtone metal with a pendant drop in the form of a Maltese cross with engraving, in the Byzantine style popularized by Chanel. Also with yellow Bakelite beads, engraved
metal beads, and very large poured glass beads. Marked CADORO on an attached metal tag. Late 1960s or early 1970s. Spring ring clasp. The rings connecting the pendant and the clasp are silvertone. 23 1/2 inches wearable length and 5/8 inch wide at sides. The pendant drop is 6 1/2 inches l...
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Beautiful vintage fringed necklace in goldtone metal in heavy twisted circular links, with black glass cabochon stones and matching teardrop shaped black glass beads.
With its original hang tag, which is marked BIJOUX FIASCHI, CREAZIONI DI ALTA MODA - FIRENZE - OSCAR 1969. The back of the tag is marked MADE IN
ITALY. The firm of Bijoux Fiaschi designed for Emilio Pucci in the 1960s, and won an Italian award called the Oscar del Bijoux, in 1969. This piece is probably 1970s.
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Rare and collectible signed Alexis Kirk articulated collar necklace in the barbaric style popularized by Chanel, in goldtone metal with red cabochon stones that
feel like Lucite. Circa 1970. Marked ALEXIS KIRK. 24 inches wearable length and 2 1/2 inches long in the center. 6 1/2 inches wide from corner to corner.
Excellent condition with one or two very slight losses to goldtone finish under the points where some elements overlap. Not noticeable or even visible when
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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...
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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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
condition. Display form is lifesize. Photos ...