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Estate Jewelry
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Estate and antique jewelry is fashionable throughout
the United States, and the demand for fine estate jewelry
is increasing steadily. Knowledgeable consumers appreciate
the significant value unique to estate and antique jewelry.
They realize that most of these pieces cannot be duplicated
today. Not only by the prohibitive costs, but because the
exquisite workmanship simply cannot be copied.
Before committing yourself to the purchase
of one these fine pieces, knowledge of the product is essential.
As you read through this material, we hope to help you better
understand estate and antique jewelry. Estate jewelry, simply
defined, is previously owned jewelry. It may be as old as
the late Victorian period or as new as yesterday. Antique
jewelry is also previously owned jewelry, but to be considered
a true antique, the piece must be authenticated as at least
100 years old, according to the US Customs Bureau. Period
jewelry is that jewelry which has recognizable characteristics
dating from a definite design period. It may, in fact, be
centuries old, but for the present we will confine our discussion
to the jewelry we are most likely to see, those dating form
the Victorian period to the present.
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