New to Vintage Coltume Jewlery

Good Morning and thank you for allowing me into your group. I have come in to quite a bit of mostly vintage costume jewelry and have been researching for weeks now. My intent is to sell this jewelry I am just not sure where, everyone says ebay but I would like to think there are other places as well.

I am having a hard time even with my loop figuring out the stamps, pics etc. Is this a good place for Q&A on such items.

Thank you

 

Hello and welcome Ladydidi65. You are so wise to identify your treasures before attempting to sell.
I rent space in 2 antique malls and good quality costume jewelry displayed in showcases works for me. When I have something extra special, I pay a commission to a friend with a very high performance record on eBay to sell for me.
There is a wealth of knowledge and very helpful people on this site to assist in identification...bring it on!

 

Greetings, Ladydidi65!

 

Thank you for your answer, am I allowed to post a picture of the necklace?

 

Welcome to the forum Ladydidi65.
Of course you can post pictures, preferably in the jewelry forum, to get the right eyes on it. Here is info how:
https://www.antiquers.com/threads/posting-a-thread-and-uploading-pictures.15990/

 

Looking forward to your pictures. Important to post both front and back photos plus a close-up of the closure or fastening assembly.

 

We sell on Etsy, I can recommend it.

 

Thank you I am looking for any info on the really pretty necklace. It has a crown stamp and is 14k gold. It is 18” long and I am looking to sell it but not sure about the stones there is a black stone a gold bead and a small possibly pearl sequence to it I tried to get a picture of the stamp but having no luck, I rubbed the pearls across my teeth and they feel gritty so I was told that it is real it is the black stones I do not know what they are. Any help would be appreciated

 

may I ask the name on Etsy or should I private message..thank you

 

You can pm me I have signed into Etsy and created an account and that is all I have done on that so far lol

 

Of course you may, here it is:
https://www.etsy.com/shop/samarkandrose
You will recognize some things I've posted on the forum.

 

I though you were going to pm me, I have no idea about how Etsy works at all

 

Without dis-assembling the necklace, it would be difficult to test the gold spacer beads to test for gold content. If you have a gold test kit and there is enough slack in the stringing, you may be able to rub a corner of the test stone on the gold spacers.
I have a feeling the black stones may be glass...is that a small chip I see on the bead, seven in on the right?

 

It's a start. You can look at how others list their jewellery, and at the prices once you've identified your 'stuff'.

I was already replying to bobsyouruncle when your post appeared.
There are all sorts of information pages on Etsy.
Doesn't matter if your Etsy listing isn't perfect at first, you can edit them at any time, even two years later.

 

Jewellery photographs well in daylight on plain white paper. It is the best way to get it in focus as well. Here is a bracelet I posted today, the photos are taken as I described, no fancy equipment, just printer paper:
https://www.antiquers.com/threads/sterling-glass-eye-snake-bangle-mystery-mark.23896/

 

lol sorry I thought he was going to send me a pm. Regarding Etsy, I will look it up but I like to search sold listings on ebay first, then I can get an idea of a price but do not know what to type in search bar

 

That's where we come in. Once you know what it is, you know what to type.