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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lucille.b, post: 381538, member: 51&quot;]I&#039;m not exactly new to collecting jewelry but this one stumped me.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m going to have to describe.&nbsp; No photos.</p><p><br /></p><p>There was a bangle style bracelet at today&#039;s estate sale they were calling bakelite and asking $20.&nbsp; After 45 years of collecting vintage jewelry I know bakelite and what the big sellers are, this didn&#039;t really fit into that category. I&#039;ve never quite seen anything like it which made me think possibly it was not U.S. made.&nbsp; It was a clear amber color (definitely some kind of plastic) may have been bakelite or maybe celluloid. Looked to be 1930&#039;s at the latest. No carving or anything. I didn&#039;t do the rub test because even if it was bakelite I wasn&#039;t sure it had good resale as prices have kind of dropped in recent years.&nbsp; Would only be interested in this for resale, not personal use, but curious if anyone has ever seen similar.&nbsp; This sale was not well advertised and it might even be there tomorrow for 1/2 price.</p><p><br /></p><p>Small metal clasp. It had this ODD feature: The clasp only allowed the bracelet to be opened a small amount, not really enough to get over the wrist.&nbsp; There was a little geometric section as the main feature, and this sort of came apart with little rods holding the pieces together, and as these separated they were held by a stretchy string.&nbsp; I&#039;m not sure I was doing it right, but seemed like the only way to get it on the wrist (and I have a small wrist) was to pull apart that feature and then sort of put it back together.&nbsp; Also thought: stretchy piece breaks and this no longer works.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just the one (amber-ish) color no carving, geometric pieces that come apart held by metal rods.&nbsp; Just curious if anyone has ever seen a bangle bracelet like this.&nbsp; I&#039;m already thinking I&#039;m going back for 1/2 price day.&nbsp; Thanks.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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