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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Debora, post: 696648, member: 1476&quot;]<b>Q.I inherited an old collar necklace and would like to know more about it. It&#039;s 16 inches long and 1 ¼ inches wide with five rows of beads, each row slightly larger than the one above it. There&#039;s a label sewn to the fabric backing that says &quot;Handmade, A Top Hit Fashion, Baar &amp; Beards, Inc., Japan.&quot;</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>A.</b> Baar &amp; Beards was a retail store established in New York City in 1941 by Sylvan M. Baar and Milton Beards. It specialized in women&#039;s neckwear, including scarves and collar necklaces like yours. In the 1940s and &#039;50s, when &quot;Your Hit Parade&quot; was a popular radio and TV show, Baar &amp; Beards started selling scarves with pop-music themes. It seems that the company used the brand name &quot;Top Hit&quot; for other designs, too, including costume jewelry collar necklaces they ordered from Japan. Top Hit necklaces sell online for about $25 to $100.</p><p><br /></p><p>Debora[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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