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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 185369, member: 2844"]Hi, and welcome!</p><p>I have been collecting for over 40 years and the best way to start a good collection is research. This is a good site to start:</p><p><a href="http://university.langantiques.com/index.php/Main_Page" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://university.langantiques.com/index.php/Main_Page" rel="nofollow">http://university.langantiques.com/index.php/Main_Page</a></p><p><br /></p><p>If your looking on Etsy, the first thing to do on your search page is click on the 'vintage' button on the left. It is a way to eliminate a lot of that mass produced and fake stuff, although some Turkish and other Asian producers will list their recently made jewelry as antique or vintage.</p><p>The second thing is check if the seller provides a lot of information on the piece. This doesn't mean that it is necessarily correct, but you have more chance that it is. Again, your own knowledge/research is paramount.</p><p><br /></p><p>When you are buying jewelry with gemstones like emerald, sapphire, ruby, diamond, make sure you get the really clear stones. Countries like India produce a lot of attractive 'period' jewelry (made yesterday) with inferior quality stones.</p><p><br /></p><p>My own collection started to spread to just about every part of the house, so I now have two Etsy shops, one for ethnic jewelry, and one for period jewelry (Europe, North America).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 185369, member: 2844"]Hi, and welcome! I have been collecting for over 40 years and the best way to start a good collection is research. This is a good site to start: [URL]http://university.langantiques.com/index.php/Main_Page[/URL] If your looking on Etsy, the first thing to do on your search page is click on the 'vintage' button on the left. It is a way to eliminate a lot of that mass produced and fake stuff, although some Turkish and other Asian producers will list their recently made jewelry as antique or vintage. The second thing is check if the seller provides a lot of information on the piece. This doesn't mean that it is necessarily correct, but you have more chance that it is. Again, your own knowledge/research is paramount. When you are buying jewelry with gemstones like emerald, sapphire, ruby, diamond, make sure you get the really clear stones. Countries like India produce a lot of attractive 'period' jewelry (made yesterday) with inferior quality stones. My own collection started to spread to just about every part of the house, so I now have two Etsy shops, one for ethnic jewelry, and one for period jewelry (Europe, North America).[/QUOTE]
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