Vintage Jewelry on Ebay

Secrets and Tips For Buying Vintage Jewelry On eBay!

Whether you're new to the field of vintage costume jewelry or an experienced collector, you'll find eBay can be the best resource to build your collection.
It can also be the worst.
The fact is, at any given time there are between 45,000 and 75,000 pieces of "vintage" costume jewelry typically listed on eBay...and that's not even counting all the individual items listed in "lots". The definition of "vintage" jewelry can be rather loose, too; per one eBayer's request, I'll define what it means to me: pieces that were made between 1910 and 1990. Anything older falls into the antique category (with me, at least), anything newer is contemporary (again, my opinion). The most commonly collected and desirable dates of manufacture among vintage jewelry collectors as a group, by far, are those between 1940 and 1970.

I'd like to offer my experience as both a buyer and seller of hundreds of pieces of collectible costume jewelry on eBay. Here are some things it took me awhile to learn...the good and the bad:

First, Three Boring But Important Generic Rules
  • Never buy an item displayed in a fuzzy or partial photograph! A reputable seller will not only provide clear pictures, but more than one view, particularly front and back when appropriate. No matter how glorious you think that glittering brooch might be if you could only see it clearly...when you receive it, you're likely to be very disappointed.
  • Avoid sellers with no clear return policy. There's a reason they don't allow returns: it's usually because they expect them.
  • Always check feedback prior to bidding. In a collecting field as open to misinterpretation, misrepresentation and outright forgery as vintage costume jewelry, it pays to deal with sellers who have rightly earned a stellar reputation.
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