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Take Care When Buying Vintage Rhinestone Jewelry

April 10th, 2010 · No Comments · Animals, Books & Authors, Drawing & Illustration, Newborn & Baby, Preschool

A great resource available for anybody who collects old rhinestone bracelets are online shops on line auctions, in  particular eBay. Here I will concentrate on the almost limitless variety on the largest of all the online auction houses, which is of course,  eBay. There are hundreds of thousands of listings for jewellery and it is [...]

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How To Clean Antique Rhinestone Jewelry

April 10th, 2010 · No Comments · Animals, Books & Authors, Drawing & Illustration, Newborn & Baby, Preschool

A common problem with antique rhinestone jewellery could be that the stones might have started to appear a bit yellowy. This is simply not the rock crystal aging but is in fact the glue that bonds the crystal onto the backing that’s aging and getting hard. The stone might suffer a loss of its sparkle [...]

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What You Need To Know About Antique Rhinestone Jewelry

April 5th, 2010 · No Comments · Animals, Books & Authors, Drawing & Illustration, Newborn & Baby, Preschool

Ever since the 1940’s rhinestone jewellery has been a trendy fashion statement. From famous movie stars to suburban women the interest in what is currently categorised as retro or antique rhinestone jewellery has remained strong. When you are thinking of beginning a collection of antique rhinestone jewelry,you have to be aware of precisely what to [...]

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