As anyone who has accumulated a collection of jewelry knows, there’s nothing like the detritus in drawers, boxes and overflowing jewelry boxes. Amid the diamonds and opals, the silver and gold (OK, if ...

Fakes can be beautiful and-sometimes-valuable. Vintage costume jewelry has risen in price the last five years, with certain well-crafted pieces rising 500 percent or more. Celebrities such as Ivana ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Diamonds may be forever, and gold may make the ugly beautiful, but with precious stones and metals fetching ever higher prices, more and more women are ...

Whether it’s a head-turning costume necklace from the 1970s or a piece of fine jewelry that predates the Victorian era, vintage and antique jewelry will always have its place in modern fashion.

Gorgeous collectible vintage costume jewelry can add a wow factor to any outfit. Not only are the pieces beautiful, but they're more affordable than their fine jewelry counterparts. What's more, some ...

Vintage costume jewelry is everywhere these days — just check out local estate sales, craft fairs, and stores that sell antiques. Costume jewelry is not the same as fine jewelry made of gold, silver ...

Vintage-inspired and antique costume jewelry never really goes out of style. If anything, it’s hotter now than ever. Both avid collectors and trend-conscious fashionistas covet statement pieces of ...

You open the jewelry box and there it is: a big sparkly brooch that looks like it came off a movie set. It might be nothing. It might be a mid-century designer piece that’s actually worth real money.

“My mother gave these to me but she has dementia now,” Linda Arnett wrote to the column about some inherited costume jewelry she was curious about. She recently brought the pieces — a necklace and ...

While costume jewelry often gets short shrift compared to precious stones and metals, vintage jewelry sellers reap the benefits of this misconception. It turns out that there is much value to be found ...