![]() ![]() Faux pearls’ quality can run the gamut from low and lousy to fashionable and fabulous. Pearls, excuse me, I meant faux pearls are some of the most popular costume jewelry items which come in all styles, shapes, sizes. Color schemes are essential to a popular design in costume jewelry. Multi strand beaded bracelets should have a strong clasp and good design. Bracelet links should conform and copy each other to look good. Some are highlighted with beadwork, intricate designs in metal, or a strategically placed faux pearl, piece of jade, or coral element. If the clasp is decorated, that’s a plus. ![]() Gold and silver tone metals and decorated clasps are important signs of a good piece of costume jewelry. Look at the strands that keep a bracelet together. And some larger single clip-on earrings can be transformed to be worn as a pendant on a heavy omega type necklace or other chain necklace.īracelets are all about the links, connections, and strength. You can try to resell it as a single to an ever-growing market. Many people wear only one earring nowadays so if you only have one earring, that’s ok. What if you don’t have the pair or a full set of earrings? Don’t fret if your earrings have gone solo or if you lost an earring from your matching pair. Check these backs before you wear a pair of earrings and be sure they are secure before you list or try to resell a pair of earrings. Pierced earrings are great as long as the earrings’ backs that sit on the pierced-ear post are tight against the post and hold the earring firmly in place. Screw backs will hold clip on earrings tight to the ear lobe where lever backs may be more apt to fall off the ear which will make the wearer run the risk of losing an earring. With earrings, screw backs, lever backs, and post/pierced backs have their pluses and minuses. For pins, look at the pin latch, examine the way the pin is attached to the brooch. Look for clear details, well-decorated elements, sharp lines, crisp figures, even prongs, strong settings, sparkling faux stones, glass, or other high-end materials to value costume jewelry. How a piece is made is the ultimate sign of value and quality. How do you tell the real deal from the fakes? Here are three tips to recognize which fake jewels that are worth big bucks. ![]() If you can’t tell if your costume jewelry is valuable or not, then you have to learn how to spot it or else you stand to lose a fortune in junk, junk jewelry, that is. People are shocked to learn that costume jewelry pieces can bring hundreds of dollars in today’s active online market and online at sites like eBay and Etsy and others. Seasoned collectors look for costume jewelry to recall a bygone era or looking through their mother’s or grandmother’s jewelry box. The young collectors like costume jewelry because they don’t have to worry about losing a piece of jewelry that is worth their salary and then some. Today, collectors are looking for vintage costume jewelry from all over the world, from various eras, and made of all types of materials. ![]() It is as fake as a pearl made from fish skeletons. Trying to value costume jewelry? Most people think that only fine jewelry is worth keeping or reselling, but that is so far from the truth. ![]()
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