Collecting Vintage Costume Pins And Brooches

I’ve been collecting vintage charms and creating bracelets, as well as selling them for a while now.  I think about 10 years, and it’s my favorite thing to collect. But lately I’ve been drawn more and more to vintage costume jewelry lately.  Pins and brooches in particular. This is a new venture for me, and I’m still a novice.   I love the figural shaped pins and pins with colored stones the most I think.

I’ve been reading lots about vintage costume jewelry designers on the internet and in books.  The early and mid 20^th century jewelry creations are fascinating.  This was an era when many collectible charms were made also.  It was the hey-day of jewelry manufacturing in America and there are dozens of designers and manufacturers that made high quality everyday and dressy jewelry for the masses.   Women wanted to look like the people they saw in fashion magazines and in the movies.  They made $50 a week or so but would spend several hundred on a rhinestone brooch, purchased on a law-away plan.

Costume jewelry made during that time wasn’t outsourced to China, it was made in the U.S., and carefully pieced together by workers in factories in Providence, Rhode Island, Chicago, and other jewelry hubs.  It’s a testament to the quality that many of the jewelry items are still in good shape 70 or 80 years later.   There are nice quality pieces of vintage jewelry around in lots of price ranges.  I’m staying in the $50 to $100 category for the time being, but there are good choices for less, and of course many collectors pay a lot more for vintage costume jewelry.

Just as I did with my charm collection, I’m expanding my business to include some collectible costume jewelry for sale.  My plan is to learn as much as I can about a couple of designers at a time and find a few nice pieces for myself and a few to offer for sale.  Right now I’m focusing on Trifari and Coro because the selection is almost endless and there is a lot of information that’s easy to find about the history of their enterprises.  As I expand my knowledge I’ll add more name brands to my inventory on eBay.  It’s lots of fun to collect jewelry and pretty vintage pins is a great place to start. Here’s what I have in my eBay store right now.

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Small Vintage Sterling Silver Dogwood Flower Pin Brooch Unsigned    US $24.90

Vintage Sterling Silver Beau Leaf Pin Brooch    US $24.90

Vintage Fall Colored Rhinestone Tree Leaf Pin Brooch Orange Green Gold Red    US $19.90

3 Vintage Christmas Tree Pin Brooch Lot Clear Rhinestone Goldtone Silvertone    US $24.90

Vintage Jomaz Enamel Rhinestone Circle Brooch Pin Black White Goldtone    US $44.90

Vintage Goldtone Christmas Tree Pin Brooch Colored Rhinestones Star Topper    US $17.90

Vintage Crown Trifari White Leaf Pin Brooch Earrings Goldtone Free Shipping    US $59.90

Vintage Trifari Heart Petal Flower White Goldtone Pin Brooch Valentines Day    US $29.90

Vintage Elephant Pin Brooch Red Rhinestones Patriotic Republican Luck Trunk Up    US $29.90

Vintage Antiqued Goldtone Oval Flowers Faux Pearl Pin Brooch Ornate    US $17.90

Vintage Sterling Silver Bow Pin Brooch Blue Glass Cabochon Prong Set    US $29.00

Vintage Sterling Silver Leaf Pin Brooch Topaz Glass Stone Center Prong Set    US $64.90

Vintage Glistening Enamel Christmas Tree Pin Brooch Rhinestone Star White Trunk    US $17.90

Vintage Christmas Holiday Reindeer Pin Brooch Coro Goldtone Marcasite    US $39.90

Vintage Crown Trifari Small Elephant Pin Brooch Lucky Red Rhinestone Republican    US $34.90

Vintage Goldtone Pearl Rhinestone Flower Basket Pin Brooch Lattice    US $49.90

Vintage Sterling Silver Bow Pin Brooch Red Glass Stones Marquise Cut Prong Set    US $69.90

Vintage Christmas Heavenly Angel Star Etched Folk Art Design Pin Brooch    US $12.90

Vintage Trifari Goldtone Checkerboard Brooch Pin Clip Earrings Set    US $29.90

Vintage Crown Trifari Faux Pearl Flower Leaf Pin Brooch Goldtone    US $29.90

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