Estate and antique jewelry is fashionable throughout the United States, and the demand for fine estate jewelry is increasing steadily. Knowledgeable consumers appreciate the significant value unique to estate and antique jewelry. They realize that most of these pieces cannot be duplicated today. Not only by the prohibitive costs, but because the exquisite workmanship simply cannot be copied. Before committing yourself to the
purchase of one these fine pieces, Estate jewelry, simply defined, is previously owned jewelry. It may be as old as the late Victorian period or as new as yesterday. Antique jewelry is also previously owned jewelry, but to be considered a true antique, the piece must be authenticated as at least 100 years old, according to the US Customs Bureau. Period jewelry is that jewelry which has recognizable characteristics dating from a definite design period. It may, in fact, be centuries old, but for the present we will confine our discussion to the jewelry we are most likely to see, those dating form the Victorian period to the present.
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