still in-vogue patterns with bakelite, turquoise, cameos, coral and Austro-Hungarian crystals, stacking rings and bracelets, and layering necklaces. At the Jewelry and Object Show (held in New ...

Simultaneously, the plastic revolution was accelerating. The popular (and now acutely collectible) jewelry resin Bakelite was ...

Bakelite, a resin from the 1900s, has been used to make everything from backgammon chips to decorative accessories—but it's most popular in jewelry form. Look for cuffs, bangles, and pins ...

A decade ago, [Jouke Waleson] bought a Dutch ‘model 1950’ PTT (The Dutch Postal Service) rotary-dial telephone of presumably ...

Learn more The best affordable fine jewelry stores make it fun and practical to express your personal style. By pushing past overpriced heritage brands, technical terminology, and nebulous ...

A decade of jewelry collecting has taught me that where you keep your treasures matters as much as the treasures themselves. Otherwise, you risk scuffed gold, tangled chains, or, even worse ...

And: 175 cookie jars, 57 Navajo blankets, 210 Bakelite bracelets, 1,659 pieces of Russel Wright pottery and 170 chairs.

We've also been working the graveyard shift making friendship bracelets. Bead bracelets, by the way, are harder to make than some of us realized when we started on the journey, but we've tapped ...