Vintage Trifari Jewelry
Q: I have several pieces of antique jewlery that I am interested in finding outthe value. Eisenberg, Vogue, Weiss and Chloe. Anyone having informationthat would help in the appraisal of these
A:In my opinion, "antique jewelry" is probably not the best term to use
for these pieces. The better-known term is "vintage costume jewelry".
I don't know Vogue and Chloe, but Eisenberg and Weiss are plentiful.
As a general guideline, an Eisenberg (not "Eisenberg Original", that
extra word is important) white metal brooch would go around here for
$20-$30; a bracelet or necklace a bit more. White rhinestones are very
common in Eisenberg jewelry but not very popular at the moment.
Colored stones sell much better. The mistake many beginning collectors
make is to pay too much for Eisenberg jewelry. IMO, this is the fault
of the jewelry book authors like Maryanne Dolan and Lillian Baker, who
ooh and ahh over it. (And who probably have a huge box of Eisenberg
pieces stashed away!
Pretty much all that goes for Weiss, too.
The advanced vintage costume jewelry collector is probably looking for
Miriam Haskell (not beads), Hobe in precious metals, Mazer, Jomaz, very
old Trifari sterling pieces, etc. I recently sold a *broken* TKF (old
Trifari mark) white metal-and-rhinestone bracelet for $45 to an
advanced collector/dealer, and she was happy to get it.