Archive for the 'Unique Items' Category

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ART DECO GLASS CAMEO FABULOUS FIND

Published Date: March 7th, 2007
Category: Unique Items

A dealer friend saved me this from a house clean out. Isn’t it fabulous? I wonder if it was originally a pin. It is very large (3″ x 2″) Some strange black material was used to repair one side at a time. It is all glass. I assume the Cameo profile is plastic or a celluliod. (She […]

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Watches, Pocket Watches, Watch Pins!

Published Date: January 29th, 2007
Category: Unique Items, We Love the 80s!, 60s Fashion

In our store, we have a variety of different types of watches, including new, vintage, and never been worn.  We found a few examples in some vintage magazines, of the types of watches that were popular in the 60s, and 80s.  We discovered many items in our store that are similar to these items below.
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Great Vintage Jewelry Deals, and Great Prices!

Published Date: January 29th, 2007
Category: Unique Items

What we love to do at AJ Raefields is sell funky jewelry for amazing prices!  Under many of our categories, we have items that are $5.95 and under.  Our $2.50 items have become a big hit and we daily find more and more unique name jewelry pieces, boyfriend jewelry, and fun 80s accessories.  One particular item is this wooden, felt […]

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Miriam Haskell Rocks Our Socks

Published Date: January 24th, 2007
Category: Unique Items

We aquired a faulous Miriam Haskell piece last week. Miriam Haskell is a wonderful designer where quality is at it’s highest standards. Many of her peices were hand made and can be seen in the intricate threading of this coral dress clip we have on auction. This piece was made in the 30’s to the […]

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I’m in love with jewelry that looks like you had in for years. Jewelry that looks like it has been handed down to you from your great great grandmother. Jewelry that is slightly tarnished or worn, giving it charm. Put away your trendy owls and beads and opt for goldtone pendants, lockets and charm braclets […]

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Royal Fashion

Published Date: December 29th, 2006
Category: Unique Items

The other day we discovered a neat looking fob with an old french quote “honi soit qui mal y pense” enscribed.

Upon some research we discovered that it translated into “shame upon him who thinks evil of it”. Interestingly enough this quote is for the Royal Order of the Garter, one of the oldest orders of knighthood in […]

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Two Trifari Pins, Two Different Designs

Published Date: December 20th, 2006
Category: Unique Items

We found these two Trifari pins that are exactly the same, yet one has been adorned with rhinestones.  Many designers would often take items from their large amounts of inventory and create a motif for each line.  We see a similar thing happening with these two Trifari pins.  The designer has taken the original design […]

Mexican Sterling Ring

Published Date: December 11th, 2006
Category: What's Hot Now, Unique Items, Teen Jewelry Trends

I love rings! Rings are special because you can wear the same one every day and no one cares, but you can also change them up as much as you want! They are subtle little pieces of jewelry and are very versitile. The one that I picked to highlight today is a really fun mexican […]

Longest Napier Necklace Ever!

Published Date: December 7th, 2006
Category: Unique Items, Designer

This necklace is an amazing 120 inches long!! We are hoping to get this piece listed within the next week.  Keep a lookout for it!

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Awesome Tassel Swirl Chain Necklace!

Published Date: November 30th, 2006
Category: Unique Items

Check out this tassel pendant.  We recently got this in a vintage lot of jewelry and we thought it was so neat.  Check out the necklace in more detail HERE.

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