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Our love of vintage jewelry has allowed us to offer you a wonderful selection of collectible rhinestone, estate vintage, antique, designer signed, costume jewelry and accessories. Our line will include products such as matching sets, necklaces, beads, earrings, brooches, pins, rings, watches and bracelets. Unique, rare and fabulous items can be found within our collection.



Time has not hindered these lovely pieces. Designer signed costume jewelry, flashy rhinestones from the past, unsigned pieces of designer jewelry that were sold at Sears and other name brand department stores, are still being sought after by the undiscerning collector.



Gold, sterling, gemstones, cameo's, Native American, Turquoise Tribal Jewelry, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Victorian, and non-jewelry collectible items can be found here in our store. We enjoy collecting jewelry from the past, and want to give our buyers the chance to love and treasure these pieces too! Vintage jewelry will forever be in fashion for the young and old.



Please take the time to look around, if you have any questions please don't hesitate to email. We would love to answer any questions that you may have, and look forward to serving you.



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While we have sold online for 8 years, having our own store is a wonderful experience for us and we look forward to offering you the same customer satisfaction as we have given in the past. We do guarantee our items and want you to be happy with your purchase. In the unlikely event you are not satisfied with your purchase please contact us within 3 days and let us know so we may work with you to rectify the situation.



We are located at Elephant Butte lake, with the largest lake in NM a resort town with many visitors throughout the year. Our mild Winters are a haven for people to escape the cold. We are life time residents of New Mexico and will never leave. We love the friendly people, the weather, and our little town with 2 stop lights. We enjoy selling online and meeting new Internet friends. We hope you enjoy our site and will stop in often to see our growing collection. Thank you for spending some of your time with us.



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Costume jewelry was not intended to last, but some of the great designers used good metals and crystals and if they have been taken care of through the years they will look good.

Rhinestones are the first to show age, if they have gotten wet and have foiled backs the water will destroy the foil, turn it black or dark and I don't know of a way to save them just replace them, best thing is never to get them wet.

I use a very soft brush to clean them first then I use a Q-tip and windex since it dries quickly, spray the cleaner in a small bowl barely dampen the Q-tip and rub lightly over the top of the rhinestone and a soft cloth to dry it, then turn the item upside down on a soft cloth so in case there is a drip it won't run under the foil.

I try to put everything I have cleaned, and dried into a zip lock bag, instead of throwing them in my jewelry boxes, for the items with rhinestones, I don't zip it all the way I was told that it can build moisture in the bag and ruin your stones.

Items such as Pearls, or anything strung on silk thread or any type of cloth threads, I never hang them, since this can cause the threads to weaken, and eventually break, it is best to store them in a bag and lay them flat so that other items don't lay on top of them. They have these great little organizer drawers at Dollar store, very reasonable, this is what I use, put cotton or bubble wrap in the bottom and place my jewelry in there, easy to find your beauty's also.

Sterling should be stored the same, but cleaned before putting away, since any lotions, perfumes, even exposure to air can cause your item to tarnish, there are special boxes for your sterling things, but I use zip lock bags and sometimes even purchase the sandwich bags on sale and they make great storage for larger items, make sure you get most of the air out of the bag, and zip it tight.




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