Wicked whimsy in vintage charm – an old plastic heart lock

This is one I haven’t seen before – probably because I don’t collect the old celluloid and plastic charms, but isn’t it sweet? This is so nice I may have to start an old plastic bracelet! click here for the auction – which ends soon!

NUVO British vintage charm – the rarest one

Yes it’s the alien in the moon – and I’ve been outbid darn it! I once sent the charm goddess Joan a vintage charm she was so fond of that she told me I could choose ANY of her vintage Nuvo charms as a trade – well, except the alien (no dummy Joan!) the last […]

Zodiac page of the Bonner vintage charm catalog

I’m still having scanner angst, but this one came out fairly well.

I may have figured out the scanner – 1956 Aetna Catalog

I’m still working on how to get them crisp enough with the photo editor – but here are the next 2 pages of about a hundred (yep- won a new catalog, don’t tell my husband!)

A New Designer Charm Bracelet with STYLE – JOAN SLIFKA

click here to see the auction This dramatic piece is an example of one of the best designers of new bracelets – the combination of engraved sterling and carved gems gves a quirky Santa Fe/primitive feel. They don’t come up for auction often, and this is in time for the holidays – imagine all black […]