I have a secret. I'm not just a vendor of vintage jewelry. I am a lover of vintage jewelry, and if I could, I would buy, buy, buy and never part with anything. It's not just that it's beautiful. I feel like each piece has a story to tell. Some were worn when the now husband of 54 years proposed. Some were worn for a college graduation. Or for a funeral. And some were presents from long gone loved ones that ended up sitting in a jewelry box for 50 or even 75 years.
The other part of my secret is that I regard many pieces of vintage jewelry as orphans. Vintage jewelry was often designed as sets that got broken up over the years. I want to bring these sets back together. Like a lost child coming home.
Of course, I love some of my jewelry pieces more than others. So it was with great sadness that I recently sent the lovely Coro earrings above off to a new home. I had these for quite a while and didn't list them for months because I couldn't part with them. I had seen them in a book as part of a set and I really wanted to find the matching choker. Alas, it was not to be.
They have gone to a new home. I hope the person who purchased them will take good care of them. I hope they already had other parts of the set so they are going back to their family. I miss them already, but now I must bid them a fond farewell.
