Featured I bought some brooches. Help Please!

Discussion in 'Jewelry' started by Bdigger, Apr 29, 2026 at 4:54 PM.

  1. Bdigger

    Bdigger Well-Known Member

    Joolies...I bought 8 brooches today for $2.50 ea. All costume and none signed, but they are not missing any stones so I took a flyer on them. Please let me know if there is anything interesting in there and maybe some suggestions on how I should list them. (individual or grouped together). and an approximation on what you think I could get for them. Thanks in advance!
    Lets number them...
    123
    456
    78

    bro1.jpg bro2.jpg bro3.jpg
     
  2. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    The top left and bottom left in the first picture are new. The light blue brooch at 9 o'clock looks like early to mid-50s. It was the hot color right before the Aurora Borealis craze hit. The blue and green at 3 o'clock has a V back and domed front...early 60s? I'd think the red and pink one that's domed is from the same era. Austrian??? Circle pins tend to be 60s somewhere. The other two look like 50s colors and construction. I bet they had matching twin pins at some point, but those are long gone.

    If it were me, I'd put as many fit on my jacket lapel and swan out of the door.
     
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  3. Bdigger

    Bdigger Well-Known Member

    Thank you for the great information @evelyb30. I really appreciate your input. I'm amazed at your expertise in Jewelry!

    That top left brooch is my favorite.
     
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  4. bluumz

    bluumz Quite Busy

    My favorite one. :)

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  5. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    I really like the colors on that one too. The blue one looks like my dad's mother's jewelry.
     
  6. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    ...almost has a military medal design......... a real standout !!
     
  7. Elen Beattie

    Elen Beattie Well-Known Member

    Pretty! The middle gold tone pink and purple one may be a Juliana (DeLizza and Elster). I can't see very well in the pic, but it may have the distinctive figure of 8 puddling on the back. Take a look here Is it Juliana Jewelry? :)
     
  8. cfh

    cfh Well-Known Member

    I agree with Elen. I think the middle pink one is Juliana.
     
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  9. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    I wouldn't put money on it, but it's possible. I usually think of their pieces as blingier, but it does have figure 8s and open-backed navetes.
     
  10. cfh

    cfh Well-Known Member

    It’s hard to see clearly in the photo, but it looks like it has the fang type prongs too.

    Fang prongs + figure 8 pooling = Juliana

    A least that is what I have read, and it has proven true in the jewelry I have found.
     
    Last edited: Apr 30, 2026 at 5:58 PM
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