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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marko, post: 166788, member: 210&quot;]I have to say, I had some FM vinyl Scarlett O&#039;Hara dolls.&nbsp; I bought a few of the Wedding doll, and my gosh, I sold mine for triple what I paid for it.&nbsp; I only have one now, in my china closet.&nbsp; These dolls look the most like Vivien Leigh out of all the Scarlett dolls out there.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>FM jewelry, some of the finer pieces have held their value.&nbsp; I did have an 18kt sapphire and emerald ring I bought on ebay for $135, my jeweler couldn&#039;t believe the quality.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I am with evelyb.&nbsp; I have been collecting costume and fine jewelry for over 42 years now.&nbsp; Not sorry in the least.&nbsp; The good stuff in socked away in my deposit box for a rainy day or retirement.&nbsp; Silver and gold only become more valuable.&nbsp; I used to buy lovely pieces on ebay for pennies on the dollar, and other places, of course.&nbsp; Still do when I can.&nbsp; Wherever I go, people are asking about jewelry.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I do think on-line auctions/selling has dented the vintage costume jewelry prices, but not too badly.&nbsp; Glassware around here is not selling.&nbsp; China sets, forget it.&nbsp; The only one here that people want is Lenox china&#039;s Autumn pattern.&nbsp; That always goes fast.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>And evelyb is right about the stones, such as the Eliat, being mined out.&nbsp; It has happened with many types of American turquoise, try finding Old Lander.&nbsp; Another stone mined out?&nbsp; The older quality garnets.&nbsp; I bought these for $28 yesterday, set in 830 silver, probably Norweigan (they have garnet mines, I just found out through researching.)&nbsp; These predate 1920, and you will not find modern garnets of this color and quality.&nbsp; And I can always sell jewelry.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]45715[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I have a friend who collected MODERN cookie jars.&nbsp; Tons of them, all over the house, bought a shed just to store the rest.&nbsp; He told us the story of how his wife went to dust his Phantom of the Opera set and she broke a lid.&nbsp; He was really upset, since he paid $2,500 for the set.&nbsp; Now I could have platinum and diamonds for that!!!! And it is worth basically nothing now.&nbsp; He is so upset that he sunk all his money into this stuff.... he also has a ton of glassware.&nbsp; What a mess.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I was just at a community yard sale and a there were TONS of those cheapey poreclain dolls all over.&nbsp; Some women were actually BUYING them because they COLLECT them.&nbsp; Another waste of money, IMHO!!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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