Antique Jewelry

Antique jewelry: connection to the past – Antiquity was generally a flourishing period on every layers of society: arts, politics, religion, science. Remembers of Antiquity are revaluated in postmodernism and in old style of antique jewelry. This kind of jewels are royal, gorgeous, sophisticated, but more than expensive. After a decade of working  hard or if you marry a politician, you may afford to buy a sapphire ring of 45, 000, 000 $.

If you are passionate by mythology, you can wear a golden griffin with a diamond in its mouth pendant. It will cost you 4, 300 EUR. Latest antique representations as those from Victorian period or French classicism are cheaper (between 2, 000- 3, 000 EUR), but you can feel the modern influence on Hermes or Cupidon`s  figure, Egyptian scarabs or Greek satyrs.

For one pair of antique earrings, you can spend even 9, 000 EUR. You will say to yourself those jewels don`t deserve the effort of saving money, that they made of gold, silver and diamonds as every jewels in this world. There is something original about them: they are haute- couture items and moreover, they bring to life hot, valuable symbols in a society of kitsch. If you are an elitist girl, trying to evidence yourself against the “crowd”, these jewels are your perfect match.

You can find ancient jewelry on black market also, but you have to pay attention to legal context of your country. Most of ancient items are catalogued as museums exhibits, and hunters treasures are wanted to be judged. What you can find on stores or online shopping centers are remakes of ancient artifacts, perfectly legal to be sold. Your next trouble will be the price, but not the law.

Until now it seems that the most expensive and gorgeous antique jewel is a pair of gold granulated Caucasian earrings, for about 9, 300 EUR. Their magic consists in their technique (being granulated, they look more delicate and light than any normal earrings) and in their high quality gold used for their creation. As models, you can find Georgian, Japanese, French or Indian earrings, adorned with diamonds or titanium , tear drops or chandelier type especially.

Antique jewelry is in love with veritable gemstones. If you buy one item, you will be very proud of your natural and big ruby, jade, amethyst, emerald, garnet or sapphire. Jewels based on gemstones are little bit cheaper, one of them will cost you between 290 – 480 $. They preserve the old style of simplicity or arborescent ornaments. It is said that history repeats itself and fashion trends come back after years. Maybe you should have in your jewelry box some antique jewels, although they are extremely expensive.