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Antique Jewellery: Real or Repro?

Behold that gorgeous antique brooch you’ve been staring at for the last few days on the internet! It’s obviously Art Nouveau… isn’t it?

It’s often very difficult to distinguish from a genuine antique jewellery piece and a good reproduction. Here are some key points that you need to know before you shop and pay for what you think is a Victorian piece of jewellery only to find out that it’s a clever reproduction.

Buying Antique Jewellery On Ebay: Don’t Get Duped!

Been searching for antique jewellery to buy on eBay lately? Have you been more than a little suspicious over the sheer number of items available at rock bottom prices? Don’t some of those bargains look just too good to be true? OF COURSE they do!

Just a couple of mouse clicks into eBay’s jewellery category and you are confronted with an ever increasing, bewildering array of ‘rare’ ‘estate’ jewellery propping up the ‘genuine antiques’ section which have probably fallen off the back of a Chinese factory assembly line to be there.

But how do you separate the good from the bad; the new from the old; the real from the fake; the bling from the bong, etc..? Here are some top tips from one antique jewellery seller trying hard to avoid being tarred with the same phony brush: