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Tina Fey Wears Vintage Earrings to Golden Globes

Gerry — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:51:19 +0000

Tina Fey wore these 19th century ear clips to the Golden Globes.

KY Historical Society Claims To Have Mary Todd Lincoln Earrings, Authenticity Challenged

Gerry — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:26:22 +0000

According to the Lexington Herald Leader, The Kentucky Historical Society paid $19,800 for the earrings in 2008.
And how did know they were genuine?

Documents on file at the Historical Society that came with the earrings trace them back to well-known collector Charles F. Gunther of Chicago, who died in 1920. Gunther told the son of the man to whom he sold or traded the earrings that “he knew they were Mrs. Lincoln’s earrings but he couldn’t remember why he knew it,” the son’s daughter wrote in a letter in 1970 to another collector who had purchased the earrings from her family.

So there you have it. They’ve got to be real.

You can read more about it here.

See Antique Earrings at the Miami Antique Jewelry and Watch Show Nov 13-15

Gerry — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:14:01 +0000

The show features jewelry ranging from the Edwardian to the Art Deco periods. including this pair of emerald and diamond earrings from the Victorian (see photo). The earrings boast 11 tcw of emeralds and 2.1 tcw of diamonds set in silver and 14 karat gold.

7 Reasons For Owning Vintage Earrings

Gerry — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:01:23 +0000

Good chance you won’t see anybody else in the room with the same pair of earrings
They don’t make like these that any more.
They’re beautiful!
Each pair of earrings has, and tells a story.
Vintage Earrings use better materials than what you will find today
Environmentally friendlier
Enjoy the thrill of owning, and wearing, a piece of history

More to Come

Click Here to read more about Vintage and Antique Earrings

Earrings in the Bible

Gerry — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:45:20 +0000

Exodus 32:1-10 Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughter, and bring them unto me. And all the people brake off the golden earrings, which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron.

Exodus 32:2-4Aaron answered them, “Take off the gold earrings that your wives, your sons and your daughters are wearing, and bring them to me.” So all the people took off their earrings and brought them to Aaron. He took what they handed him and made it into an idol cast in the shape of a calf, fashioning it with a tool.
Isaiah 3:18
In that day the Lord will snatch away their finery: the bangles and headbands and crescent necklaces, the earrings and bracelets and veils,

Song of Solomon 1:11
We will make you earrings of gold, studded with silver. … We will make
you earrings of gold, with studs of silver. Beloved …

Judges 8:24 And he said, “I do have one request, that each of you give me an earring from your share of the plunder.” (It was the custom of the Ishmaelites to wear gold earrings.)