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Marcia “Sparkles” Brown writes: “Costume jewelry was designed to have a very short life span, probably one fashion season. Inexpensive, mass quantity; to live and bloom in the limelight for just one brief moment, and then be discarded. The companies never dreamed of today’s collectors’, and the values now given to their creations. Wholesale firms manufacturing the jewelry produced unsigned pieces for retailers such as Sears, Roebuck & Company and J. C. Penny. The retailers would place the unmarked items in their own presentation boxes, or fasten them to cards marked with the store’s logo. Jewelry with paper tags should also be considered among the many factors of unsigned beauties. Tags would be removed before wearing, never to be replaced, lost forever. Frequently the metal hanging tag on a bracelet or necklace would scratch the wearer or she would remove the identifying tags for her comfort. Once the gift box had been opened it would take up too much room, or was inconvenient for quick dressing. That box with the only identifying manufacturer’s or original store’s name was quickly thrown into the waste basket. The fact, for whatever the reason, a name had not been placed on the jewelry should not be a deterrent to admiring well-made costume jewelry. This form of American art does not have to have the artist signature for you to appreciate it, buy it, or proudly wear it. Unsigned beauties are a hidden treasure . . . “ |
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