Newbie here

[ladydidi65-9]

Good afternoon, I have recently got myself totally obsessed with buying and selling vintage costume jewelry.  While I spend hours trying to research on myslef I am just not confident enough to know about gemstones jewelrs marks etc.  Is this a group that cab help my identifying such things?  I have many books, links, facebook groups but just do n ot want to sell something that is not what I say it is.  if this is not the right board can you kindly direct me to the proper one.  I know when it comes to vintage costume jewelry it is a very foggy area, but I may be lucky to find that one person who can help me with identifying something.  thank you

[mforjan]

Welcome, you can post questions here, there is also a group which is very helpful, the link is:

https://community.ebay.com/t5/Jewelry-Gemstones-Board-Group/gp-p/JewelryGemstonesBoardGroup

When you have a question you should post a clear, sharp photo of the front, the back, a close up of the clasp on a necklace and any marks. We all love seeing jewelry and will be happy to help.

Here are a few links that you will find useful...

For maker's marks on vintage costume jewelry:

https://www.illusionjewels.com/research/costumejewelrymarks.html

For silver marks:

http://www.925-1000.com/

For articles on vintage and antique jewelry including scans of jewelry ads:

http://www.morninggloryantiques.com

There are lots more but those 3 should get you started