A Look Inside of the April Issue of Kovels Antique Trader

Hang onto your hat! The April issue of Kovels Antique Trader is here. And while it’s always exciting to share a new issue, we are particularly pleased to share it with that expression – Hang onto your hat! – which also serves as the headline for our cover story on the history of women and […]

Very Elegantly Yours…Vendome Couturier Jewelry

If you’re among the unacquainted, Vendome is a signature related to one of the largest marketers of vintage costume jewelry during its heyday – Coro. Even though I already knew some of the basics about this brand, I relished meeting a former employee of this business in Rhode Island several years ago. In addition to […]

My Holiday Obsession

When it comes to festive costume jewelry, our author has a passion for the fashion of Bettina von Walhof. By Pamela Wiggins Siegel B&M von Walhof Santa dog brooch, early 2000s, $200-$250. As I ponder all the jewelry I’ve admired and worn since I avidly started collecting in the late 1980s, my thoughts often turn […]