Contemporary Costume Jewelry by Ben Amun, Liz Claiborne, Donna Karan and more!

1928 A.J.C. Ben Amun Avon Dorothy Bauer Edgar Berebi Blanca
Sandra Miller Burrows Carolee Liz Claiborne Danecraft Carol Dauplaise Donna Karan DNH
Doncaster Graziano Hansen iG Ivana
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Item si1928
1928 victorian style pin
1928
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Price: $18

Unsigned, but identified by the unique design on the back of all 1928 jewelry. The center faux pearl cab is surrounded by crystal rhinestones in various shapes. Goldtone beads alternate with crystal beads at the bottom for a real victorian look. There is one small mark on the faux pearl, otherwise condition would be excellent.
Width: 1 1/8 in. Height: 3 3/8 in. Condition: very good
Item si2725
1928 rose necklace and earrings
1928
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Price: $35


Beautiful rose necklace and clip earring set featuring an ivory colored beaded necklace with a gold tone and procelain pendant. The gold tone clip earrings have a smaller version of the porcelain disk with a lovely pink rose.
Necklace: Length: 16 - 19 in. Condition: very good
Earrings: Width: 3/4 in. Height: 7/8 in. Condition: very good
Item gp327i
1928 domed clip earrings
1928
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Price: $22


Gold tone dome with raised designs with an oval faux emerald rhinestone center surrounded by fucshia bezel set rhinestones.
Dia.: 1 1/4 in. Condition: very good
Item si2214
1928 necklace
1928®
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Price: $25


Victorian style necklace with a oval porcelain disk center that has a floral transfer that looks like old needlework of some kind. From the bottom of it's ornate frame hangs an off white tear drop shaped bead. There are two glass beads, one pink and the other blue, between the fancy link gold tone chain and the pendant where it attaches on either side of the frame. Clasp it the barrel type that screws together and the 1928 tag is attached. Width and height below pertain to the pendant.
Width: 15/16 in. Height: 2 5/8 in. Length: 18 in.
Condition: very good
Item si2326
1928 rhinestone swan pin
1928
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Price: $20


Gold tone swan pin with a body of pavé crystal rhinestones and raised golden beading. The neck and head are textured to simulate feathers and the eye is a crystal rhinestone.
Width: 1 13/16 in. Height: 1 11/16 in. Condition: very good
Item si2215
1928 cameo pin
1928
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Price: $25


Mother and child scene in a translucent resin cameo set in a decorative gold tone frame.
Width: 2 1/4 in. Height: 1 5/8 in. Condition: very good
Item si1564
A.J.C. nurse's pin
©A.J.C.
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Price: $13


This nurses pin is done in shiny gold tone and has all of the things you might expect your nurse to have handy. Of course, there is her hat, but there is also a medical chart, a thermometer, a stethoscope, pill bottles and a cup with a straw.
Width: 2 3/8 in. Height: 1 1/2 in. Condition: very good
Item gp283d
Ben Amun coin necklace and earrings set
Ben Amun
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Price: $95


Pewter colored "Greek coin" in a gold tone bezel attached to a wide gold tone flexible link necklace with a fold-over clasp. Clip earrings have the same coin.
Earrings: Dia.: 15/16 in. Condition: excellent
Necklace: Length: 16 in. Width: 7/16 in. Condition: excellent
Item si1802
Ben Amun faux pearl necklace
Ben-Amun©
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Price: $65


Oh so feminine necklace consisting of a heavy black nylon cord "chain" with gold tone fittings. The pendant has a large faux pearl cabochon surrounded by chanel set crystal rhinestones with a large teardrop faux pearl hanging below. Clasp is a lobster claw.
Width: 1 1/8 in. Height: 2 7/8 in. Length: 16 in.
Condition: excellent
Item si1445
Avon mayan mask pierced earrings
AVON
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Price: $18


Pierced earrings featuring and ancient mayan mask set with emerald and topaz colored rhinestones dangling from circle with bezel set red rhinestone. The finish color is somewhere between gold and bronze.
Width: 15/16 in. Length: 2 1/4 in. Condition: excellent
Item si1982
Avon frog pierced earrings
Avon
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Price: $16


Pierced earrings featuring gold tone frogs with rhinestone eyes and semi-translucent green bodies that remind me of jelly beans. The frogs dangle beneath a 5 1/2mm golden ball.
Width: 1 1/8 in. Length: 1 5/8 in. Condition: excellent
Item si2612
Dorothy Bauer heart with flowers pin
©Bauer
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Price: $95


23K gold plated 3D heart with flowers pin featuring lots of rose chatons and a few fuchsia chatons with peridot color navettes and crystal rhinestone accents. See on Dorothy Bauer's site at dorothybauer.com.
Width: 1 5/8 in. Height: 1 5/8 in. Condition: excellent
Item si2012
Edgar Berebi Art Nouveau style pin
©Berebi
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Price: $38


This beautiful gold tone Art Nouveau style pin has a gorgeous center stone that shows blue in the center but a rich purple hue is evident around the edges of the stone. I'm afraid I couldn't pick that up with my camera. What I did pick up was an image in the center that looks to me like a cat's face. At first I thought it was my photo setup reflecting in the stone, but at certain angles, it actually shows up in the stone. What a conversation piece! The pin on back has a slight bend, otherwise excellent condition.
Width: 2 1/2 in. Height: 2 1/8 in. Condition: very good
Item si2445
Blanca faux gem clip earrings
Blanca©
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Price: $25


Runway size clip earrings done in gold tone with faceted faux ruby and emerald pear shaped stones along with faux sapphire and pearl cabochons. In spite of their huge size they are suprisingly comfortable to wear.
Width: 1 3/4 in. Height: 2 1/8 in. Condition: very good
Item si1742
SMB pin/pendant
SMB
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Price: $45


Sandra Miller Burrows, who once designed for Monet, has her own line of quality jewelry. The large square stone in the middle of this pin/pendant is a rich, emerald green color. I don't believe it is glass, even though it looks like it. There are square crystal rhinestones set at top, bottom, left and right with a teardrop shaped imitation pearl extending from each. The pendant loop has a hinge allowing it to be used as a pearl enhancer too!
Width: 3 1/4 in. Height: 3 1/4 in. Condition: excellent
Item gp276e
SMB faux jewel necklace
SMB
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Price: $55


Another beautiful piece of jewelry from Sandra Miller Burrows. This long gold tone necklace has heavy textured gold tone links with three faux pearls included on each side. The pendant design reminds me of a cross with aquamarine, amethyst and crystal colored rhinestones and one large faux pearl cabochon. Each end of the chain ends in a four sided gold tone station with a flat diamond shape on each side and the clasp is a large "S" hook.
Width: 1 3/4 in. Height: 4 in. Length: 28 in.
Condition: excellent
Item si2310
Carolee faux pearl pierced earrings
Carolee
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Price: $33


Pierced earrings featuring a faux pearl set in the center of a matt gold tone circular design.
Dia.: 1 in. Condition: very good
Item gp247j
Liz Claiborne cabochon bracelet
Liz Claiborne
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Price: $25


This stretch bracelet is made up of 6 large textured gold tone disks (1 1/4 in. diameter) with a large cabechon (plastic I think) in the center of each. Two large gold tone balls separate each of the disks. I have provided 2 pictures so you can see all 6 of the colors in this bracelet. This bracelet will fit a medium to large wrist.
Width: 1 1/4 in. Condition: very good
Item gp334c
Liz Claiborne beaded bracelet
LC
Liz Claiborne
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Price: $30


Six rows of purple beads with gold tone floral spacers strung on elastic between two large purple lucite faceted stones with five rows of gold tone double link chain as the back of the bracelet. Not suitable for someone with a larger hand since it must go over the hand.
Width: 1 1/2 in. Condition: very good
Item si2318
Liz Claiborne faux tiger eye clip earrings
LC
Liz Claiborne
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Dainty gold tone clip earrings featuring an oval faux tiger eye set beneath a very small oval faux goldstone.
Width: 7/16 in. Height: 3/4 in. Condition: very good
Item si2275
Liz Claiborne lemonade pin
LC
Liz Claiborne
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Price: $18


Liz Claiborne's rendition of a refresing pitcher of lemonade. The pitcher itself is silver tone while the five slices of lemon are gold tone. The pitcher and the lemons appear to be two separate pieces.
Width: 1 3/8 in. Height: 1 3/4 in. Condition: very good
Item si1153
Liz Claiborne faux pearl choker
Liz Claiborne
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Price: $20


This triple row choker necklace of champagne colored 3 1/2mm faux pearls is on memory wire and has 4 sets of accenting colums of light colorado topaz faceted beads spaced about 3/4" apart. The same beads are dangling on the necklace ends. The beads are not quite as orangey looking as my picture makes them appear. The attached hangtag has the signature "LC".
Width: 1/2 in. Length 12 1/2 in. Condition: excellent
Item si1178
Liz Claiborne earrings
Liz Claiborne
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Price: $25


These Liz Claiborne clip earrings are on the original card (removed for picture)and are unworn. The gold tone frames have a raised floral design around plastic cabechons. The top cabechons are black and the bottom are gold with red splashes.
Width: 1 1/8 in. Height: 2 1/4 in. Condition: excellent
Item gp333i
Danecraft playful cat pin
Danecraft
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Price: $18


If you are a cat owner this has probably happened to you in real life! A matt gold tone cat pin, playfully unrolling a roll of white enameled toilet paper.
Width: 2 1/4 in. Height: 1 3/4 in. Condition: very good
Item si2290
Dauplaise necklace
Dauplaise
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Price: $45


Each of the wide links in this long necklace has an engraved design that compliments the pendant, which to me looks like a collection of ancient artifacts. The oblong bead has a chip on the underside of one end that isn't noticeable when being worn. Other than that one flaw, the condition is excellent.
Width: 1 1/2 in. Height: 3 1/2 in. Length: 33 1/4 in.
Condition: very good
Item gp0314o
DKNY faux pearl earrings
©D.K.N.Y.
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Price: $45


These large gold tone clip earrings have disks that look like an ancient artifact and have a large, pear shaped baroque pearl hanging from one of the holes.
Width: 1 1/4 in. Height: 2 5/8 in. Condition: excellent
Item si1674
DKCo pewter bracelet
©DKCo
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Price: $45


Donna Karan??? I don't know. This pewter bracelet has very large, somewhat concave links and a toggle clasp. It measures 7" on the EZ Bracelet Sizer but is much longer when you lay it on a ruler because of the large links. If this bracelet actually measured 7" on the ruler, only a child would be able to wear it. My wrist measures just shy of 6 1/2" and it fits me fine.
Width: 5/8 in. Height: 9 in. Condition: very good
Item si1402
DNH leopard pin
©DNK
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I'm unfamiliar with this maker's mark but the quality is good. This fierce looking leopard has a textured gold tone body with slightly raised black enamel spots and a green rhinestone eye.
Width: 2 1/8 in. Height: 2 in. Condition: excellent
Item si2302
Doncaster necklace
Doncaster®
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Price: $45


Casual piece with the necklace part made of some sort of woven material in two colors (brown & lt.tan) braided and capped on either end with matte gold tone findings. At first I thought the material was leather, but I'm really not sure about that. The matte gold tone pendant hangs on the necklace by two wide bales and is rectangular with a brown/white faux(?) agate cabechon in the center and beading across each corner. There is also a heavily etched "v" in each corner. The picture of the back of the pendant shows some black areas that I originally thought were plating loss, but it was actually something on the surface that I was able to remove with acetone, so those black areas are no longer there.
I can almost hear you say "Who is Doncaster?" With a little research I found that they are the largest direct selling division of the Tanner Companies, a women’s apparel manufacturer. http://www.doncaster.com/home/index.asp. In an article by J. Holly Dolloff from the Nashville Business Journal the author writes
"Both the Doncaster and Carlisle lines offer everything from casual wear to evening pieces, jewelry and accessories. The typical buyer of such clothes is a professional woman with a high disposable income who is willing to invest in high-quality materials and classic designs. The prices tend to be on the high side - jackets, for instance, range from $300 to $700. But that price also carries personalized service that isn't likely to be found in a store."
Width: 1 1/4 in. Height: 2 in. Length: 16 3/4 in. Condition: very good
Item gp327f
Graziano faux pearl pin
©Graziano
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Gold tone pin with an oval black cabochon center surrounded by oval lavender cabochons and oval faux pearls with the faux pearls creating a cross design. There are also accenting crystal rhinestones.
Width: 2 1/4 in. Height: 2 1/2 in. Condition: very good
Item gp0314g
Hansen '89 earrings
Hansen '89
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Price: $125


These colorful dangle earrings are signed by the designer, but I never could read it until the exact same earrings showed up in the Ann Miller auction on 6/04/05 as item 207 and sold for $250 plus 20% buyers premium. The only difference is those were dated '91. The earrings have some sort of black resin or plastic as their base. Attached to the base, at the top is a large, sapphire blue, emerald cut rhinestone surrounded by crystal chatons. Just under the bottom of that large stone is a large, topaz colored baguette rhinestone which is just barely visable in the picture, in fact, I just noticed it's presence. From this base hangs a dangle that I will try to describe for you, because again, all of the stones aren't easily visable in my picture. At the top is a topaz colored stone that looks to be a cabechon until you look at it closely and notice the facets. It is surrounded by chanel set crystal rhinestones. There is an almost identical stone at the bottom, the difference being it is a pale amethyst color. In the center is a large, teal colored, emerald cut rhinestone. On one side of that is a smaller, sapphire blue emerald cut rhinestone with topaz baguettes set just under each side and chanel set rhinestones on three sides. On the other side is a similar setup, but the emerald cut rhinestone is ruby red with emeral green baguettes. Between each of the stations are set 4 crystal chatons. I don't know who Hansen is, but they certainly paid close attention to detail and did a superb job!
Width: 1 5/8 in. Height: 2 7/8 in. Condition: very good
Item si2891
rhinestone teddy bear pin
iG©
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Price: $28


Such a cute piece, this gold tone woven basket is holding a rhinestone encrusted bear hanging over the side as if he's waiting to be lifted out. One rhinestone in his arm is yellowing but the rest are clear and sparkling. I'm assuming this is a contemporary piece but can find no information on the maker's mark.
Width: 1 in. Height: 1 1/8 in. Condition: very good
Item si2932
Ivana coral reef pin/pendant
Ivana©
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Price: $48


This pin/pendant looks like a golden coral reef with faux peals and faux coral in two colors. This very three dimensional piece is perfect for spring and summer.
Width: 2 3/8 in. Height: 2 in. Condition: excellent
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