All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1980 item #1114264 (stock #111081)
This ring has a great design and measures just over 1/2" wide. It is a size 11. It is marked MEXICO TM-158 925. It has good heft and is in excellent condition.
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Pre 1980 item #826586 (stock #0861)
This wonderfully interesting ring is 5.75 in size and is made of 10K gold. The front has a swirled shape with 4 graduating, colored stones (ball-shaped). The inside of the band is marked 10K and has a maker's mark of an S inside a pentagon. Its truly unusual and in excellent condition.
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Pre 1980 item #1008157 (stock #gaf-135)
This lovely 14K yellow gold and diamond butterfly trembler brooch seems ready to fly away because of a fluttering wing design created by a spring mechanism between the wings. Finely executed openwork wings with scroll banding, diamond body and antenae, 585 stamped on back, safety-style clasp. Wt: 8.8 g; Measures 2" long x 1 3/8" wide. Excellent condition.
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Pre 1980 item #1314110
A classic 14K yellow gold and diamond tennis bracelet featuring 48 round diamonds separated by s-shaped gold bars. The diamonds are graded as J color, SI2 to I1 clarity. The clasp is marked "14K".

Origin: America, ca. 1980. Condition: excellent. Dimensions: 7" long. Weight: 7.5 gr. Approximate Total Diamond Weight: 1.0 ct.

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Pre 1980 item #893034 (stock #GAL-133)
A striking pair of 14k yellow gold, mabe pearl and diamond pierced earrings, centered with approximately 16mm mabe pearl surrounded by rubies and diamonds arranged in an alternating pattern.. The rubies have a medium tone and are slightly pinkish red. Attached to the back of each earring is a pierced post and omega clip back. The earrings measure approximately 1" in diameter, have an illegible stamp and weigh 14 grams. Excellent condition.
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1980 item #1469294 (stock #15847)
A rarely surfacing pair of stunning Miguel Martinez earrings, this set reinterprets neo-Aztec elements in a modernist, almost surrealist way. I consider Martinez's jewelry to be among the best examples of 20th c. Taxco design and silver-smithing, always a feast for the eyes and perfectly finished...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Pre 1980 item #1161280 (stock #CL20310)
Vintage 14K yellow gold chain with faceted amethyst beads, 5 larger beads (approximately 3/16 inch in diameter), 53 smaller beads (approximately 2/16 inch in diameter), 58 beads total. Total length is 25 inches, including clasp (see photos) Beautiful color. Not sure how old this is, beads look to be hand carved. Great condition.
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Pre 1980 item #1065102 (stock #vj201135)
18K yellow gold and diamond engagement and wedding band set or set of 3 stack rings. The middle ring is set with one roundcut 10 point center diamond (approx 3.5mm in diameter) and 8 roundcut side diamonds (approx 5 points each, approx 2mm in diameter each). The 2 outside rings are each set with 2 roundcut 10 point diamonds (approx 3.5 mm in diameter) and 7 roundcut side diamonds (approx 5 points each, approx 2mm in diameter each). Diamonds are estimated to be SI, I in color...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1980 item #1464174 (stock #1223009)
Circa 1960's - 70's, this Carmen Beckmann cuff pulls out all the stops. It's an exceptional bracelet which I have not seen before, and believe to be very rare. Seven Mexican fire opals of varying sizes are at front and center. The stones are magnificent, and have flashes of green, orange, blue, and purple. Framed on each side with a raised abstract silver shapes with oxidized recesses. Measures 6" inside edge to edge, with an additional gap/opening of 1 3/16"...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Costume : Designer : Pre 1980 item #951303
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Fabulous statement making vintage 1970s necklace with a heavy wide openwork snake chain, a huge Bakelite pendant simulating jade with an engraved goldtone coiled element, and glass faux coral and turquoise cabochon stones. The large stone is set in dogtooth prongs. The chain has an engraved end cap. Marked ALICE CAVINESS. The necklace hooks at the pendant to close. Weighty and substantial and drapes beautifully. I am selling the matching drop earrings in a separate listing...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1980 item #1463877 (stock #15677)
One of Taxco’s two “Miguels”, Miguel Melendez started his career with William Spratling at Las Delicias, moved on to work with the Los Castillo and later Margot de Taxco and in the early 1950s opened his own workshop. A talented modernist with deep roots in Mexico’s rich archaeological history, he loved combining silver with hard- and semi-precious stones and excelled in two-sided pendants that married stone or shell inlay with abstract overlay on highly oxidized surfaces...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Pre 1980 item #705311 (stock #mla30722)
Great condition authentic Cartier rolling ring made of 3 interlocking rings: yellow, rose and white 18K gold. Weight is 9.1 g, says le must de Cartier on the outside of the rose gold ring, stamped on the inside in this order: 750 56 O 9142 Z Size is 56 (french), 7.0 - 7.5 (US)
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Costume : Designer : Pre 1980 item #951325
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Fabulous and modern looking wear-everywhere YSL necklace of very large graduated goldtone beads strung on a goldtone metal chain, with three wheel shaped center elements with large glass cabochons in violet, cobalt blue, fuschia, and opaque pink. 1970s. Marked YSL on attached metal hang tag. With hook clasp. Perfectly on trend with the glam, edgy look of the metals, chains, and studs which are all over the runways and fashion magazines...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Pre 1980 item #1031569
A beautiful 18K yellow gold bracelet featuring alternating flexible links set with cabochon blue sapphires and round brilliant cut diamonds. The collet-set sapphires, graded as medium-dark blue in color, have good clarity and show no signs of heat or other treatment. The diamonds, graded as SI2 clarity and J/K color, are bead-set in white gold. Tool marks on the reverse indicate that the bracelet is handmade. The box clasp is concealed under one of the sapphire links...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Pre 1980 item #714021 (stock #mla30729)
Large snake brooch made by Italian designer Piranesi. 18K black gold setting covered with aquamarine, green tourmaline, two approx 5 pt diamonds for eyes. A dazzling overall effect, for the green lover definitely! LAYAWAY AVAILABLE!
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Pre 1980 item #1158133
A lovely pair of 18K yellow gold set with cultured pearls by Mikimoto. Each earring features a pair of 7.3mm pearls with very fine luster, blemish-free surfaces and cream body color with rose overtones. The pearls are simply nested in a swirl of gold. The backs are marked with Mikimoto’s hallmark and “750” for 18K.

Origin: Japan, ca. 1980. Condition: excellent. Size: 5/8” x 9/16”. Weight: 6.1 gr.

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Pre 1980 item #480360 (stock #mla161)
14K yellow gold (stamped 14K with hallmark on inside of ring) garnet cluster ring with a total of 6 bright red round-cut rubies surrounding one similar size and shape garnet. Top of ring has a diameter of approximately 6 mm. Size 5. Can be resized easily by a competent jeweler. Weight: 2.7 grams
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Pre 1980 item #836890 (stock #0896)
This beautiful ring is just under a size 6 (perhaps 5.75). It has a lovely foliate design topped off 3 flowers with prong set, very colorful opals inside. The band is marked 10K and MCO with a maker's mark with which I am unfamiliar. It has good heft and is in excellent condition.