Originally Posted by Tartan
On the Antique Roadshow, costume jewellery can be quite valuable but does anyone actually wear it? I think the Family Jewel tree is great. It's get all that old stuff out on display instead of in a box somewhere. Like your quilted jewel cozy too.
They had a woman on one of the shows with a manequin "dressed" completely in old costume jewelry. As they were turning it, I told my dh....hey, I have that one, and that one and that one. He nearly fell off the couch when they told her what it was worth, lol. And I do wear some of the pieces sometimes.
Last year, I took out all the fancy sparkling ones and put red ribbons on them, and hung them on the Christmas tree. They made lovely ornaments.