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Fenris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-04 02:55 PM
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4. The value of Bakelite jewelry is determined by rarity and design.
Edited on Fri Dec-03-04 02:58 PM by Fenris
Increasingly a rare material to make jewerly out of once the cheaper Vulcanite was developed.

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  -What makes Bakelite jewelry so desirable? CatWoman  Dec-03-04 02:47 PM   #0 
  - From what period? The 20s? 30s?  Fenris   Dec-03-04 02:49 PM   #1 
  - from anywhere before the 50's  CatWoman   Dec-03-04 02:51 PM   #2 
     - The value of Bakelite jewelry is determined by rarity and design.  Fenris   Dec-03-04 02:55 PM   #4 
        - Helpful hint:  flamingyouth   Dec-03-04 03:50 PM   #6 
  - it was mostly made for a short time , i think 20- 40's and disappeared.  bettyellen   Dec-03-04 02:54 PM   #3 
  - I speak as a fan, not an antiques expert...  rhyfeddu   Dec-03-04 02:59 PM   #5 
  - I remember the guys on Antiques Roadshow had a special test  CatWoman   Dec-03-04 05:18 PM   #8 
     - Run it under hot water  China_cat   Dec-03-04 05:40 PM   #9 
        - smells like burning fingernails (nt)  clover   Dec-03-04 06:48 PM   #10 
        - Yup  rhyfeddu   Dec-03-04 07:28 PM   #12 
  - well made Bakelite  AmandaRuth   Dec-03-04 04:11 PM   #7 
  - Partly because most of it is hand-carved, not molded.  Spider Jerusalem   Dec-03-04 06:57 PM   #11 
  - A little about Bakelite  jmowreader   Dec-03-04 08:33 PM   #13 
  - It's cool, they don't make it anymore and  Patsy Stone   Dec-03-04 08:35 PM   #14 
 

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