ZUZU VINTAGE... 20th Century Vintage FABULOUS... Vintage Jewelry, Handbags & Accessories (1920-1989)

Zuzu Vintage  is actively buying and selling vintage costume and fine jewelry from 1920's to the 1980's. Of particular interest are designer pieces by FLORENZA, WEISS, GOLDETTE, D&E, CROWN TRIFARI, CORO, MIRIAM HASKELL, VENDOME, HOBE. I also enjoy BAKELITE and other vintage plastic pieces as well. In the coming months I will be presenting vintage apparel, shoes and handbags as well as vintage sewing buttons.. so stay tuned!  

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Meow-

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Remember.... When in doubt ------> BUY IT NOW! ....

Don't let her steal your TOTO!  

ENJOY BAKELITE!! 

ZUZU VINTAGE BAKELITE ITEMS .. Want it? Search my store by CATEGORY in the sidebar.. Keyword BAKELITE & VINTAGE PLASTICS

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ZuZu VTG  Bakelite Cliffnotes:

When I state that a piece is Bakelite in one of my listings in means that it is genuine vintage Bakelite or Catalin Bakelite and that the pieces test positive with simichrome. Catalin refers to the Catalin Corporation and is the company that took over the Bakelite corporation when Mr Baekeland (the inventor of Bakelite and the founder of the Bakelite Corporation) died in 1944. The new company continued creating beautiful pieces of Bakelite using the traditional formula of phenol and formaldehyde but often without the added fillers like recycled socks or wood fiber flour, or carcinogenic fillers like asbestos. This lack of fillers often made for far more beautiful (and often more valuable) pieces of jewelry, for there are a greater variety of colors available to work with and create and the translucent or transparent factor (like in Prystal) is attainable whereas with traditional Bakelite of pre 1930's you may only attain opaqueness and a relatively boring range of colors (often browns and yellows and greens.)

In a buyers market today and especially on eBay Catalin and Bakelite are considered one and the same. When a piece is Catalin or Bakelite or other phenolic resin (such as Marblette) I will list them as such. French Bakelite or Galalith which often tests as Bakelite but has in fact made from Casein, or milk protein will also be listed as such.

Stay tuned. New items added weekly.. 

Meow,

ZuZu

Meow,

ZuZu

ZUZU VINTAGE STORE ITEMS

Enjoy 1920's Art Deco & Machine Age Design...

...to 1940's & 50's Retro Modern Design...

...to the 1960's and 70's...

Meow,

ZuZu

VINTAGE BUTTONS!

WOW!!

Recently I have been overwhelmed with vintage jewelry, but it's not my only passion. I LOVE VINTAGE BUTTONS! From the Victorian era to the 1980's, I'm a sucker for great design and BUTTONS are a tiny work of graphic art! In the future I will be selling both HUGE and tiny lots of vintage buttons that I have collected over the years but in the meantime, if you have a LOT of vintage buttons please email me with your listing! I buy in BULK!!

Meow,

ZuZu