2024DuMouchellesSpurrier & Co (Birmingham And London) Electro Plated Fish Slice & Fork, Bakelite Handles, Ca. 1890,See Sold Price
2024Lunds Auctioneers & Appraisers Ltd.2 Vintage Antique Telephones: 1 Black / 1 Bakelite.See Sold Price
2024Ripley AuctionsVintage Bakelite equestrian galloping horse brooch. 2 5/8"H x 3 1/4"WSee Sold Price
2024Annzstiques Auction HouseVintage Old Red Cherry Amber Bakelite Graduated Bead necklaceSee Sold Price
Bakelite: colorful and cheery costume jewelryNEW YORK – Originally developed in 1907 for use in the automotive and electrical industries by Leo Baekeland, a scientist working in Yonkers, N.Y., Bakelite was an early form of plastic that was not only a great insulator as it didn’t conduct electricity, but also it proved to be the perfect medium for costume jewelry.
Festival makes antiquing a year-round sport in South FloridaWEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – The first of this year’s West Palm Beach Antiques Festival Summer Shows on July 2-3 had lots of competition from the Monday national holiday and a crowded local events calendar, but rainy weather gave customers an opportunity for some dry, air-conditioned fun searching out antiques. Festival owners Kay and Bill […]
Reyne Gauge: Consumer Trends for 2010I love reading reports on the economy (this is a tongue-in-cheek statement by the way). One says we’re on the road to recovery, another claims we’re too quick when thinking it’s over. They constantly contradict themselves and I never seem to know if I should pull my wallet out, or put it away for another […]