Amazing Adornments Condition Statement
When purchasing vintage costume jewelry, compacts and handbags or pre-owned jewelry, compacts and handbags please keep in mind the items age. This is not new jewelry, the purses were carried and in most cases the compacts were used. None of the items will look new. We like to think of them as gently used. We often wonder what a piece of vintage jewelry has seen! Where it has been. The stories it could tell!
Also keep in mind that due to the age of some items, especially those with hand set stones, the adhesive used can become brittle over time. When this occurs, the stones can become dislodged. We package our items carefully and ship most jewelry items in plastic bags just in case. Glue can also yellow with age. These are natural processes and are not considered flaws by us.
Please also keep in mind that some costume jewelry has unique manufacturing defects such as the extra solder you will almost always find on DeLizza and Elster jewelry. In fact, this has become one of the ways to identify a D&E jewelry item. If we find a manufacturing defect that is well known, we do not always mention it. We try to mention those that are not as well known as the one in the above example. We do not consider these flaws.
In some very rare cases a "mint" item comes along. Mint implies like new and most if not all of the jewelry we sell is used. For the most part, all jewelry (excluding the TLC Collection) for sale at Amazing Adornments falls somewhere between good and excellent. The purses and compacts vary in condition. Please read descriptions carefully as we try to note any flaw we see. If you would like additional information about any item we would be happy to help. Just contact us.
Below is a table that you can use as a reference. We provide this so that our customers will know exactly what they are purchasing. We want our customers to be thrilled with their purchases and we believe in full disclosure. If we see a flaw we will mention it. The first column is the exact term we use in our descriptions. The second column is a explanation of what we mean by the term found in the first column.
Vintage and Pre-owned Costume Jewelry Condition Guidelines Table
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Like new. |
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No major wear, no repairs, all stones intact, no broken parts. |
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Moderate wear [usually not seen unless with a loupe], no repairs, all stones intact, no broken parts. Stones can show light wear. |
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Moderate wear, If needed proper repairs or stone replacements could have been made. Could have discolored stones. Stones can show wear. Some stones could be loose. |
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Heavy wear but still in good shape. No broken parts. Could have chipping on metal or stones. Could have discolored and/or missing stones. |
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Heavy wear...needs TLC. Can be restored to "very good" condition. Can have broken parts. |
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Good for parts or stones. |
Vintage and Pre-owned Handbag Condition Table
| Mint | Like new. |
| Excellent | Normal wear and any wear or flaws are not that noticeable. |
| Gently Used/Very Good | Minimal wear, could have some light staining. |
| Used/Good | Wear is noted and this was a purse that was carried a lot. |
| Fair | Some issues here! Restorable. |
Another word about Compacts and other Vanity items: Most are used and in good condition. If the compact/vanity item has a flaw or is not complete with puff for instance...we will state this in the description. If we state that a compact is unused this means all items are present, the puff looks clean and the product looks unused. The case could still show wear however.