What are the Antique and Vintage Jewelry Lane requirements?

Article Number: 564
Created On: 2011-12-27 2:29 PM
Author: Administrator [joel@rubylane.com]

URL : http://kb.rubylane.com/question.php?ID=564

In addition to the Common Requirements, we require Antique & Vintage Jewelry items, i.e. those that begin with the word Antique & Vintage Jewelry in the category string, to meet these quality standards:

• Antique & Vintage Jewelry items must be jewelry pieces and meet the guidelines for either Antiques Lane or Vintage Collectibles Lane.
• Minimum sale price for any Vintage Jewelry item is $10 USD.
• Minimum sale price for any Antique Jewelry item is $50 USD.
  
• Antique Jewelry items must be high quality pieces that are 100 years or older.
  
• All jewelry items, other than handcrafted Artisan Jewelry items, must be listed in the Antique & Vintage Jewelry Lane. Examples of items that can be jewelry pieces: Necklaces, bracelets, anklets, earrings, brooches/pins, rings, charms, pendants/lockets, cuff links, hatpins, stickpins, dress clips, watches and watch fobs, multiple coordinating pieces originally manufactured to be matching sets, such as parures and demi-parures.
• Vintage Jewelry items not yet 20 years old can qualify to be listed only if these conditions are met:
  • The specific item is found mentioned in a printed price guide book, and
  • the name of the printed price guide book in which the item was found and the year the item was made are both provided within the listing.
• Unless the front and back of a jewelry piece are identical, a clear photo of both the front and back must be provided in the listing.
• If a manufacturer's mark and/or a metal fineness mark are present, these must be illustrated in the listing and be clearly readable.
• If a jewelry item has no quality mark, it must be tested and testing information must appear in the description if a claim of precious metal content is made.
• Specifically excluded from being listed in Antique & Vintage Jewelry Lane are:
  • New pieces of jewelry.
  • Commonly available, mass-produced jewelry.
  • Items intended for the adornment of inanimate objects or animals.
  • Bulk sales or "lots" in which a single listing contains groups of unmatched jewelry pieces.
  • Items that are not jewelry pieces. Examples: Hair sticks or combs, barrettes, pony tail holders; key rings; clothing buttons; book marks; cigarette cases, lanyards; eyeglass chains; compacts; purses and handbags; decorative zipper pulls; rosaries; trinket boxes, vanity or table top jewelry boxes, commercial presentation boxes originally sold with jewelry pieces that are empty of original contents.

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