http://blog.tiffanycollector.com Fri, 25 Jun 2010 19:41:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Summer is here! There were doubts about Spring; at least in California, the weather kept us guessing if Winter was really over. This last month has certainly shown us that nature couldn't care about our whims or calendars, but with school letting out and flowers blooming, Summer is certainly here. Tiffany & ... http://blog.tiffanycollector.com/2010/06/25/summer-sentiments/ It was a wonderful Mother's Day surprise last week when my boys took me to San Francisco's Legion of Honor for the Cartier and America exhibition. The collection of exquisite jewels on display was beyond breathtaking. To see the quality of such craftsmanship and brilliant design hold up through decades, ... http://blog.tiffanycollector.com/2010/05/15/cartiers-cachet/ Last weekend, I went into my local Tiffany & Co. to have a clasp fixed and they reminded me why buying fine jewelry is a fine investment. The young lady at the repair counter was gracious, charming, and well mannered. Not only would they fix the clasp, they would put ... http://blog.tiffanycollector.com/2010/05/02/honoring-time-at-tiffanys/ As true as the sun rising, when the economy sputters, more people are willing to bend their ethics to get by. More pieces of fake Tiffany are showing up on eBay. We've all seen pieces with prices that are too good to be true. I wanted to dedicate a post ... http://blog.tiffanycollector.com/2010/03/31/back-room-insight/ Hello! As many of you have already noticed, Marc spent a great deal of time completely revamping our 5-year-old website. It's been great, but time for an upgrade. He did this in preparation for a fabulous collection of vintage Tiffany we will be listing in the coming weeks. You will be ... http://blog.tiffanycollector.com/2010/03/12/spring-cleaning/ Lately, a lot of our friends and kind customers have been finding other sellers listing Tiffany items which seem identical to ours. There is a reason for this: apparently, it's easy to copy and paste pictures from other listings on eBay. So a malitious seller can use our photos, copy ... http://blog.tiffanycollector.com/2010/02/26/is-a-picture-worth-a-thousand-words-maybe/ It's funny...just two weeks ago I was musing that it's been a while since eBay summary banned me for selling real Tiffany (as they used to like to do). Then I got a notice from eBay that they're getting rid of their PowerSeller ranking. But...for a decade we've been working ... http://blog.tiffanycollector.com/2010/02/12/blue-ribbon-blues/ eBay is encouraging sellers to offer free shipping and best offers. I can see their point in both of these idea. eBay doesn't make a dime off shipping, so why should the sellers? Forget the fact that we all pay money to ship everything, even a post card, much less ... http://blog.tiffanycollector.com/2009/09/22/best-offer-etiquette/ As many of you know, my son Marc has been in charge of my ebay store and website for the last month. Vito and I met Michael in Rome and traveled by train north to The Netherlands. It was a spectacular holiday and we filled every minute with adventure. I was ... http://blog.tiffanycollector.com/2009/08/29/my-european-adventure-2009/ Its Thursday night and I am happily watching the funny shows I spend all week looking forward to. Before I know whats happening, Jane Seymore is is the mirror pitching new "Open Heart" necklace from Kay Jewelers. It looks so much like Picasso's Double Heart pieces, its not funny. So, ... http://blog.tiffanycollector.com/2008/11/06/the-tacky-kay-jeweler-coinsidenceon-myname-is-earlwhat-the-heck/