Vintage jewelry
Posted by Lauren | Under Site Stuff with 69 views Thursday Mar 29, 2007For my graduation and birthday, one of my ninangs gave me some money and my mom suggested that I use part of it to buy something that will remind me of her. I immediately thought that vintage jewelry would be perfect thing to get. My ninang isn’t exactly one for old things but I have a strange fascination for secondhand objects–be it books, furniture, clothes, or jewelry. The older, the better (except for clothes). For some time now, I’ve been meaning to get myself a vintage jewelry piece–nothing too ostentatious or flashy so I can wear it everyday. I never seem to have the time and money to get one, but hooray for birthdays and college graduations!
At Tiendesitas, the place I always check out (after paying a visit to the cats in the Pet Market) is the antiques section, so that’s where my mom and I went to get me some jewelry. I was hoping to buy a piece with opals in it, but the only opal I saw was this huge, glittering stone that cost sixty thousand pesos. Ugh. After spending half an hour looking through the many pretty things in the shops, I finally decided on a glittery amber ring and an intricate turquoise ring.
I think this could be the start of a new collection. Vintage rings don’t cost as much money as I thought they would, and they defintely have more character than the jewelry available in your average, trendy mall store. When I get my first paycheck, perhaps I’ll pay another visit to the Tiendesitas Antique Market.
Lauren, Happy Graduation. Nice rings! There are some nice items in tiendesitas. BTW, Did you buy a College batch ring? It’s quite expensive.
Ugh, no way. I wanted to at first but I figured that there are many other pretty things I can get for 5 thousand pesos.
i’ve seen several very interesting antique rings with intricate designs and unusual stone settings in the segunda mano corner in makati cinema square. Another one you should check out is this antique bookstore in the corner between vintage pop and blacksoup project in cubao x. You might also find some interesting rings in unang panahon art gallery in the bahay ng alumni in up diliman. The rings I found in the places i recommended are quite affordable. They ranged between 600+ to about 1500. The stones were onyx, amber, lapis lazuli, turquois and some others I couldn’t identify.
I actually bought a silver ring with an art nouveau design reminiscent of the flowers seen on the borders of alphonse mucha’s works. it had a lovely patina on it that gave it a character that can’t be replicated by a new ring.
Hope you have fun ring hunting. And even if you don’t buy?find anything I assure u that these places are interesting enough to distract you if you come out empty handed.