Hands up, who remembers these kind of earrings?

I have a big box of vintage jewelry that I bought when scarbaby and I went to that auction.  I've slowly been sorting through it and cleaning it, and there are some treasures. I found some 80's jewelry that was divine, so I listed a few pairs on the Etsy.

Also I'm selling one earring by its lonesome.

I know it's just one earring, but it's the shit! You don't even need two of these.

I have some other treasures I found in my box of miscellaneous auction wins from that day. I love auctions, but most of all I love junk jewelry lots. You can go through them for hours, it's like sorting through pirate treasure. Matching the earrings, untangling the necklaces... I could do it for days.

I'll go try and get the camera to behave and see if I can post some more of my finds before I start wanting to keep them all. I found this tiny little brass telephone charm - its a lovely quality, really detailed, and it has a moving rotary dial. It came off an ancient earring, I'd say 50's or maybe early 60's. It would make a really nice pendant for a simple necklace. I don't want to sell it, gah! I am a pack rat always trying to struggle against my pack rat tendencies.

Photographing earrings is much simpler when you have a mannequin. My mother bought this one at an auction with a sticker that said "Neni" on it. So I guess her name is Neni. I painted her a light ivory color because she used to be scratched metallic silver. I am seriously tempted to paint a face on her, but I don't know. It might distract from the jewelry. Only it's maddening for a doll maker to be around a blank face!