Things To Remember In Purchasing Wholesale Costume Jewelry

By Jaclyn Hurley


Reproduced jewelries which are mostly molded from original items have been sold everywhere. You will be stumbling with different versions and designs of these costume jewels from shops in different states in the United States. Most likely, these items are also produced and assembled overseas before being sold in the country. Many of these are copied from original brands in various designs and styles.

You will know that a wholesale costume jewelry has been copied from the original by the size alone. Most of these are larger than the originals because they have bigger molders. One effective way of identifying these is by having an accurate reference guide. It could be a book or an expert opinion from a trusted friend.

Aside from the size, the thickness of the treatment can also be an identification for newer copies. Replicated models may have monotone qualities without any integration of softer shadings and could even look like low end according to some people. These may also be gilded with vermillion, bronze, and silver and could made of plastic as well.

Another accurate indicator if you are serious in this matter is the mark that is on the jewelry itself. You may need deeper and updated knowledge on company markings though because this could change from time to time. A company line might be different now compared to its previous years.

These differentiating characteristics are obvious because originals are handmade and reproduced copies are mass produced. In addition, the mountings can also be one thing that would separate an original from a copied version. The mounting on reproduced versions are usually casted while originals have mountings which are soldered altogether into one piece.

This is the reason why most mass manufactured versions often have tighter appearance while the latter have lighter looks. Probably, the former are manufactured with mountings that has little space in between. Moreover, if you can examine the prongs of the item that you have right now, you will either observe it is thinly or thickly created.

For comparison, thin prongs would likely indicated that it is an original and it is created to let the stones be noticed. Thicker prongs on the other hand would mean it is reproduced and it is created such way to secure the stones in its mounting. This is quite illogical according to experts because the main purpose a jewelry is to show off its beauty not to hide it.

Moreover, mass manufactured jewelry will have unbent prongs because of production efficiency reasons. It is quite easy to just glue those stones directly than to spend time in bending prongs to give it a firmer hold. On one hand, originals will have bent prongs which are intentionally created to securely hold its stones.

If you have plans of buying jewelry through a wholesale store, please know if you like to buy the reproduced ones or the originals. The only line that divide both these identical items could be the quality and the price. It is not that bad to buy those reproduced if you know you are getting the value you are paying for. What is disappointing is that you pay for something less than the value of your time and money.




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