Hello! Sorry I haven’t posted in awhile. With Halloween just around the corner, I thought it would be apt to talk about the perceived creepiness surrounding antique jewelry.

Whenever someone finds out that I sell antique jewelry, the inevitable question pops up, “Aren’t you scared? You don’t know who wore it before.” I guess that’s the reason why I initially targeted foreign buyers. Foreigners generally embrace the rich history behind each piece. Some of them don’t even want it cleaned and like it as is.

. A lot of us, Filipinos on the other hand are a little wary of wearing something really old especially if we don’t know who wore it. I guess some of us are still very superstitious. I suspect that it one of the reasons why some local buyers like to have the antique jewelry pieces cleaned to look like new. Or maybe that is just how they remember their grandmother’s jewelry to look like.

. It’s so funny I had my first bazaar early this month and the most common question I got was, “Is the original owner already dead?” Well, it is an antique- at least a hundred years old so yeah, most likely. ;P

. One lady kept coming back to this vintage ring. She liked it but shuddered at the thought that the original owner might be dead. While I did not really know the original owner, it was just a vintage ring (mid-century I believe) so most likely, the owner is still alive. Then she came back and decided to get the ring after getting the final nod from her friends.