The Journal

Buying Guides

November 6, 2026

How to Buy Vintage Signed Jewelry: A Collector’s Guide

Signatures, marks, construction and condition: how we examine a signed jewel before it joins the collection, and what every collector should check.

Nov 6, 2026

How to Buy Vintage Cartier: Signatures, Marks and the Designs to Know

Nov 6, 2026

How to Buy Vintage Van Cleef & Arpels: Signatures, Transformations and the Designs to Know

Nov 6, 2026

How to Buy Vintage Bulgari: Signatures, Tubogas, Serpenti and Monete

Nov 6, 2026

Signed or Unsigned? What a Signature Means in Vintage Jewelry

The Odeon Letter

A few letters a season. Never more.