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Trifari is one of the most recognized names in American costume jewelry, founded by Gustavo Trifari and later joined by Leo Krussman and Carl Fishel, and its reputation for genuine design sophistication set it apart from most of its mass-market competitors. The Crown Mark Trifari’s…

Coro, a contraction of founders Cohn and Rosenberger’s names, grew into one of the largest costume jewelry manufacturers by sheer production volume in the mid-20th century, making it both genuinely important to the hobby’s history and, because of that volume, generally more affordable to collect…

Miriam Haskell founded one of the few major female-led jewelry houses of her era, and the company’s reputation rests specifically on hand-wired construction techniques that set it apart from nearly every mass-production competitor of the same period. Genuinely Hand-Wired Construction Unlike most costume jewelry assembled…