Here at 𝐑𝐊𝐕, we research the history of each item we sell to give the most accurate information we can when adding items to our online store.
We would like to share with you some of our research and spotlight a brand that was probably the stimulant in the growth of the American jewelry industry, 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐨.
We believe that 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐨 was one of the most influential jewelry businesses in its time. 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐨 paved the pathway for other future jewelry companies with their manufacturing and selling methods. It is one of the most interesting and complex vintage companies we have in our collection at 𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐨 𝐊𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐲 𝐕𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞.
𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰?
- 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘌. 𝘊𝘰𝘩𝘯 & 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘠𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 1900𝘴 𝘣𝘺 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘯, 𝘌𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘦𝘭 𝘊𝘰𝘩𝘯.
- 𝘊𝘰𝘩𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘫𝘦𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘳𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵, 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘭 𝘙𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 1903.
- 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘊𝘖𝘙𝘖 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴.
- 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘫𝘦𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘙𝘩𝘰𝘥𝘦 𝘐𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 1929.
- 𝘖𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘵𝘴 80-𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺, 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘹𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 135 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴.
- 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘵 (1933), 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘪𝘴 (1937) 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘝𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘦 (1944) 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴.
𝐋𝐞𝐭’𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐨’𝐬 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬, 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐭!
- 𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 1930𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 1970𝘴 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦.
- 𝘐𝘯 1933 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘰 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦 𝘫𝘦𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘌𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘯 𝘌𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘊𝘪𝘳𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘰 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦. 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘫𝘦𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘹. 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘵 𝘫𝘦𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘳𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢.
- 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘰 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦𝘥. (𝘚𝘦𝘦 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘸.)
𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬!
- 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘴𝘰 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 30𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘳𝘶𝘣𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘴, 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵. 𝘐𝘯 1938, 𝘛𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘢𝘳𝘪 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.
- 𝘋𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘞𝘞𝘐𝘐 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘰 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘶𝘱𝘴, 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘳 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘫𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯.
- 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘦 𝘝𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘰 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘊𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘮𝘦 𝘑𝘦𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘳𝘺’𝘴 𝘎𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘈𝘨𝘦 1935-1950. 𝘏𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘮𝘦 𝘫𝘦𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘐𝘯 2000, 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘝𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘍𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘮𝘦 𝘑𝘦𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘳𝘺 𝘊𝘭𝘶𝘣 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘥 75𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘫𝘦𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘳𝘺. 𝘏𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘯 2012 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘦 101.
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