Novato, CA (PRWEB) January 29, 2008 -- Karen's fascination with vintage costume and fine jewelry began during her 3 years assisting people liquidate estates as an eBay Trading Assistant. Her dream of having her own website came true when the opportunity to purchase http://www.PastGems.com presented itself. Karen scours the planet searching for quality vintage jewelry and offers them on her lovingly developed website at affordable prices. "The collector's market for vintage jewelry strikes me as being overpriced for the average collector; my goal is to make this unique and vanishing jewelry available to everyone at prices they can afford," Karen states.

PastGems.com is now located in beautiful Northern California. Karen will be very soon starting a blog where customers can communicate with her directly about vintage jewelry history, cleaning, identification and anything else people want to discuss.

The website presently has almost 1000 pieces of fine estate jewelry and vintage costume jewelry, including rhinestones, sterling silver, 14K gold, parures, men's jewelry, boho jewelry, bakelite jewelry, wedding jewelry, vintage brooches, bracelets, clip earrings, necklaces and signed and unsigned pieces from the past. Designers include Avon, Eisenberg, Florenza, Kramer, Juliana style, Renoir, Richelieu, Taxco, Weiss, Whiting & Davis and more.