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Antique jewelry are pieces aged roughly 100 years or older; vintage is generally accepted as pieces 50 to 100 years old — anything created between 1923 and 1973. Those definitions, however, vary depending on who is asked. Industry experts such as those at Goldstein Diamonds, classify anything over 20 years as vintage, according their website.

But whether jewelry is vintage; antique; or costume, which is mass produced; the antique stores in Abilene are ripe for the picking in finding unique pieces.

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