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Stunning VINTAGE "ANSON" TIE TACK-IOB-GOLD TONE!!!
I was fortunate enough to purchase a tin, at a recent Estate Sale, that was full of vintage items, new in their original packages! This "ANSON" jewelry piece, was among them. Made by the ANSON COMPANY, I would assume from the attached price, that it is from the 1950's or 1960's. This GOLD TONE, PIN STRIPE STYLE TIE TACK, went for $2.95 back then! It is un-used, in it's original box with price label, inside of the black leather-look case, with satin and velvet inner sections. It is a very beautiful piece.
I do not have any information about the content of the metal in the piece, but have shown it to the best of my ability, in the photos above and below. The following is the information I found on the ANSON COMPANY, while researching them online:
"Olaf Anderson emigrated to the U.S.A. from Sweden in 1929 and founded, as president and treasurer, in 1938, the Anderson Tool & Die Co. of Providence, RI making tools and dies for the jewelry manufacturing business up until WWII (1941) when the machinery was converted into milling machines making war production work. After the war, in 1945, when the war contracts were completed, the company started manufacturing men’s jewelry that included a new type of a collar holder and a complete line of men’s jewelry, cuff links, identification bracelets, tie clips, stick pins, tie tacs, tie chains, collar holders, key devices and money clips comprised of sterling silver, gold and silver filled metal bases. The company changed its name in 1948 to Anson Inc.
In 1967, along with the men’s jewelry lines, women’s jewelry of stick pins, brooches/pins and silver beads were added to the manufacturing output that used rhodium, bronze and pewter along with the sterling silver, gold and silver filled base metals. The Tiffany Company sold Anson jewelry in their department stores.
In October 1983, Anson Inc. declared bankruptcy, emerged from a Chapter 11 reorganization and then was foreclosed on by Fleet (Fleet National Bank & Fleet Credit Corporation) who sold its assets (the operating assets and the entire inventory of Anson Inc. enabling C & J to continue the identical product lines without interruption) to C & J Jewelry in a private sale that did not include the sale information to Tiffany who was its most important retail distributor of Anson jewelry."
Please view the photos and feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns you may have, prior to bidding. Also, please check my other listings for VINTAGE CLOTHING, LINGERIE, HANDBAGS, LINENS, COTTAGE CHIC DECOR, HANDCRAFTED JEWELRY, HANDCRAFTED VINTAGE HOLIDAY DECOR & MORE! I am happy to combine your auction wins and store purchases, to save you more on shipping!
This item has a nominal .50 Domestic and $2. International, handling fee, included in the shipping costs. Buyer may choose between Priority, Parcel Post, or First Class shipping on this auction. I never force you to choose a shipping method that saves ME time but costs YOU money and am ALWAYS HAPPY TO COMBINE YOUR PURCHASES, TO SAVE YOU MORE! Thanks for looking and please view my other auctions and Ebay Store for more VINTAGE JEWELRY, and other, Quality Vintage Finds.
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