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___________________________________________ HAPPY HANUKKAH and MERRY CHRISTMAS to all! Thank you to all the collectors who shared their "testimonial" feedback describing my unique service and fair prices. Looking forward to creating more wearable art custom work, painting commissions and finding more vintage jewelry treasures for our loyal clients. Thank you again for patronizing and shopping @ www.mimideeartwear.com! Mimi ___________________________________________ COLLECTING SIGNED BUTTERFLY METALWORK SCULPTURE JEWELRY Watching elusive butterfly jewels in our gardens, can conjure up playful childhood memories of yearning to possess those garden jewels if only to examine them closely and try wearing them in one's hair. Speaking from that youthful girl perspective, the iridescent wings did indeed look like gems that could make any little girl squeal with delight and want to own a jewelry box full. A century ago some did indeed wear them as evidenced by the very collectible vintage butterfly wing jewelry found in numerous antique jewelry sites. One can only hope that they were harvested and that none or few flying gems were sacrificed! Today, you can still enjoy wearing butterfly motif jewelry. Mimi, a self taught metalwork jewelry artist who has always worked alone and in the modernist tradition, enjoys forging then signing the occasional butterfly metalwork sculpture to be worn as a conversation piece of jewelry. Some of her 10 oz+ sterling sculptures are collected as juried fine art sculpture to be placed in a collector’s case. She hand shapes and hammers the sterling or gold fill form, then adds the gems and gemstones for color and extra value. To own a signed Mimi Dee metalwork jewelry piece, is to own the only one. Besides finding vintage butterfly wing jewelry made in faraway places so long ago, Ms Dee’s signed work can be found by visiting www.mimideeartwear.com, www.trocadero.com and www.modernsilver.com under the gallery link. Collectors of signed jewelry may well find Ms Dee’s work for acquisition before she publishes her own book.
___________________________________________ MIMI DEE ARTWEAR: WHEN STUDIO JEWELRY IS NOT STUDIO What is studio jewelry? With the economy as it is, competition in high gear and the overabundance of all things jewelry, is it any wonder that words once used to describe artists and their work have become buzz words for mass marketing. One does not have far to go to find thousands and thousands of jewelry made overseas and touted as studio jewelry when in reality this common jewelry, no matter how beautiful, has earned its place in the designers' circle by virtue of the mass production reality, no matter how famous the designer. You have heard the words, ‘one of a kind, handmade jewelry, each piece made by hand by an artisan, we have sold 500 and have 600 more available!’ That's the definition of studio? NO! Neither a collage nor an assemblage of pre fab parts a studio piece make! Let us go back to the late 1800’s to the Arts & Crafts movement then to the Mid 20th Century Modernists era to examine the real “studio jewelry” definition. This was signed metalwork jewelry that the artists hand fabricated with their own hands from beginning to end, in their own studio, most often without the use of prefabricated materials. That some often incorporated gemstones or old found objects as part of their design, did not remove them from the “studio jewelry” realm. Now as then, those gems and old found objects are a very small percentage of the finished piece; the focus being that 90% of the art piece be formed by the artists' own hands when she cuts her own metal pieces from precious metal sheets or wire from spools. Even each chain link should be cut and handformed by the artist to qualify for the Studio title. Purist? Why, yes! The artists' work should have been entered in juried art shows and the artist having participated in and belonged to known, established art associations. If it is being 'handmade' by others, overseas, offered for wholesale, appearing in fab, famous store catalogs and/or sold by the 1000s, made for or by famous runway designer houses, then it has advanced to being classified as designer jewelry. This is NOT studio jewelry. Stamped, cast or pre made components are not part of the Studio reality. Studio jewelry begins and ends at the artist's bench. When artists, after years of hard work, have become so successful that they must employ others to make or finish their designs, then let them be proud, let them own it and rejoice! They have arrived! But it is time for the artist turned designer/entrepreneur to graduate and let go of that word "Studio" by removing it from their descriptions. More than ever it is imperative that the distinction be drawn today. Let us continue to examine what is definitely NOT studio jewelry: the use of pre fab, imported metal components on any piece of jewelry whose metal was NOT completely hand fabricated from beginning to end by the original artist at their own USA studio bench. Once he or she hires anyone to create or complete the piece, it ceases to be Studio Jewelry! Mimi’s work can be found by visiting www.mimideeartwear.com, www.trocadero.com and www.modernsilver.com under the gallery link. Collectors of signed jewelry may well find Ms Dee’s work for acquisition before she publishes her own book. ____________________________________________ MIMI DEE ARTWEAR HAS JOINED MODERN SILVER MAGAZINE Besides vintage jewelry being featured in this gallery shop, Ms. Dee’s own signed, hand wrought, metalwork jewelry, which she fabricates in the Modernist tradition, can be reviewed by the collector of signed studio jewelry. Oddly enough Mimi has been fabricating jewelry in this manner for years, not knowing who the Modernists were until she joined Trocadero a few years ago. Her education in mid century Modernism continued when she perused Modern Silver Magazine’s Mystery Marks and Silver Forum pages while searching for those pesky unidentifiable marks that many a vintage jewelry dealer is apt to encounter. Mimi, a self taught artist and working in near isolation for years, has been hand fabricating her primitive studio jewelry in the modernist tradition from beginning to end without the use of imported nor pre fabricated components; nor the use of power tools often leaving tool marks intact. The sterling, gold, gold fill or copper hand hammered sculptural pieces, which she often forms from one piece of metal without soldering, may remain unadorned for years until she weaves in gemstones from faraway places or antique elements. She feels that her education of the mid century Modernist is more complete now that she has acquired and read autographed book copies of MODERNIST JEWELRY and the latest FORM & FUNCITON by Marbeth Schon, owner and author of Modern Silver Magazine. Mimi’s work can be found by visiting www.mimideeartwear.com, www.trocadero.com and www.modernsilver.com under the gallery link. Collectors of signed jewelry may well find Ms Dee’s work for acquisition before she publishes her own book. _____________________________________________
I wish to thank all the many, many clients who have collected my Signed Studio Jewelry, Art to Wear, paintings and the numerous more who have collected vintage jewelry, a Happy Healthy Prosperous Peaceful 2009. Let us start by wishing all in order of calendar appearance a Happy Hanukkah and a Merry Christmas. Thank you to all the collectors who shared their "testimonial" feedback describing my unique service and fair prices. Looking forward to creating more wearable art custom work and finding more vintage jewelry treasures for our loyal clients. Thank you again for patronizing and shopping @ www.mimideeartwear.com! Mimi ________________________________________________
Happy Thanksgiving! During the Summer and early Fall while frustrated about world events, the high price of precious metals and the drop of the Dow Jones, I hammered copper with wild abandon, until my hands ached. Reinjuring my right hand due to the self taught trial/errors and unwise handling of the hammer, all I can do now is barely hold my paint brushes. So where are these hammered copper pieces of jewelry? Where are these paintings? All the signed, hammered copper parures and various necklaces, earrings, cuffs and rings will be accompanied by my signed, handpainted presentation boxes. These boxes still need to be finished prior to photographing and listing. If you are a current collector of my work and wish to preview the newest signed copper studio work, please call 978 975 5148 and leave a voice mail. What about the paintings? If you are a current collector of my work and wish to preview them, please call. A few landscape watercolors were painted as well. Hopefully, sunny skies will allow photographing of this more recent work. Oh, speaking of sunny skies, Mimi Dee Artwear's 2008 new clients, preferred repeat clients, art collectors who collect my work, collectors who have left testimonial feedbacks and Trocadero dealers, all who have acquired pieces from www.mimideearwear.com have been mailed hand written, hand addressed greeting cards with a reduced print of an signed original watercolor titled: "Birches and Sunny Skies". The original is available for purchase. Please search #841261 or scroll down to lower left of any catalog page under the Paintings and Sculpture link. Thank you so much for your continued patronage and for sharing my site and my work with your good friends! Mimi ______________________________________________
Having been raised on and lived through devastating hurricanes on the Texas Gulf Coast, now living in New England, I have watched the destruction of lives and property that Ike has brought upon those brave and hardy people. That there were not deaths in the 1000s is testament to the preparation and self reliance instilled in early childhood. Just knee high to a grasshopper, I can still remember putting up our hurricane maps and mapping the coordinates. It was a frightening yet important character building science lesson for a child! We knew we lived in hurricane country; we prepared!
Interesting isn't it that Ike's vast damage both in the Galveston area and up in the other states does not seem to merit more attention and coverage yet we continue to hear about another one of years past? These IKE victims are of different stock as they are self reliant, non complaining, salt of the earth people who roll up their sleeves, start the clean up, help their neighbors and are not seen throwing their hands up in the air. It is for these many reasons that we should all help hurricane Ike's surviors. In addition to personal donations, I now would like to invite Mimi Dee Artwear clients and visitors to join me in donating to Ike survivors via Salvation Army. When mentioning IKE donation or this newsletter: I will give you 10% off and 10% to Salvation Army on any regularly priced purchases (non lot, non net, birthday % nor other specials) through December 20th when using your US check or US Money Order. Of course, should you wish to dontate your 10%, then 20% of your regularly priced purchase will be forwarded to that Salvation Army's hurricane fund. All donations are made anonymously to save the charity mailing costs on subsequent requests. Please go to www.mimideeartwear.com and let us send much needed dollars to Ike's survivors. Mimi ______________________________________________ ______________________________________ From Mimi Dee Artwear: Thanking all the many, many clients who have collected Signed Mimi Dee Studio Jewelry, Wearable Art, Art to Wear and the numerous more who have collected vintage jewelry, a Happy Healthy Prosperous Peaceful 2007. First, let's start by wishing all in order of calendar appearance a Happy Hanukkah and a Merry Christmas Look forward to more wearable art custom work and finding more vintage jewelry treasures for our loyal clients. Thank you again for patronzing and shopping @ www.mimideeartwear.com! ______________________________________ Good Golly it is only October 29th and already the first snowflakes landed on our skylights just a few minutes ago at 12:52PM! You know what that means to shoppers who want that special Signed Mimi Dee Artwear Studio Silver Jewelry or vintage item as a holiday gift? It means that you can not tarry. You must start making your selections and ordering from www.mimideeartwear.com today, before this part of northern Massachusetts gets the many snow storms that are expected during the predicted long cold snowy winter ahead. Why run the risk that your carefully selected Signed Modern Art Silver or vintage jewelry will not make it to their desired destination this holiday season? Why disappoint your loved ones or yourself? Find a few strands of pearls and precious gemstones necklace earrings sets that could be worn and enjoyed at those special holiday parties. Carefully hand knotted and finished with either 14K Gold, 18K Gold, Sterling, Fine Silver or 22K Gold on Sterling Silver. The Mimi Dee Artwear website catalog @ www.mimideeartwear.com may be a bit confusing because only will you find signed Mimi Dee studio silver work but hundreds of signed and unsigned sterling silver, some gold, jewelry from the late Victorian era, Edwardian, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Modernist, Taxco, Native American to name a few styles and eras. How best to navigate if you must own the only one piece of signed artist jewelry? Please enter the catalog from the homepage, where you will reach the first page, then look to the left and scroll down until you find 12 links under GALLERY OF ORIGINALS by Mimi Dee. In addition you may wish to search for example: necklace not vintage, or earrings not vintage, bracelet not vintage, etc. to view this signed work. Both methods will bring up the sold pieces as well, but you can custom order your own jewelry by calling 978-975-5148 and leaving your name, phone number and specifications. If you are strictly looking just for vintage jewelry, then please find the appropriate items of interest in the links at upper left of any page or search: vintage necklace, vintage bracelet, etc. You can search by motifs, gemstones or any way you wish, just remember to add vintage with the search word for estate pre owned or for signed Mimi Dee work add the not vintage. All joyfully gift wrapped free of charge. Please specify plain, floral, or holiday theme. PS, within the next couple of days many or most items priced under $50 will be deleted and incorporated as a lot offer at a later time. If you have been thinking of acquiring under $50 holiday gifts, now is the time before they are deleted them from the www.mimideeartwear.com catalog inventory! ______________________________________________________________
The 80 mile round trip from here is well worth the drive to savor the best Tandoori prepared chicken or lamb around. Oh, and the naan! Fresh from their Tandoor in so many varieties! Last visit we tried plain and peshwari naan with our meal and bottle of wine which by the way starts with a toast, 'may we be dining guests of Yash & Shaila's for at least 20 more years'. The place is spotless clean and the aromas that meet you at the door to their superbly decorated restaurant will give you a hint of your dining experience. Only the freshest herbs & spices are used to prepare even 'mild-to-order' if you'd like. The buffet will make you wonder why go anywhere else. We like to take an extra order of Tandoori chicken, each piece prior to freezing for a later feast deserving of 'gift wrap and a ribbon to unwrap and enjoy another day'. Evenings can get busy, but if you stop for lunch you might even get Om to start discussing the stock market, his 'previous life' prior to assisting his wife Shaila and her business partner Yash in opening Tandoori Grille. With Diwali around the corner, you can of course enjoy vegetarian meals there as well. They are located at 197 H Boston Post Road
RTE 20W in Marlboro, MA. PS, oh unlike other restaurants of this type, their delicious portions are generous enough to save some for lunch the next day! Please stop by and tell Yash, Shaila & Om that, 'Mimi says hello'. Mimi Dee Artwear
Yikes! With temperatures and gasoline prices soaring, who
needs to go out in this heat and waste gasoline? Time to shop
for your favorite
'Loved One', yes, YOU! Gallerists Gallery Owners & Store Buyers can buy for their stores and galleries too. What can you find at www.mimideeartwear.com? Signed Studio Silver for Collectors of MADE IN AMERICA work by Mimi Dee, an American Artist who takes pride in creating all her work herself in her USA studio. That is not all, for you Vintage Signed Sterling Jewelry Collectors, you can find many delightful treasure finds at such reasonable prices. Yes, even with gasoline prices soaring and the costs of shipping going up, you can still shop at www.mimideeartwear.com and get Free ground USA mail! So why, one asks, 'do you go out in this heat and waste gasoline when you can shop here at www.mimideeartwear.com?' _____________________________________________________________________ MIMI DEE ARTWEAR NEWSLETTER JUNE 2005 Gallerists, Gallery Owners, Store Buyers You are Cordially Invited to visit this site to View Mimi Dee Artist Signed Studio Silver Work and Fiber Art to Wear for your Gallery or Store. To view her work from her homepage, please click '...HERE...' to proceed to lst page of her catalog, then look to the left and scroll down until you reach the 12 links under Gallery of Originals by Mimi Dee You can add similar custom work, 'one of or limited editions please', to your inventory and Mimi pays to mail them to Your Gallery USA address. For more info about Ms Dee, please visit the ABOUT US link.
Inquiries can be made by signing the Guest Book and providing the name of your Gallery, Your name, address, phone, zip, best time to reach you by phone and or your email or by calling 978-975-5148 and leaving same info. Besides Free USA Mail, Special Gift with Your First Wholesale Order Gallery Store Buyers Owners with website benefit even more. ________________________________________________________________________________ For Serious Vintage Jewelry Collectors of Signed Sterling Work, please look what you can find here: PARTIAL LIST OF SIGNED VINTAGE STERLING JEWELRY MAKERS such as Cini, Peruzzi, Parenti, E. A. Bliss, Clifford Russell, Hobe, Danecraft, Watson, Rebajes, Orb, Frydenberg, Volmer Bahner, Napier, Felch & Co, Mary Gage, Lillian Pines, McClelland Barclay, Leonore Doskow, Lampl, Unger Bros, Binder Bros, Kerr & Co, Kirk & Son, N E From, Ming's, Lewittes, Boothby, Winograd, Kirby, Otsby, O & B, Lang, F & B, Coro, Victorian, Edwardian, Arts & Crafts, Art Deco, Modernism, Mexican, Native American, Austro Hungarian, Czech, Italian, Continental, to name just a few MIMI DEE ARTWEAR NEWSLETTER MAY 2005 What a thrill when an artist who toils with her hands receives Poetry written by one of Her Patrons describing MIMI DEE SIGNED STUDIO JEWELRY as follows written by Jean Aloe: (About)MIMI'S GEMS each design a poem in metal and stone: picture this….
a purple planet nestled
a shaft of desert sand
a living strand of silver
a nest of gold and
trapped in a silver spider’s web
such mastery of the inanimate Written by Jean Aloe. Thank you Jean!!! For your words...for your Kind Patronage. Where would artists be without our Patrons?! These poems are the sole property of Jean Aloe, published here @ www.mimideeartwear.com per her signed release. No one may reproduce, publish or use these lines without Ms. Aloe's signed expressed permission. ---------------------------------------------------------- MIMI DEE ARTWEAR NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 2004 YIKES!!! The hurried pace of the Holiday Shopping Season is upon us...Where has the time gone???? As gas prices continue to go up and up and up, one must conserve energy and dollars. What better way than to do your Holiday Shopping online from the warmth and comfort of Your Home from someone you know and trust and that is: MIMI DEE ARTWEAR - ABOUT MIMI'S GEMS by going to www.mimideeartwear.com How does one get the best bang for our buck??? A: Acquring and giving One of a Kind Signed Studio Sterling Jewelry by MIMI DEE - MADE IN AMERICA B: Vintage signed and unsigned Sterling Silver Jewelry!!! Please don't delay, let Mimi add to your Holiday Shopping pleasure by letting her provide You with:
FREE USA MAILING You don't see what you'd like? Then ask Mimi to create something special for your Loved One. Although she is not a jeweler, please click MIMI DEE ORIGINALS at bottom of her homepage of www.mimideeartwear.com to see what magic she creates with Sterling, Cultured Pearls, Precious & Semi-Precious Gems...maybe just perhaps she can create something just FOR YOU and Your Loved One!
ABOUT MIMI’S GEMS – MIMI DEE ARTWEAR NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 2004 GREETINGS! Ahhhhhhh… Fall is ‘falling’ here in New England and the weather man says it’s going to be a ‘wet winter’, which translates into lots of snow in New England! What does that have to do with you, you ask? Besides offering a fine product, as in her own ARTIST SIGNED MIMI DEE STUDIO STERLING JEWELRY and wonderful vintage signed & unsigned jewelry, she takes great pride in Fast Free Friendly shipping. If mountains of snow and long lines at the Post Office are going to interfere with YOUR HOLIDAY SHOPPING and Gift Giving, Mimi, always thinking, came up with a plan that could help all concerned: If you will do your Holiday Shopping here at MIMI DEE ARTWEAR – ABOUT MIMI’S GEMS, in October you will be rewarded with your 10% 'Spending Dollar Rebate' for you to spend on yourself say in January & February 2005, when the doldrums set in! PS, this offer can not be used with other specials such as Your Birthday Special, multiple purchases, duo/trio below, etc. Let us not forget that MIMI OFFERS FREE USA MAIL & FREE GIFT WRAP TOO! …but if you are going to receive a 10% 'spending dollar' rebate, Free Gift Wrap, Free S/H/I, why so much? Because Mimi does not want to have to worry about your packages being slowed down by a few feet of snow! You’ve heard this before, ‘…an ounce of prevention…’ She would rather whittle her profit margin even more, than worry about not being able to mail YOUR HOLIDAY GIFTS. If you have any questions, please feel free to inquire while placing your HOLIDAY ORDERS. YOU MUST MENTION ‘OCTOBER NEWS’ TO RECEIVE THIS REBATE! Also please, look for the words duo or trio to find jewelry that when purchased together you can save yet more money. With these duo or trio purchases please USA Personal Check, Western Union Cash or Money Order, or USA Postal Money Order ONLY instead of Visa/Master Card, as Mimi would still pay for your S/H/I. So make yourself your favorite beverage and visit www.mimideeartwear.com Today! SEPTEMBER 2004 While you are busily getting the kids back to school as you spend time & money getting them well equiped to face the new school year, don't forget to TREAT YOURSELF TOO! Do that by stopping by WWW.MIMIDEEARTWEAR.COM and select a SIGNED STUDIO STERLING JEWELRY PIECE BY MIMI DEE or a wonderful VINTAGE PIECE OF JEWELRY. Both of which are still the BEST BUY FOR YOUR DOLLAR!!! August 2004 In an effort to help You get a head start on the shopping season, here at ABOUT MIMI'S GEMS - MIMI DEE ARTWEAR, at least 13 vintage pieces from 1930-1960
including: Art Deco, Sterling, Enamel, Mexican Sterling Silver, Butterfly Wings, Designer Signed, Carved Bone, Victims of Fashion, just to
name a few examples, have been added to our web catalog in the last 2 days, ALL AT UNDER $50 !!!
When you consider that we pay to USA Mail to you or your gift recepient, it means Value Shopping for You and your busy schedule! HAPPY CHRISTMAS IN JULY! Here at ABOUT MIMI'S GEMS We are celebrating Christmas in July by offering QUALITY STERLING SILVER VINTAGE JEWELRY at the low low prices of $29, $33, $36!!! With millions and millions of jewelry coming upon our shores ........STILL THE BEST VALUE FOR YOUR JEWELRY COLLECTING DOLLAR IS: Either ARTIST SIGNED STUDIO STERLING SILVER PURCHASED FROM THE ARTIST OR REPRESENTING GALLERIES And/Or: ........VINTAGE - ANTIQUE ESTATE JEWELRY December 2003 SUPPORT YOUR FAVORITE ARTIST BY GIVING AMERICAN MADE GIFTS THIS SEASON AND WE THANK YOU FOR IT! Uh - Oh! It's December...You are rushing around buying gifts for everyone...and while you are doing this, you can't help but notice that there are dozens of gifts that You Know You Deserve Yourself! What can you do? You tell yourself, 'I am not shopping for myself, I am not shopping for myself'. As if repeating this mantra makes you feel any better about all these goodies that You Deserve Yourself! While you are buying gifts for your loved ones, remember to buy for the 'other loved one', YOU! It is Easy here at Mimi Dee Artwear - About Mimi's Gems. Simply make your selections and put a deposit on anything you like, make installment payments the early part of 2004 with all that 'gift money' you will be receiving and meet Spring 2004 wearing all your Gems acquired here at ABOUT MIMI'S GEMS! HAPPY THANKSGIVING! REMEMBER: IN 2004, PRICES FOR MIMI DEE ORIGINALS WILL GO BACK UP TO 2002 PRICES November 2003 You can almost taste the turkey and dressing, can't you? You know what that means? Holiday Shopping and decorating both yourself and your home must be on your mind. Even with the Economy making a quiet but steady rise, one still must consider...how do I get the Most Bang for My Buck? With boat loads arriving daily upon our shores carrying 'handmade' things, and so many retired movie and TV personalities suddenly turned 'designers', selling their overseas made lovely things by the thousands, it is no wonder how many thousands of, often confusing, choices a buyer has. Choices are good... yet back to How can I get the most Bang for My Buck? Simply this: Select Signed Artist Made Pieces, Not to be confused with 'designer'! As buying those made by the Artist in the Artist's Studio from them or the Galleries representing the Artist have a chance of increasing in value one day. Don't believe this to be true? Just look at Signed Studio Jewelry made a few decades ago. REMEMBER: Today's Artist Signed Studio Sterling Pieces... Tomorrow's Vintage Collectibles! October 2003 With Browns and Blacks being strong still this Fall & Winter 2003 and Rich Earth Colors still favored for Fall & Winter Home Fashions, it is easy to see the Color Fun you can have creating your own magic for Your Home and Your Body! When you are done with that, there is still that Holiday Shopping List on your mind. Please pour yourself a cup of coffee (or a tall one) and look through the About Mimi's Gems pages, where you will find her new links called GALLERY OF ORIGINALS by Mimi Dee with twelve subcategories to better help you find the many Signed and few unsigned pieces she has created: from Signed Sterling Jewelry to Paintings to Signed Sterling Sculptures to Apparel to Home Gifts and Accessories...please just go take a peek for yourself. There you will find Brown, yes, Brown Pearls and wonderful Sterling or 14K rolled gold jewelry made with Brown/Amber color c 1925 Etched Glass stations... Carnelian Gem pieces...just to name a few... In the Antique Vintage Estate Jewelry, you will find many interesting, Signed and unsigned Sterling, as well. Additions are made almost daily. Take a peek and please do not hesitate to click "Inquire" for all your questions. ...and most importantly when you find something you can not live without but don't feel like buying it for yourself, send them to www.mimideeartwear.com or email them the page or pages of your Mimi Dee Artwear - About Mimi's Gems"favorites" that you just gotta have! September 2003 It is not too early to began planning for the Holiday Season and those 'Hard-to-Buy-for' on your list. About Mimi's Gems can help you. Just look through this website, make your selections and let Ms. Dee accept your orders with Installment Payments. Start now as everything in this ABOUT MIMI'S GEMS Catalog is either vintage, no duplicates there, or Ms. Dee's own Signed Sterling Studio Pieces. Please click Mimi Dee Originals on her homepage of www.mimideeartwear.com. Her Studio Pieces are never duplicated, so do not hesitate to make your selections Today! More Good News: Many wonderful old pieces of Vintage and Antique jewelry can be found in the homes of area New Englanders, where generations have been hoarding for more than 100 years ! It is this proximity to these households that allows About Mimi's Gems to bring you so many lovely, little, treasures at such low, introductory prices. Please do not let these low prices lead you to believe that there is something not 'quite right' with them, as any condition problems will be duly noted. Please rest assured that as these are 'bought well' by About Mimi's Gems, that can only mean that you, the customer can 'buy well' for your private collection or for your business. In addition, About Mimi's Gems always Mails Insured Free anywhere in the USA! A Word about Peruzzi to help you in your collecting needs. Many times you may see items listed as a Peruzzi 'made by the Peruzzi in Boston' but marked Peruzzi Florence! ONLY those marked Peruzzi Boston have any chance of being made by Gino and the Peruzzi family!
Now let's talk about the other portion of About Mimi's Gems Catalog. That is about one link at the bottom of the Homepage marked Mimi Dee Originals. What does this mean? When you have reached this section, you will find her Signed Studio Sterling Silver Sculptures, both in Jewelry and actual Fine Art Sculptures that have been entered in Art Shows, and the Art To Wear Fiber Art Garments Created One at a Time by Ms. Dee herself. There are not many Signed Sterling pieces now (look for her Maker's Mark Stamp), nor will there ever be many later, as hand fabricating these take a toll on her hands. Within the next couple of years, Ms. Dee plans to publish a book of her signed works, many of which are owned and collected by Patrons in 3 Continents. This book will also include some of her commissioned work, sold pieces, past and current pieces that are being photographed and cataloged. What does this mean to you the Prospective Mimi Dee Artwear Collector? As you well know, once a book is published, one never knows just how much it will impact and increase the price of Signed Pieces! Be wise and start your Signed Mimi Dee Artwear Studio Collection now before she publishes that book!
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