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ABOUT OUR CLUB |
| The Vintage Fashion and Costume Jewelry Club is a diverse, international group whose members share a common interest: collecting vintage costume jewelry. As a VF&CJ Club Member, you will receive, by postal mail, the Club's informative quarterly Newsletter. It is filled with interesting articles on all aspects of costume jewelry collecting, such as: |
ANNOUNCEMENTS |
| In this space new announcements from the publisher, Lucille Tempesta, are made from time to time. Today she would like you to know that:
The VF&CJ Midwest Mini Convention was held in Des Moines, Iowa on June 25-27, 2004 at the Marriott Downtown Hotel. Diane Hanselman, Hazel Gritton and Karen Wright were hosting this event. Workshops included Juliana, Schiaparelli, Hair jewelry and Swoboda, Native American and Victorian jewelry. The [Sixth] VF&CJ Biennial Convention was held on October 17-19, 2003, at the Radisson Hotel, Warwick, Rhode Island, USA. Lots of images can be seen here: All Info About Jewelry Collecting: 2003 VF&CJ Convention. The [Fifth] VF&CJ Biennial Convention was held on October 17-19, 2001, at the Radisson Hotel, Warwick, Rhode Island, USA. Reportage with lots of images, auction coverage, is available to read at All Info About Jewelry Collecting: 2001 VF&CJ Convention. The Providence Jewelry Museum, spearheaded by Mr. Alex Weisberg, was on the (Warwick-Providence) VF&CJ Convention agenda. The Museum is currently in temporary housing but will be moved to its new elegant quarters in a large building, formerly a power company, where several other Rhode Island museum exhibits also will be housed. This move is not scheduled yet as the building must be refurbished first. Hopefully, the Jewelry Museum will be in its new quarters shortly. The very newest chapter of VF&CJ held its first meeting in August, 1997. The Brazos Valley Chapter of VF&CJ is located in Bryan/College Station, TX, between Houston and Austin. Coinciding with a major costume jewelry auction date, the Club had light attendance at its first meeting but expects this to change. Anyone interested in joining may write directly to Christina Bryan, at cfelps@mail.cy-net.net, for information. The first annual(?) Midwestern VF&CJ Mini-Convention was held on July 25-27, 1997, in Lu Verne, Iowa, USA. Among the activities: Jewelry Show and Sale, Tour of Mallory House Museum, and a Victorian High Tea. Speakers were Christie Romero and Bobye Syverson. Diane Hanselman, owner of the vintage shop Past and Present Jewelry in Lu Verne, hosted this very successful event. Special guest: Lucille Tempesta, owner/publisher, The Vintage Fashion & Costume Jewelry Club Newsletter. The [Third] VF&CJ Biennial Convention was held on October 16-19, 1997, at the Radisson Hotel, Warwick, Rhode Island, USA. The Appleton VF&CJ Mini Convention was held on August 3, 4 and 5, in Appleton, WI, and another Mini was held in Seattle, WA, in mid-September, 1998. The 2nd Philadelphia VF&CJ Mini Convention was held on Sept. 18, 19, and 20, 1998, in Philadelphia, PA. Organized by Jenny Stephens of Aurora Bijoux. The VF&CJ Dallas Mini Convention was held inn October 2-4,1998, in Dallas, Texas. The [Fourth] 1999 VF&CJ Biennial Convention was held in October 15-17, 1999, in Warwick, Rhode Island. For complete coverage with lots of photos, visit the reportage The Big VF&CJ Convention on All Info About Jewelry Collecting. The VF&CJ Pittsburgh Mini Convention was held September 8-10, 2000, outside Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Fifth VF&CJ Convention was held in Warwick, Rhode Island, on October 19-21, 2001. For report and lots of photos, visit VF&CJ Convention Picture Galleries, follow links for three pages and follup article on the vintage fashion show. For scheduled Club events, please see Club Calendar below. |
CLUB CALENDAR |
| Make plans now to attend the next big VF&CJ Convention. Contact Lucille Tempesta for complete information. Please Note: Club Membership is a prerequisite to register for any Club activity. |
SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION |
| To become a Member of VF&CJ, please fill in and print out the convenient Subscription Form, and mail it to the publisher with your membership fee remittance. Membership is $25.00 per year for U.S. and Canada subscribers, $30.00 if you live outside the U.S. or Canada. |
NEWSLETTER BACK ISSUES |
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Back Issues of
VF&CJ Newsletters are available for
purchase from the Club. Price: US$5.00 per Newsletter, or US$20.00
for a calendar year for the U.S. and Canada, for 4 issues, US$25.00 if you live outside the U.S. To order, please specify Volume and Issue, and how many copies each. Check or money
order in U.S. dollars payable to VF&CJ should be mailed
to: VF&CJ P.O. Box 265 Glen Oaks, NY 11004, USA. |
DEALER LISTINGS |
| A special Dealer Listing is issued once a year, and postal-mailed to the entire membership. If you wish to register, contact the publisher, see address under Contact the Club below, with the following information: |
CONTACT THE CLUB |
The VF&CJ Newsletter & Club Official Home Page is hosted by Liz Collectible Jewelry. Email to VF&CJ Newsletter may be directed to Lucille Tempesta, Publisher.Postal mail may be sent to: VF&CJ Newsletter & Club, P.O. Box 265, Glen Oaks, NY 11004. FAX: (718) 939-7988 |
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