You can try TRR. Through the end of May there in a 75% commission on jewelry over $1,000. Best of luck.
VCA ~ Van Cleef Arpels Discussion thread!
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I would try Ann’s Fabulous Finds as well.
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I'm hoping someone has an answer. I've noticed that some of the VCA Perlee bracelets are marked with a numerical designation (such as the photo below showing a size 16), others with an alphabetical one such as XS, Small, etc. (see photos).
Does anyone know why the size markings are different?
Finally, is there a way to figure out the correspondence between the numerical size and the alphabetical sizing? For instance, would a size 16 correspond to a small or extra-small?
Does anyone know why the size markings are different?
Finally, is there a way to figure out the correspondence between the numerical size and the alphabetical sizing? For instance, would a size 16 correspond to a small or extra-small?
I'm not positive but I believe in some markets, such as in North America, they sell by alphas while in other locales, such as in Europe, it seems to go by numeric. xs (14), s (16), m (17), L (18). Don't quote me and hopefully someone else can chime in but that is my understanding.
A 16 is a small. The smallest is 14.5, which would be an XS.
I don't know why some are marked differently. I just looked at the single row and it shows XS. My signature shows S, but it is the same size as the XS. I think it's because I bought the Signature before they created 4 sizes, but I bought the smallest one, which is the 14.5 size.
And @glamourbag 's theory is as good as any. I'm in the US so that maybe why its shown by XS or S.
Actually, now that I think about it, that must be it. To quote Vincent from Pulp Fiction, "No man, they got the metric system. They wouldn't know what the f*** a Quarter Pounder is."
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Also try Brillance Jewels in Miami. They buy VCA pieces
Yes so that it minimizes the tangling. How many are you planning to stack
So I went back and looked at your pics of it stacked with the love. It looks ok and to be honest I’m not sure I would be willing to take loss of 25% to get new size. That’s a significant amount. In addition the flip side is if I were purchasing such an expensive item I would wait and get from VCA. No way would I pay almost 30k on resell market for item that I can get from boutique and have that reflected on my account. Just something to think about when considering ebay sales and so forth.
I probably wouldn’t stack more than two at a time. My first bracelet was YG onyx, I removed 4 links (one set between each motif) on that as per the SA suggestion. I just got YG MoP, and also plan to get the YG hammered and maybe the YG guilloche eventually. The guilloche I probably wouldn’t stack though. So aim for the 4 links again?
@Happyish, I would think the pic you posted of the numeric sizing is a relatively older serial number CL****** and the other with the alpha sizing JB****** is within the past few years.
This is just another plausible reason for the difference, in addition to all the other explanations given.
Hi there, I was wanting these and kept looking at them on the website and long and behold they went down in price by around $1200 Australian dollars or thereabouts so I purchased them at the lower price.