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I saved the prices of a few items to see how large the increases would be so that I can plan for future increases as well. (A little to VCA obsessed...I know :/) I thought some of you may be interested in how the prices moved. Frivole increases below.
 

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Below are price increases for Vintage Alhambra. Looks like MOP and pink gold were hit the hardest. Prices for turquoise before the increase may be a bit off as I was not always differentiating between yg/wg.


There is an error in the chart the MOP WG 20 motif is $16,600.
 

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lebagfairy said:
Below are price increases for Vintage Alhambra. Looks like MOP and pink gold were hit the hardest. Prices for turquoise before the increase may be a bit off as I was not always differentiating between yg/wg.


There is an error in the chart the MOP WG 20 motif is $16,600.
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Wow. Great job doing a comparison. Thanks for posting this it makes it much easier to see the increase across the different vintage items.
 
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ohsohappy said:
Hi, all
This price increase stirred me up so I purchased some items but I am not sure I made a good decision.
If you have time, could you share your opinion please?
In terms of Alhambra, I have 10 motifs MOP WG, Onyx, Plain YG, 20 motifs Pink porcelain RG and Navy porcelain bracelet and don't have any earrings.
(For references, I have small WG Cosmos, small Lotus, pave Frivol, large YG Frivol earrings. )

I always thought about Alhambra earings but didn't get one cause I thought Alhambra earrings are more expensive than necklaces (I don't know where this logic came from....probably I just counted the number of motifs and compared lol. Anyhow I thought that way)
So this time I focused on earrings and initially went for magic pave WG earclips and perlee clover diamonds earring.
But when I came back home, I couldn't have a peaceful mind. I kept thinking I need something basic and if I don't purchase this time, probably I cannot escape from thoughts(I need basic lol)....so next day I changed from Perlee clover earring to 10 motives plain YG necklace (so I could connect it to my previous 10 to make 20. my logic was...I rarely use 10 YG plain so if I make it 20, then it would be more useful)+ Magic MOP YG earrings+sweet YG Turquoise earstuds by paying a bit more.
Eventually, instead of Perlee clover earrings==> 10 plain YG nec + Magic MOP YG earrings + Sweet YG Tur, I purchased

Other options could be
1. 10 Plain YG and 10 WG( so I could make both 20 motifs with my previous items)
2. 10 Plain YG and Magic 2 motifs YG MOP
3. Sweet earstuds are too small, so I should change it to something(single motif necklace which I don't have)

I am not sure I did the right choice. None of recent purchased items are shipped yet so still I could change.
Could you share your opinion and advice please?
Thank you so much!
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Everything sounds great. I think that any of your purchases you'd have enjoyed. I'm not sure what else you have in your collection but maybe instead of the sweet turquoise, you could get a WG MOP 5 motif bracelet? Then you could add that to your 10 motif MOP WG to make longer from time to time as well as have a bracelet!
 
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pedsdds said:
hello! would any of you lovely VCA ladies that have the vintage pave diamond alhambra earclips mind sharing either modeling pictures and/or opinions (ie. would you buy them again, do you wear them daily or for more formal events, etc)??
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Here are mine pedsdds. I've had them for quite a while, though if I'm being honest, I rarely wear them! I still find them beautiful but I have some lovely studs that are my everyday piece. If I didn't have those, I'd probably wear these a lot more. Do I need them? No. Am I glad I own them? Definitely!
 

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lebagfairy said:
I saved the prices of a few items to see how large the increases would be so that I can plan for future increases as well. (A little to VCA obsessed...I know :/) I thought some of you may be interested in how the prices moved. Frivole increases below.
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lebagfairy said:
Below are price increases for Vintage Alhambra. Looks like MOP and pink gold were hit the hardest. Prices for turquoise before the increase may be a bit off as I was not always differentiating between yg/wg.


There is an error in the chart the MOP WG 20 motif is $16,600.
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This is wonderful - I have saved it. Thank you SO much! 💐
 
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graycat5 said:
Here are mine pedsdds. I've had them for quite a while, though if I'm being honest, I rarely wear them! I still find them beautiful but I have some lovely studs that are my everyday piece. If I didn't have those, I'd probably wear these a lot more. Do I need them? No. Am I glad I own them? Definitely!
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thank you so much graycat! they look gorgeous on you!! are they the larger size? that's a great point you made - you must've read my mind! I also have diamond studs that I usually always wear, but I can't help lusting over these and am trying to justify getting them ;)
 
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graycat5 said:
Here are mine pedsdds. I've had them for quite a while, though if I'm being honest, I rarely wear them! I still find them beautiful but I have some lovely studs that are my everyday piece. If I didn't have those, I'd probably wear these a lot more. Do I need them? No. Am I glad I own them? Definitely!
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Gorgeous!
Graycat, your enabling photos from years past helped lead me down this slippery VCA slope.
Are these the supersize or the regular vintage?
They appear larger than your TE motifs....although it could be the bling factor, I suppose.
Thanks for sharing.
 
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