Bakelite Bangles & Costume Jewelry

What drives value

• Test before you price: Simichrome or hot-water-and-smell — fakelite is everywhere
• Carved beats plain, and deep-carved beats surface-scratched 'carving'
• Colors climb: butterscotch and cherry red top the chart, end-of-day marble soars
• Cracks at the bangle seam kill value; polish haze does not