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Article: Vintage Bakelite bracelets: professional appraiser Helaine Fendelman identifies and evaluates your collectibles and antiques.(what is it? what is it worth?)
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- Country Living
- Article date:
- August 1, 2006
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valued at: $125 to $850 each
These bangle Bakelite bracelets were designed during the Art Deco period from the 1920s through the 1940s, and were made in a variety of vibrant colors and carved motifs. They originally sold for $10 to $40 apiece. The values now: (top to bottom) green ($450), blue ($850), red ($600), yellow ($125), and butterscotch ($375).
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what is it? In 1907, chemist Dr. Leo H. Baekeland invented Bakelite in Yonkers, N.Y. Bakelite is a material made of formaldehyde and phenol and was considered one of the first plastics of its kind. Bakelite was produced in a variety of colors, then heated and molded into ...