Costume Jewelry shopping at Goodwill: Check the showcase!
Do you shop the Goodwill showcase? When you are going from Goodwill to Goodwill seeking jewelry jars, are you missing some amazing vintage costume jewelry finds? There could be some awesome pieces lying in the glass showcase! Typically, I have found that not all stores have an ample showcase, and there seems to be a correlation between jewelry jars and a jewelry showcase. If a store regularly prepares jewelry jars on site, there is not usually very much, if any, jewelry in a showcase. It was used in the jars, with just a few pieces priced individually. Often, you will see new jewelry with pink tags in the Goodwill showcase that came from Target or some other retail establishment. Usually, these are upwards of $2.00. And, I will add, they are not always in pristine shape, although NWT. However, I have found that one particular Goodwill keeps an updated showcase full of donated jewelry. I had never really looked closely because I was always stomping...