VERY woman in the Western world seems to have at least one cameo, often a keepsake handed down from a grandmother or favorite aunt, yet many never see the light of day. Distinctly of another time, ...

When it comes to jewelry that does double duty as art, you really can't beat the beauty of a cameo. Some of the most valuable cameos are worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, and they feature ...

Antiques have always fascinated me, especially when it comes to spotting hidden treasures that many overlook. While some ...

Most people think of cameos as formal and sentimental; something sweet and Victorian, pinned to a high-collar lace shirt or carved with a dowager portrait. But today’s cameos are anything but sweet ...

The Pieces of the Past column on antiques has received it's first question via e-mail. "How do you know when you have an antique? I found some jewelry that my husband's great-great-grandma had, and ...

Cameo glass is popular with collectors. Galle, Thomas Webb, Mt. Washington and Daum are well known, but some smaller companies that worked at the same time are almost unknown. Burgun, Schverer & Cie ...

In between her onscreen cameos, former actress Eva Soussana used to transform the antique cameos lying around her father’s French atelier into vintage necklaces she might wear to her next audition.

Oprah Winfrey sports one on her lapel. Diahann Carroll, Camille Cosby, Phylicia Rashad and Sen. Carol Mosley Braun also wear The Black Cameo, a pin that features the profile of an African-American ...