Vintage Jewelry and Vintage Antique Doll Shop: Fourty Fifty Sixty
"I suggested Forty Fifty Sixty as the place where my sister's boyfriend should get vintage jewelry for her for Christmas. I had purchased jewelry online but never visited your store. WOW, it is SO fantastic in there, like a little treasure cave! We spent hours perusing the Trifari bracelets, Angela Caputi earrings and Miriam Haskell jewelry as well as the Barbie dolls that brought back so many fond childhood memories for me. My sister loves the vintage Dior bracelet that Ben helped her boyfriend pick out. Thank you for the first rate service and great vintage jewelry."
J.G., NYC
My name is Ben Cassara. I have been a serious doll collector for more than 30 years. My partner, Joe Bucchi and I would like to welcome you to our vintage jewelry and vintage doll store Fourty Fifty Sixty.
Fourty Fifty Sixty has been in business since 1991--evolving from offering collectibles, dolls, and jewelry at local antique shows in New York City and New Jersey to having a shop in the very successful Chelsea Antique Center in the heart of the New York City flower district, to a quaint shop front in Manhattan's lower East Side, and now moving to share our treasures in cyber space with our web site and continue to expand our collection to now offer antique furniture and decorative objects in our Andover, New Jersey space.
Vintage Jewelry and Vintage Doll Answers from Experts
Our vintage jewelry and vintage doll shop is open from Wednesday - Sunday between 1:00 pm and 7:00 pm.Vintage jewelry or doll question? Need a doll restored? Have a vintage Barbie or collectible Barbie that you have been searching for? Feel free to call Joe or me at 201-966-1651
Ben is one of the nation's foremost experts on vintage Barbie dolls. He is frequently invited to speak to Barbie collector clubs in the metro New York area. He has been interviewed by New York Magazine, New York Daily News, Toy Shop Magazine and appeared on FX in 1998 for a story about Barbie's best friend, Midge. He has also appeared numerous times on Japanese television. Both Ben and Joe have been staff writers for Haute Doll, formerly Barbie Bazaar. They collaborated on a popular series of articles for the magazine entitled and written a popular series of articles entitled "The History of Fashion and Dolls".
Ben is happy to help collectors of all experience levels find the best resources about the niches they collect. Fascinated by design from a young age, he became interested in the lives and distinctive styles of jewelry designers from the Deco period to the present. With almost 20 years of collecting vintage designer jewelry for resale, Ben has become a recognized expert on such designers as Trifari, Kenneth J. Lane, and Miriam Haskell
Ben's vintage designer jewelry has been used on the hit Canadian cable series "The G-Spot" and worn by such celebrities as Susan Sarandon, Chloe Sevigny, and Brigitte Bako. Fourty Fifty Sixty jewels have appeared in French Vogue, Italian Vogue, In Style, Maxim, Time Out magazines and items from the store have been featured author/collector JoAnn Ball's book Masterpieces of Costume Jewelry.
Our online store and Andover shop are home to a wonderful hand picked selection of vintage Barbies, composition and hard plastic dolls, as well as antique dolls. The store is also home to a diverse collection of unique vintage and contemporary costume jewelry.
Vintage Jewelry Wishes Granted
Looking for a piece of glamorous vintage jewelry that will make you the center of attention and the envy of your friends? At Fourty Fifty Sixty online, you'll find unique vintage jewelry created by designers such as Trifari, Chanel, Miriam Haskell and Monet, Dior and others.We are always attending sales and in touch with collectors and original owners to keep our online store filled with the best selection of mint Vintage Barbie and Friends and collectible Barbie dolls! Be sure and visit with us at this year's National Barbie Doll Collectors Convention in Washington, D.C. on July 7th-11th. Barbie will only turn 50 once, an event not to be missed by any serious Barbie collector.
If you do not see the jewelry or doll you are looking for on our website, give us a call at 201-966-1651. We love to get wish lists from vintage jewelry and doll collectors. Because we buy doll collections and estate jewelry so frequently, we may have exactly what you're looking for in the shop waiting to be photographed and added to our online vintage jewelry store.
Sell Vintage Jewelry, Vintage Barbie Doll, or an entire Barbie Collection
If you have antique jewelry, vintage dolls or other collectibles that you would like to sell or consign to Fourty Fifty Sixty, give me or Joe a call. Empty your closet or make a clean sweep of the attic! Joe and I are always looking to buy interesting items. Call 201.438.2243 or e-Mail us at bj4t5t6t@verizon.net.If you've discovered a favorite doll from childhood, we can do a complete doll restoration to make her as pretty as she was at the moment you first saw her.
For me, the pleasure is in finding an antique bisque doll with perfect patina, a rare vintage Barbie, or a piece of vintage designer jewelry with an intriguing story. Visit our treasure cave and find a rare Barbie or rediscover the beauty of a pair of vintage hand made Miriam Haskell earrings that will be a joy to wear.
Vintage jewelry is one-of-a-kind. Browse and you may rediscover the beauty of a piece of signed designer jewelry that was worn for special occasions 20, 50 or even 100 years ago.
Joe and I prefer to purchase items/collections from the original owner so that we can get some of the life story of the owner and learn about a vintage necklace or unique doll.
My partner Joe has been retired since 1998, having spent over 35 years in the fashion industry. Joe devotes much of his time to doing the behind-the-scenes work that makes our online vintage doll and jewelry store run. He is always doing doll restorations, maintaining the website, and searching for unique items for our Andover, N.J. shop.
He began restoring dolls simply to ready merchandise for sale. He is a stickler about bringing the dolls back to as close to their original beauty but not making them better than new. Joe will tell you when restoring a vintage Barbie or other doll isn't advisable because it will negatively affect the doll's value.
Doll restoration was not a service we ever intended to offer, but Fourty Fifty Sixty customers began asking him to restore their vintage dolls. As a result, our affordable antique doll restoration service has blossomed, with hundreds of very satisfied doll collectors among those who have come to us to have a doll restored.
Fourty Fifty Sixty Official Doll and Vintage Jewelry Store Greeters
During the time we have owned our vintage jewelry and doll store, we have been blessed to have had two incredible pets share our lives: Buffy and Chandler.
Buffy came to live with us in 1999. I had reservations because we had never had a dog, and I was not sure that he would adapt because he was 14 years old. To my surprise, he moved into our home and our hearts from day one. Buffy had so much love inside him and was so eager to share it with us. He would be at the door to greet me in the evening, tail wagging, just so happy that I was back from our vintage jewelry store. So full of life and love, he seemed far younger.
On October 31, 2002, our beloved Buffy, friend, companion, family member, left us. He was 18. In the short time that he was part of our home, he brought us so much joy and happiness and left us with such a huge void and emptiness in our hearts. He did not suffer. He passed suddenly and quickly. He is still a part of our home and will be with us forever. God bless you, Buff.
Joe and I knew that there could be no replacement for Buffy, but we longed for another furry face in our lives. Our search started in earnest in the beginning of 2003. As time passed, we wondered if we would ever find another "wet nose" to bring home.
One afternoon in February 2003, a dear friend of ours called about an ad in the local paper for Westie puppies. We decided to go and take a look. If you've ever met a Westie puppy, you know why it was love at first sight! We brought home our new baby, Chandler. He, too, has become a part of our family. Wherever we are, Chandler is nearby. If you stop by the shop to browse vintage costume jewelry or ask us to find a rare Barbie, he will be the first to greet you with a wag of the tail.