Our story
A Dutch family business since 1973
Vintage Jewelry is a specialist international vintage, antique and estate jewelry house based in the Netherlands. We source, authenticate, restore and sell one-of-a-kind vintage, antique, estate and designer jewelry, alongside our own newly handcrafted Atelier line. We buy pieces from Dutch and European families, restore them at our own bench and give them a new home. It is what we have done since 1973, and it is still the whole of what we do.
Today many of those pieces travel to the United States, which is why this store exists: the same collection, in dollars, with duties included and a person on the other end of a video call whenever you want to see something properly.
Vintage Jewelry is the American home of Vintage Jewellery — the same family jewelry house, established in the Netherlands in 1973. In Europe we use the British spelling, “Jewellery”; here in the US we simply use the American one.
- Since
- 1973
- Locations
- 4
- Curated pieces
- One of one
How it began
Too beautiful to melt
Exceptional old jewelry began arriving through our family's gold-buying business. Some pieces were simply too beautifully made, too unusual or too historically interesting to melt down. We kept them, restored them and found them new owners. That became Vintage Jewelry.
That habit is still the engine of the collection. Jewelry comes in over a counter in the Netherlands, is assessed by our specialists, goes to our own bench for restoration, and leaves as a piece someone will wear for another lifetime.
Our story and people
A family business, and the people in it
We have been doing this since 1973, from four locations in the Netherlands. Around thirty colleagues buy, examine, restore, photograph and describe the jewelry you see here. When you book a private viewing, you are on a call with one of them — not a call center.
- Family business
- Since 1973
- Locations
- four in the Netherlands
- In house
- Gemologist and goldsmith
- Own inspection room
- Every piece, before listing
Started by buying gold, kept going because some of it was far too beautiful to melt. Still run by the same family.
Boutiques you can walk into, plus a buying center where jewelry is valued before it ever reaches a counter.
Stones are checked and restoration is done at our own bench, not sent out to a third party.
Weighed, tested and hallmark-read in our own inspection room. Where Dutch law requires it, a recognized assay office stamps the metal standard.
Evelyn
GIA gemologist and jewelry historian
Reads the stones and the hallmarks, dates the piece where the evidence allows it, and writes down what is original and what was replaced.
GoldsmithMirjam
Goldsmith
Retips worn claws, rebuilds shanks and repolishes by hand at our own bench. Also makes our Atelier pieces to order.
Julian
Owner and watch specialist
Buys the collection, checks the signed and higher-value pieces himself and decides what is good enough to carry our name.
Amy
Customer service specialist
Answers her own email, arranges private video viewings and keeps you posted from packing to delivery.
Our locations
A Dutch family jewelry business since 1973, with four locations in the Netherlands.
We are not an online-only dealer. You can walk into one of our boutiques, put a piece on your hand and talk to the same people who wrote its description. Monnickendam is different: it is our buying and sourcing center, where jewelry is bought, valued and assessed before it ever reaches a boutique.
Boutique Amsterdam
Step into the world of Vintage Jewelry in the heart of Amsterdam. Discover one-of-a-kind pieces you will not find online.
Gasthuismolensteeg 6
1016 AN Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Boutique Bussum
Experience the magic of Vintage Jewelry in Bussum, with unique pieces and personal, one-on-one guidance.
Nassaulaan 38
1404 CR Bussum
The Netherlands
Boutique Haarlem
Our new Haarlem boutique opens soon on Spekstraat: unique vintage and estate jewelry, gold and silver buying, and personal advice from our specialists.
Spekstraat 12-14
Haarlem
The Netherlands
Opening October 2, 2026
Monnickendam
Not a boutique. This is where jewelry comes in: buying, valuations, specialist assessment and sourcing.
Kerkstraat 58
1141 BJ Monnickendam
The Netherlands
Craftsmanship and trust
Our own goldsmiths, our own gemologist
Every piece is weighed, tested and hallmark-read before it is listed. Our in-house gemologist checks the stones and notes treatments, repairs and replaced settings in plain language. Where Dutch law requires it, a recognized Dutch assay office tests and stamps the metal standard. If something has been altered, we say so.
Restoration happens at our own atelier, not at a third party: our goldsmiths retip worn claws, rebuild shanks and repolish by hand. You get an authenticity and material guarantee with every purchase, plus a full year of warranty.
That same bench produces our own line, Atelier (Atelier Vintage Jewelry): newly made jewelry, hand crafted in vintage style by our own goldsmiths, for anyone who wants a new piece with a vintage soul or something designed entirely to order. Atelier pieces are labeled as newly handcrafted everywhere on this site. We never present a new piece as antique.
Our team
The people behind the jewelry
Around thirty people work on the jewelry you see here, in our Dutch boutiques and at our workshop. These are the colleagues who buy, examine, restore, photograph and describe every piece, and the ones who join you on a private video viewing.
Team Amsterdam
Our boutique on the Gasthuismolensteeg, and the bench where most pieces are examined.
Evelyn
GIA gemologist and jewelry historian
Linda
Pearl stringing expert
Liz
Boutique manager
Yuliia
Boutique advisor
Ines
Boutique advisor
Paulina
Gemologist and boutique advisor
Emilie
Boutique advisor
Ian
Goldsmith in training and boutique advisor
Team Bussum
Our boutique on the Nassaulaan, where a lot of our estate jewelry first comes over the counter.
Sandra
Boutique advisor
Charlotte
Boutique advisor
Amber
Boutique advisor
Ian
Goldsmith in training and boutique advisor
Team HQ
The people who photograph, describe, list and ship the jewelry, and who answer your email.
Julian
Owner and watch specialist
Amy
Customer service specialist
Fleur
Content manager
Lutske
Photographer
Deveny
Product data specialist
Megan
Content creator
Nienke
Graphic designer
Mirjam
Goldsmith
In their words
What clients say
We only publish reviews a real customer actually wrote. Our US review profile is being set up, so this space is reserved rather than filled with copy we made up. Reviews of our European store are written in Dutch; as we translate and verify them, they will appear here with their source and date.
What clients write about
Seeing the piece first
A private video viewing before deciding, with the ring turned in daylight.
Verified reviews reserved
What clients write about
The description held up
Hallmarks, era, wear and repairs matched what arrived in the box.
Verified reviews reserved
What clients write about
Buying from Europe
Insured shipping, tracking and a person to email while it travels.
Verified reviews reserved
For our customers in the United States
We show you the piece on video, before you decide
We are a Dutch company selling to the United States, so we bridge the distance the only honest way we know: a personal video call. One of our team takes the piece into daylight, turns it under the loupe, shows the wear, the hallmark and the inside of the shank, walks you around the store, and answers everything you want to ask. You see exactly what you are buying. There is no pressure and no obligation.
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Keep reading
More from our guides and collections, for when you want to go deeper.
The history of European jewelry makingHow European workshops shaped the pieces we sell today.
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What vintage, antique and estate really meanThe definitions we use, and why we never blur them.
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Art Deco jewelry in the collectionGeometry, platinum and old-cut diamonds, currently available.
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Cartier, a house we buy and sell oftenHouse history, model references and how we date a piece.
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