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The Roaring ’20s brought about many things—flappers, jazz bands, bathtub gin, and all-new jewelry category: Bakelite. A type of plastic that could be easily manipulated, mass-produced, and mimics real ...

When Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland created the first entirely synthetic plastic in 1909, it revolutionized the way many consumer goods were manufactured. Baekeland called his plastic “Bakelite” and ...

There’s a particular kind of thrill that comes from picking up something ugly at a garage sale and later discovering it was worth serious money. Bakelite jewelry occupies that exact space — chunky, ...

Made of a combination of phenol and formaldehyde, Bakelite is a type of plastic that became popular during the 1930s and 40s as a material not only for jewelry, but for other consumer goods like ...

True collectors rarely have one collection, and each member of the de la Garza-Crouch family is no exception. In fact, every time Gilda, Jeremy and their two daughters each thought they had landed on ...

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