Posted 10 years ago
HauteCouture
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In 1970 Aldo Cipullo, designer of the Love bracelet, partnered with Charles Revson and Cartier, founder of Revlon cosmetics, to release an electroplated Love bracelet. The item is a cheaper version of the famous Cartier Love design. The Revson bracelet looks almost identical to the original, but with a screw on only one side and a hinge on the other. Since the bracelet is electroplated, it is coated with a precious metal, like gold, but it is less valuable than an original 18k Cartier Love bracelet. The gold the bracelet is plated with is 18k, though it is not solid, so the item may be advertised as “18k Aldo Cipullo Love bracelet” even though this can be misleading. Does anyone know what the 18K electroplate is bonded to? What's the metal content?
I own this 1970 Aldo Cipullo love bracelet, partnered with Charles Revson and Cartier. It is the electroplated version. I am attempting to find the value, does anyone have this information? Thank You so much in advance.
I also have this bracelet, my grandmother owned it and now my fiancé has pulled it out to wear, so we had a jeweler look at it. The bracelet sticks to a magnet, so it is not silver with gold plating ontop like the original Cartier bracelet from Same year(1970) when it was designed. The jeweler guessed that it is probably stainless steel under the gold plating. As far as value, there’s one on eBay with 8 bids at 382$ USD. There are more on there at a higher price but no one has bid on any besides the first one which is around 400$ USD right now.