Lot #117: Authentic Erica Weiner - Antique Jewelry Necklace

THATS PRETTY MUCH the story of how Lindsay and I met. It was NYC in the late 1990s, and she was my little sisters college roommate. After many nights of crazy partying, (pre-cellphone!), we remained peripherally in each others lives until one day in 2006. She was working as a waitress at a Russian cafe, and I was bouncing between jobs as a theatrical costumer and an underpaid fashion stylist. Fed up with the fashion worlds BS, I had begun making necklaces using scraps of chain, vintage charms, and a pair of pliers. A buyer from Anthropologie found me selling those necklaces off a folding table at the then-brand-new Brooklyn Flea, and emailed me with a MASSIVE wholesale order. After using the brand-new google to figure out what wholesale meant, I took a 24-hour panic nap and then called Lindsay to come over and help me. Bring a pair of pliers, I said.The next decade and a half was a blur of hiring, lease-signing, lessons in finance, lessons in failure, and wild successes. We made tens of thousands of pieces of brass and silver jewelry in various studios, all against the backdrop of the Lower East Side in the early 2000s. The soundtrack was excellent. The boyfriends were weird. Our clothes were weirder.
Condition: Very Vintage
Measurements: 8 inches Clasped