Webb knows this well: she will no longer purchase vintage costume jewelry by Chanel, because there are so many fakes. In fact, she once spent about $275 on a pair of earrings only to learn they were ...

"I figured, for a few bucks, they were worth further investigation," the discoverer of the hidden gems told Newsweek.

"For me, when I find something that's beautiful or interesting, I really dig into the history of it," a thrifter told Newsweek, ...