Gold Hatpin

I have bought and sold antique jewelry to Diane Richardson, the owner of The Gold Hatpin for over 25 years. Diane is THE EXPERT in antique jewelry and has the best reputation in the business. She has EXQUISITE taste and you can trust that her prices are very fair!
When my boyfriend recently «popped the question «and asked me to marry him… I had only one place in mind to find the perfect ring… The Gold Hatpin! I called ahead to make sure Diane was there to help us… and the experience was OUTSTANDING!!! I found so many gorgeous rings that I would love to own. Diane had many beautiful pieces to show us in our price range which made the engagement experience a treasured memory!!!

Everything in this store is beautiful but incredibly over priced. If you’d like something good that’s worth the price you’re so much better going just about anywhere else. I especially like the Antique & Resale Shoppe on Harlem and Touhy. Diane, the owner of The Gold Hatpin is very stuck up and rude, her employee Lynn treats you like a common criminal even when you are spending nearly $ 1K. Not sure if its a racial issue (I’m middle eastern) but was very uncomfortable and this has been the same over the course of several visits and purchases. The last purchase I made was a gold ring, they did not know the karat or stone in the gold… only that it was Victorian English gold. I was surprised at how little they knew. Probably wont go back now that I’ve found better outlets for antique jewelry.

At first tough to find, make sure you enter the large antique shop, you will find the gold hatpin as a shop within a store on the back left side.
I went in looking for a vintage ring at a low price and the 2 women were very helpful and knowledgable. They had rings for all 3 gems I was considering. I ended up finding a great ring. A gem of a store!
Highly recommend.

Fantastic place to find antique jewelry. They have everything from fashion to high end, with prices for pretty much every budget. Got my engagement ring here. The shop assistant was really helpful, worked with us a little bit on the price. I was pretty confused the first time I tried to find this place– it as actually located INSIDE the antique store in a small side room. My only complaint is that it is so small that it gets cramped if there are more than 2 – 3 people in there at once.

My fiancé and I wanted something really special for our engagement ring. We had 2 pieces of unworn, but special, jewelry from our grandmothers and were hoping to have something made that would put the two together as ambitious as it seemed.
Llyn at the jewelry studio made it possible. She was absolutely incredible. We went into her shop with the two pieces and looked through her great inventory at things we liked (shapes, styles, cuts of stones). She put together a sketch out of all of our ideas. She got the opal from my fiancé’s grandmother’s ring polished and perfected to look as good as new and created a beautiful art deco design for the setting. She even incorporated the Frank Lloyd Write designs (so special to oak park!) in some of the cut out work on the sides.
She was in cheerful communication with us the whole time, always asking for opinions and sending new ideas and updates. In the end, she was able to create the most amazing ring, exactly what we wanted, and within our teacher budgets. We are going back to her to to a matching piece for my fiancé’s wedding band. I cannot recommend her enough!

This is really a great place for antique jewelry. A friend of ours got their engagement and wedding rings here and they were really nice, so nice that my then boyfriend who was said friend’s best man (and holder of the rings) swiped the business card and had his Grandmother’s ring fixed up here. That ring is now my wedding ring, and I still go to the Gold Hat Pin to get the settings tightened so the stones don’t fall out (like I said it’s an old ring) or if I am in the neighborhood and want to get the ring cleaned. The ladies who work here are very nice and helpful. I think my husband put it best when he said «I’m glad I didn’t have to go to Jared.»