Vintage Glasses

One excellent source for buying vintage glasses is Etsy. Most people know it as a website for handmade crafts and jewelry, but the vintage hunter can also find much to love here. When searching for vintage eyeglasses, just set the search drop-down to “Vintage” (the default is “Handmade”), enter “eyeglasses”, and browse away.

Many of the Etsy shops selling vintage eyeglass frames do not specialize in eyeglasses, but offer an assortment of vintage odds-and-ends. A few shops, however, focus exclusively on eyewear. One of the most extensive is Vintage50sEyewear, which has an excellent selection of cat’s eye frames, often embellished with rhinestones and beautiful engravings and mostly priced between $40-$65.

One of the cat's eye frames available at Vintage50sEyewear on Etsy

When considering an Etsy purchase from a shop that does not specialize in eyeglasses, make sure the seller indicates the measurements of the glasses, so you can be sure they will fit, and whether or not there are prescription lenses in them already (as getting your own RX put in will be an additional expense).

Some other Etsy shops with a good selection of vintage eyeglasses:

Dulcet

Aubie Jean Vintage

Attic Goods

Chigal (women’s and men’s)

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