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Recommended Reading |
Comprehensive Jewelry Guide to Christmas Tree Pins (Paperback), by Kathy Flood A complete guide to collecting Christmas Tree Pins from acclaimed vintage jewelry author, Kathy Flood. Published in July, 2014, this book is a limited edition that featured Christmas Tree pins from many of the top jewelry companies and some from lesser known companies. A must have for the vintage jewelry collector who loves Christmas Tree pins, it also provides valuable information about the jewelry designers and manufacturers! |
Monet: The Master Jewelers (Hardcover), by Alice Vega and Photography by Terry Niefield The most comprehensive book you'll find that documents the history of Monet, from its beginnings as a company supplying monograms to the new automobile industry to one of the premier jewelry companies of the USA. Includes 288 pages with numerous photographs of actual Monet jewelry, company archives, ads, and promotional materials. Published in July, 2011, this book provides a fascinating look at both the company and its jewelry! |
Jewelry by Chanel (Hardcover), by Patrick Mauriès Subtitle: Celebrating eighty years of Chanel jewelry from the iconic 1932 designs to the new 2012 anniversary collection. This book shows how Coco Chanel combined classical beauty with modern design in her fabulous jewelry collections. It includes images from the archives and modern photographs that pays tribute to Chanel's unique design style. 272 pages with 260 black and white and color illustrations. |
Elizabeth Taylor: My Love Affair with Jewelry (Hardcover), by Elizabeth Taylor Actress Elizabeth Taylor's jewelry collection is renowned worldwide and this book, written in 2002, showcases her most fabulous pieces. The 240 page book includes 125 specially commissioned new photographs and over 150 images showing Elizabeth Taylor wearing her jewelry during a span of almost sixty hears. Many of these rarely seen photographs are from Elizabeth Taylor's personal collection. The book's introduction is by Christie's Francois Curiel, a world-renowned authority on jewelry. The book is lavishly produced and illustrated. The publisher claims "This book is a fabulous display of unbelievable glamour, assembled over a lifetime, by one of the most extraordinary women in the world." |
Ever wish you had an expert at your side when you spy something that looks good at the thrift store or flea market? Dozens of experts share their best tips to help you locate and profit from all kinds of collectibles. Get the latest edition, Volume 3 at a special price using this link: Home Run Guide by Collectibles Experts |
Signed Beauties Of Costume Jewelry: Identification & Values (Hardcover), by Marcia Sparkles Brown A great resource that includes over 800 color photos with thousands of pieces of jewelry. Companies and designers featured include Eisenberg, McClelland Barclay, Hattie Carneige, Adele Simpson, Miriam Haskell, Kenneth Jay Lane, Joseff, Marcel Boucher, and more. |
Warman's Jewelry (3rd Edition) (Paperback), by Christie Romero Best-selling jewelry expert Christie Romero provides detailed descriptions and up-to-date pricing information for more than 1,000 pieces of antique, period, and vintage collectible jewelry on the U.S. market today. More than 600 colorful photographs grace the pages of this invaluable price and identification guide. |
Warman's Costume Jewelry Figurals: Identification and Price Guide (Paperback), by Kathy Flood Figural jewelry represents possibly the most popular portion of the costume jewelry market. Few pieces of jewelry make as big a statement as whimsical or beautiful costume jewelry figurals. Warman's Costume Jewelry Figurals offers valuable tips on what to look for when buying figurals, up-and-coming designers to watch for, and secondary-market pricing to assess worth. Featuring more than 1,000 items and photos of jewelry figurals including people, dogs, flowers, faces, seahorses, Christmas trees and more. You'll find answers to all your questions, and inspiration in this must-have guide. |
Collectible Silver Jewelry: Identification and Value Guide (Hardcover), by Fred Rezazadeh Includes thousands of examples: unmarked silver jewelry pieces and those produced by approximately 100 U.S. manufacturers and over 150 foreign manufacturers, along with trademarks, national silver standard marks, and brief histories and biographies of the major manufacturers and designers. Approximately 950 photos. |
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