Antique Beads

Glass Beads from Europe: With Value Guide (Schiffer Book for Collectors)

Book Description
The various worldwide uses of glass beads, from antiquity to the modern time, are presented in this new book, along with the fascinating evolution of the beadmaking industry. From roots in Asian and African glassmaking, the European beadmaking industry is shown to have developed in response to political and economic factors of international trade and keen businessmen who saw potential profits, 475 color photographs, illustrate the different styles uses, and patterns of glass beads that originated from or influenced the European industry. Phoenician, Celtic, Viking, Venetian, African, Bavarian, Bohemian, Dutch, French, and Russian styles that were made for symbolic, fashion, magic, and controversial uses are shown. Even today's foiled, flower, mosaic, pearl, bronze, and fancy beads are discussed and shown. As beads play an important role in ornamentation today, this book will be of interest to a wide circle of creative people. The price guide reveals the current collector's market for popular bead types.

About The Author
Glass historian Sibylle Jargstorf, from Braunschweg, Germany, has directed her considerable skill and energy to this, her fourth book on glass. Her previous original research for her popular books Glass in Jewelry; Paperweights, and Baubles, Buttons and Beads: the Heritage of Bohemia has won her the respect of thousands of readers.

How to Be a Jewelry Detective (Antiques Detectives How to Series)

Naine Antique Digest, December ,2000
This elementary handbook supplies the necessary knowledge and tools to uncover the mysteries of fine, costume, and Mexican jewelry.

"Old Stuff " Feb./March 2001
"---A most informative book giving the basics to help any colector or dealer---"

How to Sell Antiques and Collectibles on eBay... And Make a Fortune!

Product Description


Dennis Prince teams up with antique and collectible expert Lynn Dralle to provide all the information necessary to reap the huge benefits of selling antiques and collectibles on eBay. Written by an eBay Power Seller whose earnings topped $20,000 a month, this book helps you:

• Research types--and eras--of antiques and collectibles
• Find the best merchandise
• Use language that gets buyers to pay the most for the seller's items
• Price strategically. . . and much more!

• List items on eBay for maximum visibility
• Use antiques trade lingo to get the highest bids
• Find, appraise, and buy the five hottest categories
• Use your eBay store to attract customers
• Create a selling strategy that fits your market
• Handle, store, and ship fragile merchandise
• Price strategically for the eBay market

Kovels' American Antiques, 1750-1900

Product Description
Kovels' American Antiques is an indispensable tool for all collectors, history buffs, and anyone who wants to know how to recognize, evaluate, purchase and care for antiques. In a stunning package that showcases the breadth of expertise that defines their career, the Kovels have written an essential book about America's historical past for today's "new century" marketplace.

• Focuses on the antiques made or used in America from 1750–1900 that appeal to today's collector.
• Reflects all the new methods of dating and evaluating American artifacts.
•Covers 18th- and 19th-century pottery and porcelain, glass, furniture, silver, clocks, jewelry, and other decorative arts.
• Includes lists of the most important designers and factories with dates, locations, and marks PLUS a bibliography for further reading.
•Stories of discoveries, tips on care, and warnings about fakes and fantasy items.

From the Inside Flap
Kovels' American Antiques is an indispensable tool for all collectors, history buffs, and anyone who wants to know how to recognize, evaluate, purchase and care for antiques. In a stunning package that showcases the breadth of expertise that defines their career, the Kovels have written an essential book about America's historical past for today's "new century" marketplace.

• Focuses on the antiques made or used in America from 1750–1900 that appeal to today's collector.
• Reflects all the new methods of dating and evaluating American artifacts.
•Covers 18th- and 19th-century pottery and porcelain, glass, furniture, silver, clocks, jewelry, and other decorative arts.
• Includes lists of the most important designers and factories with dates, locations, and marks PLUS a bibliography for further reading.
•Stories of discoveries, tips on care, and warnings about fakes and fantasy items.

Late Antique and Medieval Art of the Mediterranean World (Blackwell Anthologies in Art...

Product Review
"This volume brings together with much intelligence key essays from across the fields of Ancient, Late Antique, Early Christian, Byzantine, Medieval, and Islamic art and architecture." (David Roxburgh, Harvard University)


"This is a very useful volume of important papers by scholars working on all the different cultures that surrounded the Mediterranean from Late Antiquity on, and juxtaposes them to shed light on their complex interactions and interdependence." (Tony Eastmond, University of Courtauld)

Product Description
Late Antique and Medieval Art of the Mediterranean World is a much-needed teaching anthology that rethinks and broadens the scope of the stale and limiting classifications used for Early Christian-Byzantine visual arts.

• A comprehensive anthology offering a new approach to the visual arts classified as Early Christian-Byzantine
  
• Comprised of essays from experts in the field that integrate the newer, historiographical research into 'the canon' of established scholarship
  
• Exposes the historical, geographical and cultural continuities and interactions in the visual arts of the late antique and medieval Mediterranean world
  
• Covers an extensive range of topics, including the effect that converging cultures in late antiquity had on art, the cultural identities that can be observed by looking at difference of tradition in visual art, and the variance of illuminations in holy books

Lyle Official Antiques Review 2001 (Lyle)

Antiques Weekly
The most comprehensive reference work on antiques in existence. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Book Description
This is the all-new edition of the most authoritative and useful guide to antiques and collectibles that any collector, expert or novice, could have. For more than twenty-five years, dealers and collectors have relied on Lyle for the most complete and up-to-date information available. The 2001 edition of this indispensable guide gives the current values of more than 5,000 items, including clocks, glassware, toys, dishes, furniture, jewelry, silver, and quilts. Higher-priced items are contrasted with less costly objects of similar design to educate the newcomer in relative values. The extensive index makes it easy to locate specific items.

"Unquestionably the most useful antique guide available."-Antiques Appraisers Association

"The most comprehensive reference work on antiques in existence."-Antiques Weekly

Middle Eastern and Venetian Glass Beads: Eighth to Twentieth Centuries

More French-Beaded Flowers: 38 Patterns for Making Blossoms, Leaves, Insects, and More

Mostly Metals: A Beginner's Guide to Jewelry Design

Product Description
• More than 35 stunning projects

• Practical step-by-step instructions

• Inspiring design ideas



Practical and technique-driven, Mostly Metal teaches jewelry making and jewelry design one simple skill at a time. Novice jewelry-makers will be able to complete more than 35 exciting projects using just three basic tools, easy-to-find materials, and easy-to-learn techniques. Bracelets, necklaces, earrings, and more are all within reach for readers who start at the beginning, with a comprehensive basics section, a tools overview, and a guide to common findings. Tips, hints, and clear text explain the design process so that readers can quickly begin to make their own personal jewelry dreams into a glittering reality.

About The Author
Karin V. Buckingham is a former associate editor for BeadStyle magazine, current associate editor for Kalmbach Books, and lifelong crafter. A mother of two teen-age
girls, she has daily inspiration (and critiques) from her children about her craft projects. She and her family reside in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin.

Nautical Antiques and Collectables

Product Description
This well-illustrated collector's guide covers a wide range of nautical decorative arts and navigational instruments. The book spans the period from the sixteenth century to the present day with an emphasis on the golden age of production between 1800 and 1940. These more modern pieces are readily found in specialist shops and auctions and are therefore more affordable than earlier and rarer pieces.

The book is divided into eight chapters, covering ship models, navigational instruments, ship fixtures and fittings, marine arts and crafts, ocean liner artefacts and ship portrait painting. A concluding chapter lists public and private collections where marine art can be seen and provides information on its purchase internationally. There is also practical advice on the restoration of these artefacts.


Book Description
A collector's guide covering a wide range of nautical decorative arts and navigational instruments from the sixteenth century to the present day.

Off The Beadin' Path: Discovering Your Own Creative Trail of Bead Embellishment (2nd...

Jewelry Crafts Magazine, November/December 1997
Nancy Eha offers a unique experience for beaders. In addition to detailed instructions for dozens of stitches and techniques, the author offers the reader a series of creative "Trails" to explore their own creativity. The key here is to "developing and strengthening" creative trails in order to progress to a higher level of artistry. Beaders are seldom offered such a chance to expand their thinking. Step-by-step instructions for sewing processes are also included as well as recommendations for purchasing and using supplies.

Lapidary Journal, Sharon Bateman, October 1997.
Has a unique twist that I think is bold and innovative. The author address the biggest problem beginners have: the lack of confidence to jump in and create. If one were to follow along with the exercises, one would be liberated emotionally and creatively. The instructions are how-to techniques, not just step-by-step instructions on how to reproduce a specific project. The diagrams are clear and well thought out. This is a good, down-to-earth workbook for those wanting to learn embellishment, or for those who are experienced and just beginning to teach others. I can see many artists, including myself, referring to this book many times for technical information as well as inspiration.

Pictorial Price Guide to American Antiques 2000-2001: 2000-2001 (Pictorial Price Guide to...

Book Description
The new edition of the ultimate antiques collector's guide, every year more highly prized

For twenty years this highly praised and consistent seller has been the only price guide to American antiques and objects made for the American market that illustrates every item listed. The 2000-2001 edition contains more than 5000 entirely new objects and auction prices--from furniture and lighting to ceramics and clocks to advertising and novelty items--each keyed to the year the piece was sold and the location of the auction sale. Such essential information, plus the comprehensive index and the enthusiasm and authority of the author, makes this the invaluable reference American antiques collectors look for every year.

About The Author
Dorothy Hammond, for many years a collector of antiques, writes the popular "Collectibles" column for Colonial Homes magazine. She lives in Wichita, Kansas.