Antique Costume Jewelry

The Beaded Jewelry for a Wedding Book: Techniques for Beadlovers

Book Description
The Beaded Jewelry for a Wedding Book is a must-have for brides. Many designs for brides, wedding parties, and more. Make wonderful gifts, knot pearls, head pieces and more. If you plan on marrying in the near future, this wonderful, beautifully photographed book is a necessity for all brides!

The Best of Costume Jewelry

Book Description
Many of the most beautiful costume jewelry pieces made since the 1940s are presented with full color photographs. In chapters arranged chronologically, the jewelry reflects the changing retail market and manufacturing changes in materials, techniques, and colors. An introduction was written by Lawrence Feldman of Fior in London. The effects of popular heroes and competition are seen to have shaped the costume jewelry industry. The jewelry of such well-known manufacturers as Boucher, Coro, Christian Dior, Grosse, Jomaz, Kramer of New York, Mitchell Maer, Trifari, and many others are displayed with newly revised prices. The book portrays the affordable opulence and sheer beauty of costume jewelry.

The Jewels of Miriam Haskell

From Library Journal
Antique Collectors' Club. 1997. 207p. photogs. index. ISBN 1-85149-263-1.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Language Notes
Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Italian

The Official Price Guide to Costume Jewelry, 3rd edition (Official Price Guide to Costume...

Book Description
Originally created as an alternative for those who could not afford the real thing, costume jewelry has become a collectible as desirable as fine jewelry. The Official Price Guide to Costume Jewelry covers every phase, fad, and style. Each chapter details a decade, its creators, the fashions, and the look of the day. There are fascinating biographies of such designers as Miriam Haskell, Hobe, Joseff, and Kenneth Jay Lane, and histories of the major manufacturers—Trifari, Monet, Napier, Boucher, Ciner, and more. Includes hundreds of photographs and a special section on the why, what, how, and where of collecting. This outstanding resource offers vital information for every level of collector.

Inside Flap Copy
Originally created as an alternative for those who could not afford the real thing, costume jewelry has become a collectible as desirable as fine jewelry. The Official Price Guide to Costume Jewelry covers every phase, fad, and style. Each chapter details a decade, its creators, the fashions, and the look of the day. There are fascinating biographies of such designers as Miriam Haskell, Hobe, Joseff, and Kenneth Jay Lane, and histories of the major manufacturers?Trifari, Monet, Napier, Boucher, Ciner, and more. Includes hundreds of photographs and a special section on the why, what, how, and where of collecting. This outstanding resource offers vital information for every level of collector.

Warman's Costume Jewelry Figurals: Identification and Price Guide (Warman's)

Book Description
Appeals to jewelry enthusiasts with tastes on both ends of the economic spectrum -from common pieces ranging in price from $2 -$20, and the most elusive items commanding $14,000+ at auction.

Figural jewelry, a fashion forward choice, and popular item featured at top auction houses, represents about 75% of the costume jewelry market.

Few pieces of jewelry make such a statement as the fun, whimsical, and enchanting costume jewelry figurals. Whether your figurals passion is based on fashion, or a collector's eye for detail, 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 charms, of people, dogs, flowers, faces, seahorses, Christmas trees and more, you will find answers and inspiration in this must-have guide.