Appraising Antiques

For jewelers, but it is just as well suited for buyers and wearers of gemstone jewelry. (Lori D.Kranz American Reference Books Annual 2007)

An invaluable resource. Libraries will find this holds wide appeal for a range of gem crafters. (Diane C. Donovan California Bookwatch, The Midwest Book Review 200707)

A beautiful tabletop book for those who adore jewelry and an excellent education resource for consumers. (Tanya Enberg Toronto 24 Hours 20061216)

A valuable tool for understanding and using gemstones an important investment for those devoted to fine gems. (Kathleen Webb Tacoma Way News Tribune 200703)

A welcome book for anyone in the craft. (Annie Boulanger The Record (New Westminster, BC) 200707)

A reasonably thorough, convenient resource Extremely useful, and I strongly recommend it. (Art Jewelry Magazine )

The lavish full-color photographs are well balanced with the text, making this book a feast for the eye. (Lori D. Kranz Bloomsbury Review )

Even those of us who do not buy gems can learn much from this work. (Bob Jones Rock and Gem )

Bobbie Aug became involved with AQS in Paducah, Kentucky, at the 1989 American Quilter's Society Show. She was in the first group tested and certified as quilt appraisers by AQS. Bobbie serves as a member of the AQS Appraiser Certification Program Committee. She learned to sew on treadle sewing machines in Illinois. Bobbie Aug was inspired by the quiet, dignified beauty of nineteenth-century quilts and began making quilts 30 years ago. She became a quilt dealer, quilt collector, quilt shop owner, and quilt show consultant and producer, focusing on anything related to quilts and quiltmaking. Bobbie lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado, with her husband, Norm. Their family includes son Tony, daughter Carrie, Brittany spaniels Angel and Sandie, and a nasty cat named Phannie.