Review
Over 2,000 pieces of American, Austrian, Czechoslovakian, German, Italian, Oriental, and Spanish costume jewelry are featured in this book. Besides the numerous international companies, there are over 100 American manufacturers with background information. Unmarked pieces are given coverage, as well as gold filled and silver jewelry, brass, copper, pewter, tin, plastic, and beaded jewelry. -Robert Clayton
Costume Jewelry, A Practical Handbook & Value Guide is the first book to provide information regarding the investment potential of one of today’s hottest collecting fields. The breadth of the industry is represented by different types of costume jewelry – defined as fashion jewelry – both domestic and foreign. It provides comprehensive information on a broad range of jewelry, emphasizing the more common, rather than the unique and rare, types of jewelry which most collectors are likely to encounter in the market place. Dealers as well as collec (more…)
