Collectible Fashion Jewelry 1925-1975 – Makers Dates Values / Illustrated Book

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Beautifully illustrated with full-page color plates, this in-depth text provides a pictorial survey of vintage fashion jewelry.
FIFTY YEARS OF COLLECTIBLE FASHION JEWELRY: 1925-1975
by Lillian Baker, Collector Books, KY, 1986.
Replete with wonderful color plates showing all kinds of jewelry items, this collector’s guide delves into the complicated but rather neglected field of jewel artistry, identifying the best and brightest of the makers of costume jewelry for the period indicated.  Names like Renoir, Kingsbury, DeMario, Miriam Haskell, Alice Caviness, Trifari, Weiss, Mosell and many, many others help the reader sort through the collectible items of costume jewelry and separate them from the merely nice.  How methods of manufacture and materials affect value is explained and values are current for the late 80’s.  The author, a noted journalist and avid researcher, has published many books on Art Deco, Art Nouveau, on Victorian hatpins and sundry subjects.  The authoritative volume which results here is a veritable “who’s who” in costume jewelry.  What names to look for, what prices have been assessed, how to note quality, these subjects and more make this a remarkably useful volume for the jewelry collector.
8.5“ x 11.25“ color imprinted hardback in very good condition.  191 pages.
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