Collecting Costume Jewelry 101: Basics of Starting, Building & Upgrading, Identification and Value Guide, 2nd Edition

Beginning and experienced collectors and even dealers sometimes have difficulty distinguishing a valuable piece of costume jewelry from less valuable jewelry. Two brooches both signed by the same designer can have vastly different values. This book provides beginning collectors with friendly one-on-one advice on how to begin a collection and how to recognize good quality costume jewelry. Background information for almost 130 different manufacturers including the authors recommendations on which pieces from each designer are the most collectible are provided. Over 200 new photos have been added to this edition bringing the total to around 900 full-color photographs. A new section on miscellaneous makers is featured and additional up-to-date information about selling jewelry on eBay is provided. Once again tips on how to upgrade a collection by selling to dealers and trading with friends; tips on how to catalog a collection; and tips on repairing storing and cleaning jewelry are included. A glossary of jewelry terms complete bibliography and an index of patent design numbers round out the book. 2008 values.