Kovels' Buyers' Guide to 20th-Century Costume Jewelry
Author : Ralph M. Kovel
Publisher :
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 34,42 MB
Release : 2008-03-01
Category : Costume jewelry
ISBN : 9780964668348
Author : Ralph M. Kovel
Publisher :
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 34,42 MB
Release : 2008-03-01
Category : Costume jewelry
ISBN : 9780964668348
Author : Carol Prisant
Publisher : Workman Publishing
Page : 660 pages
File Size : 48,83 MB
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780761128229
Offers tips on identifying, collecting, and caring for furniture, photographs, posters and illustration art, costume jewelry and wristwatches, dolls, toys, advertising and sports memorabilia, and glass and pottery.
Author : Kathy Flood
Publisher : Krause Publications
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 43,66 MB
Release : 2010-07-09
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9781440208010
The 4th edition of Warman's Jewelry: Fine & Costume Jewelry price guide is for any jewelry lover interested in jadeite, pearls, diamonds, figurals, Art Deco, Art Nouveau, sterling silver, beads, rhinestones, avant-garde, designer, antique Victorian-Edwardian-Georgian, couture, plastics including Bakelite and Lucite, gold, and even more exceptional jewelry categories. The book features a fresh and fun redesign with more than 1,000 all-new images. Scholarly information and helpful hints guide the collector on an amusing journey through costume and fine jewelry from the 18th to 21st centuries. The easy-to-follow format allows collectors to quickly identify their jewelry, plus concise and informative intro shorts tell the readers specifically what to look for within categories. The book is an indispensable addition to any jewelry library. Learn about jewelry without the usual tedium of non-fiction for a read that goes fast from the first word to the closing paragraph. Plus, read short interviews with category specialists. All in all, you'll learn a lot without realizing you've been ... studying.
Author : Joe Willard
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 46,36 MB
Release : 2011-09-22
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 1440231788
The Science of Scrounging Whether readers are dumpster divers, estate sale addicts or modern archaeologists, this easy-to-use and informative guide to "picking" is guaranteed to improve their antiquing skills. The Picker's Bible provides great tips on where and how to find antiques for the best price. A fun and quick read, the book explains the ins and outs of negotiating price, things to avoid, secrets to success, and how to do it all better than the other guy. There is hidden treasure out there...Picker's Bible will help you find it!
Author : Charles L. Russell
Publisher : Outskirts Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 41,64 MB
Release : 2015-12-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1478743158
Art as Adornment: The Life and Work of Arthur Smith is a splendid documentary writing about a prominent player in the Modernist Jewelry Movement. The trade name, “ArtSmith” came to resonate with fashion and theater types in New York and all over the country during the three decades following World War II. As a Black navigating the racial tensions of the period, Arthur Smith managed to rise above the fray and achieve extraordinary success in the development of designs for jewelry that were eminently wearable and for the wearer a decorative pizazz triumph. With over 150 illustrations, this book will take you on an awe inspiring journey starting with his parents’ migratory trek from Jamaica through Cuba and ultimately to New York City, Arthur’s education in the arts, and concluding with a detailed description of his jewelry styling and creativity.
Author : Ralph M. Kovel
Publisher :
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 41,40 MB
Release : 1958
Category : Porcelain
ISBN :
Author : Ralph M. Kovel
Publisher : Random House Reference
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 16,42 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780609804179
Need an eye for your teddy bear? Searching for another soup spoon to complete Grandma's silver? Looking for someone to repair your porcelain doll? Wondering if restoring your carousel horse will lower its value? Kovels' Yellow Pages is the ultimate directory for collectors. It helps you find sources for repair, restoration, and parts, and it lists matching services, appraisers, and auction houses--all you need to help you maintain the value of your antiques and add to your enjoyment of collecting. America's antiques experts, Ralph and Terry Kovel, also give you "insider" information on how to navigate the complicated world of buying, selling, and collecting antiques. They have distilled a lifetime's worth of information to give you the last word on Where to start when you've inherited a house full of stuff How to know if you need an appraiser and where to find one When giving away an antique is more profitable than selling it If repairing or restoring an object will lower or enhance its value How to bid in out-of-town auctions Kovels' Yellow Pages gives you firsthand information from more than 3,000 suppliers, clubs, auctions, services, and industry sources nationwide. You'll find names, addresses, telephone and fax numbers, plus e-mail and Internet addresses. There's also an extensive bibliography of price books and reference books most helpful to collectors. With this guide, you have at your fingertips the most complete and up-to-date collector's reference available anywhere.
Author : Terry Kovel
Publisher :
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 10,82 MB
Release : 2016-06-30
Category :
ISBN : 9780997082517
Author : Ralph M. Kovel
Publisher : Random House Reference
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 27,42 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN :
Lists monograms and identifying marks used by more than ten thousand American silversmiths from 1650 to the present.
Author : Judith Miller
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 48,84 MB
Release : 2018-01-31
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 1845339134
Marks are one of the collector's most important tools when it comes to identifying and dating antiques. Of course, it is important to understand that they should never be relied upon completely, as many have been copied or faked. What you should rely on is experience. Handle as many antiques as you can and learn to combine your knowledge of marks with the knowledge of how an authentic piece looks and feels. Whether you are buying at auction, flea market or antique shop this is the book you need to identify and date what you find. More than 6,000 marks are organized for quick, at-a-glance reference with full-colour sections on silver, Sheffield plate, bronze figures, ceramics, glass, costume jewellery, toys and dolls. This comprehensive guide can be kept handy to identify antique finds and valuate them from a catalogue of the most common marks that you will encounter, as well as any unidentified treasures you already own.