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Price Guides for Antique and Collectibles Costume Jewelry and Compacts

This page is a continuation of the Miscellaneous Page of the Online Collector's Bookstore. Below are links to several popular price guides for antique and collectibles costume jewelry and compacts. These books can be purchased through the Amazon.com website. All orders can be taken by Amazon.com over the Internet through a secure server or be paid by check. Most books will be shipped in two to three days. Many of the books listed here are priced by Amazon.com at 20% or 30% off list price.


Collectible Costume Jewelry
by Cherri Simonds

Hardcover, 192 pages; Published by Collector Books.
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Cherri Simonds has written the most useful and best organized book on costume jewelry available. All the major designers and manufacturers like Haskell, Coro, Eisenberg, and Trifari are featured. There are dates given and examples of the jewelry for which the designer/manufacturer is best known. A time chart shows what was in style during each period of time as do the vintage ads. There are examples from the Victorian era to the present, even featuring recent pieces by designers such as Anne Klein and Joan Rivers. Besides the overview of collecting and the current market, there is a helpful glossary of jewelry terms with pictures and examples. The nearly 600 gorgeous full-color pictures of these glittering pieces are arranged by subjects, making items very easy to find. There is a vast amount of jewelry shown here that is not published anywhere else. Topped off with current values, marks, and detailed descriptions, this stunning book will be indespensable to all jewelry collectors.


Costume Jewelry : A Practical Handbook & Value Guide
by Fred Razazadeh, Fred Rezazadeh

Hardcover - 224 pages (November 1997); Collector Books.
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The breadth of the industry is reprsented by more than 2,000 pieces featured in color. The author explains the ever changing market, value scales and investment tips. 1998 values.




Fifty Years of Collectible Fashion Jewelry 1925-1975
by Lillian Baker

Hardcover - 191 pages (April 1986); Collector Books.
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Compiled by a leading jewelry authority, this beautiful book features over 400 pieces in color with a comprehensive text. An exciting publication representing over 25 different collections. Updated values.


Collector's Encyclopedia of Compacts : Carryalls & Face Powder Boxes (Collector's Encyclopedia of Compacts , Vol 2)
by Laura M. Mueller

Hardcover - 288 pages Vol 002 (April 1997); Collector Books.
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Volume II of Collector's Encyclopedia of Compacts : Carryalls & Face Powder Boxes presents several new fields of collecting not contained in the volume I. Over 1,200 items are featured in full color with international examples in all the chapters, and a helpful appendix, glossary, bibliography and index. 1997 values.


Vintage Ladies Compacts : Identification & Value Guide
by Roselyn Gerson

Hardcover (November 1995); Collector Books.
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This elegant book holds a wealth of information to identify, date, and price over 1,500 vintage compacts. Special features include a full color section, a patent table, an extensive list of companies, a lot of fascinating original ads and more. A nostalgic, romantic link with the past.



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