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Great library addition for Silver Collectors
For all Silver dealers, collectors and appraisers, this book should be THE reference book on George Jensen; no library is complete wihtout it. The pictorials from a Jensen catalogue are indespensible for identying Jenson pieces, and the numbering scheme is detailed with the photographs, making the book easy to use and most informative. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Antiques & Collectibles    2. Antiques/Collectibles    3. Art & Art Instruction    4. Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - General    5. General    6. Silver, Gold & Other Metals   

Subjects:  1. Antiques & Collectibles    2. Antiques/Collectibles    3. Asia - India & South Asia    4. Jewelry    5. Silver, Gold & Other Metals   

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A Passion of Mine
As an egg artist of Fabarge style egg art, I highly recommend this book to other artists as well as those who are not interested in actually making this type of art. You will still be moved.

Fabulous Faberge
Having just recently been in the Armoury at the Kremlin and seeing the Faberge Eggs they have there and being absolutely blown away by them I was very pleased to be able to purchase this book even though is was the 1990 edition.
Beautifully photographed and intelligently described
This book is worthwhile whether the reader wants an introduction to Faberge easter eggs or is already familiar with these masterpieces. It provides a history of Peter Carl Faberge and his works.It includesphotographs of forty easter eggs, most of them being the Imperial eastereggs which were gifts from Alexander III and Nicholas II to their wives orthe dowager empress.Other less well known but also spectacular eggs areincluded.The photographs show the eggs and surprises to their bestadvantage.The corresponding descriptions provide information about thesignificance of each egg.There were some eggs in this book that I hadnever seen in other books, including Imperial easter eggs that apparentlyhave not been part of recent museum tours. I first bought the ChristopherForbes book in paperback, but returned it because I was disappointed withit.I will be keeping this one. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Art    2. Art & Art Instruction    3. Art collections    4. Art objects, Russian    5. Catalogs    6. Faberge (Firm)    7. Faberge eggs    8. Fabergâe eggs    9. Folk & Outsider Art    10. History - General    11. Jewelry Arts And Crafts    12. Romanov, House of    13. Antiques & collectables: gold & silver (other than jewellery)    14. Antiques & collectables: jewellery    15. Russia   

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Silver in America 1840-1940: A Century of Splendor
Silver in America 1840-1940: A Century of Splendor is a highly readable, well-documented overview of the of the development of the American silverware industry. The author, Dr. Charles Venable, has skillfully woveninto this study the historic, economic, and social factors that impactedthis industry as well as the influence that the silverware industry had inshaping the social rituals and customs of the era.Venable also provides agreat deal of detail on the production, technology, and marketing ofsilver.This book, although replete with marvelous photographs andillustrations, is not a pattern identication guide and readers interestedin such reference material would no doubt be disappointed.For thosereaders who are serious lovers of American silver this book is must readingand a necessary addition to one's library. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 19th century    2. 20th century    3. Antiques / Collectibles    4. Art    5. Exhibition Catalogs    6. Exhibitions    7. General    8. History    9. History - General    10. Silver, Gold & Other Metals    11. Silverware    12. United States    13. Antiques & Collectibles / Silver    14. Gold & silversmithing    15. Jewellery & jewellery-making    16. USA    17. c 1800 to c 1900   

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Bargain Price on a Beautiful Book
Boardman's book is great for looking at Bronze Age, early and classical Greek Gems, but only spends a few pages on Hellenistic Gems and lumps them together with Roman, which was a bit disappointing. Other than that, a beautiful book, almost a complete corpus of gems from the noted period. Very useful. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Antiques / Collectibles    2. Antiquities    3. Art    4. Classic Art    5. Gems    6. General    7. Greece    8. Jewelry    9. Jewelry Arts And Crafts    10. Rings    11. Silver, Gold & Other Metals   

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Lost in collectible Jewelryland?
Lillian Baker's "100 Years of Collectible Jewelry" might help you to find your way, but only barely. The small opening section, with a brief history of jewelry, may be helpful to the novice...but is by no meanscomplete or even truly interesting to the seasoned collector. It will giveyou an overview of jewelry styles and some of the historic events thatprompted them, but will leave you wanting more. (Much more.) Thephotographs in the book are clear, but very small; not wildly exciting norrepresentative of all periods and jewelry styles. However Ms. Baker does gointo areas not generally covered...hair combs, hat pins and beaded purseare investigated although in a flash in the pan sort of way.Possibly themajor advantage of the book is the Glossary of Terms. If you are brandspanking new to collecting jewelry, this may be the most helpful andinformative portion of the book. Overall I would recommend the book forit's reasonable price and easy to chew small bites of information, but ifyou are interested in a compelling, in-depth view of the history ofjewelry, this book is not for you. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 19th century    2. 20th century    3. Antiques & Collectibles    4. Antiques / Collectibles    5. Antiques/Collectibles    6. Catalogs    7. Collectors and collecting    8. Costume jewelry    9. History    10. Jewelry    11. Reference - Price Guides    12. Antiques & collectables: gold & silver (other than jewellery)    13. Antiques & collectables: jewellery    14. c 1800 to c 1900   

Subjects:  1. Antiques & Collectibles    2. Antiques / Collectibles    3. Antiques/Collectibles    4. Collectors and collecting    5. Great Britain    6. History    7. Silver flatware    8. Silver, Gold & Other Metals    9. Antiques & collectables: gold & silver (other than jewellery)    10. Antiques & collectables: jewellery    11. British Isles    12. England    13. Ireland    14. Modern period, c 1500 onwards    15. Scotland   

Subjects:  1. Antiques & Collectibles    2. Antiques/Collectibles    3. Art & Art Instruction    4. General    5. Metal Arts And Crafts    6. Silver, Gold & Other Metals    7. Antiques & collectables: ceramics & glass   

Subjects:  1. Antiques / Collectibles    2. England    3. General    4. Ironwork    5. United States   

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Great Bargain
Fantastic reference book with over 300 high quality, full color pictures with descriptions and what to look for. Nice range of silver and silver-plate items listed. The last 50 entries are pewter items (yuck). Handy size too. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Americana    2. Antiques & Collectibles    3. Antiques / Collectibles    4. Antiques/Collectibles    5. Reference - Price Guides    6. Silver, Gold & Other Metals    7. Antiques & Collectibles / Silver   

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THE book for the beginning Bakelite collector!
I am a total novice who is just starting to learn about Bakelite jewelry, and even though this book is expensive, it's the best one I've seen and well worth the money.(I also have Tony Grasso's book but don't think it's quite as helpful.)Not only does Wasserstrom's book have loads ofbeautiful color photos (hence the high price), but it is VERY clear andanswers every single question that has occurred to me about Bakelite.Itis just loaded with valuable and easy-to-reference information. (Likecharts about which styles correspond to which dates, the differencesbetween Bakelite and other types of plastics, etc.) My only tiny complaintis there's no index (true of the Grasso book also).If you're interestedin learning about or collecting Bakelite, buy this book! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Catalogs    2. Collectors and collecting    3. Crafts & Hobbies    4. Crafts / Hobbies    5. General    6. Hobbies/Crafts    7. Jewelry    8. Plastic jewelry    9. Technical & Manufacturing Trades    10. Antiques & collectables: gold & silver (other than jewellery)    11. Antiques & collectables: jewellery    12. Jewellery & jewellery-making   

Subjects:  1. Antiques & Collectibles    2. Antiques/Collectibles    3. Art & Art Instruction    4. General    5. Silver, Gold & Other Metals    6. Antiques & collectables: gold & silver (other than jewellery)    7. Gold & silversmithing    8. USA   

Subjects:  1. Antiques & Collectibles    2. Antiques/Collectibles    3. Crafts / Hobbies    4. Indian silverwork    5. Indians of North America    6. Jewelry    7. Jewelry Arts And Crafts    8. Native American Art    9. Southwest, New    10. Themes, motives   

Subjects:  1. Antiques / Collectibles    2. Art    3. Jewelry Arts And Crafts    4. Silver, Gold & Other Metals   

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Jewelry in America
The perfect gift for anyone who loves jewelry! Fabulous photos and detailed descriptions of classic jewelry styles through the centuries are in this exquisite Winterthur Museum publication. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 17th century    2. 18th century    3. 19th century    4. Antiques & Collectibles    5. Antiques / Collectibles    6. Antiques/Collectibles    7. History    8. Jewelry    9. Jewelry Arts And Crafts    10. United States    11. Antiques & collectables: gold & silver (other than jewellery)    12. Antiques & collectables: jewellery    13. Jewellery & jewellery-making    14. USA    15. c 1600 to c 1700    16. c 1700 to c 1800    17. c 1800 to c 1900   

Subjects:  1. Antiques & Collectibles    2. Antiques/Collectibles    3. Art & Art Instruction    4. Catalogs    5. Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - Museum    6. Great Britain    7. Massachusetts    8. Metal Arts And Crafts    9. Permanent Collection Catalogs    10. Silver, Gold & Other Metals    11. Silverwork    12. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute    13. Williamstown    14. Antiques & collectables: gold & silver (other than jewellery)    15. Art / Reference    16. Exhibition catalogues and specific collections    17. Gold & silversmithing    18. Ireland    19. United Kingdom, Great Britain   

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A Must Have Guide Book for Anyone Interested in Double Eagle Gold Coins
Dave Bowers has shown us all once again his superb writing skills and in-depth Numismatic knowledge with this fairly new release on what just may be the worlds most popular gold coin, the US Double Eagle. All that is missing from this superb date by date analysis of the US double eagle gold coins guidebook is up to date pricing information, which of course has seen many changes ( most to the upside) since the release of this book.
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Subjects:  1. Antiques & Collectibles    2. Antiques / Collectibles    3. Antiques/Collectibles    4. Catalogs    5. Coins, American    6. Coins, Currency & Medals    7. Double eagle (Coin)    8. Gold coins    9. Reference - General    10. Silver, Gold & Other Metals    11. United States   

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Not what I expected.
Provides pricing guidelines on specific items, but not very applicable to other metalware.I collect pewter mugs and steins, and found the publication of no help in this area.

A terrific reference for my metalware collectibles.
I found everything I needed in the 19 categories included -- iron, zinc, aluminum, all with prices and helpful collecting tips. Not many of these books around. This is a good one! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Antiques & Collectibles    2. Antiques / Collectibles    3. Antiques/Collectibles    4. Catalogs    5. Collectors and collecting    6. General    7. Metal-work    8. Silver, Gold & Other Metals   

Subjects:  1. Antiques/Collectibles    2. Art & Art Instruction    3. Encyclopedias    4. General    5. History    6. Metal Arts And Crafts    7. Silverwork   

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Outdated & Overpriced
Although this book sounded great, it was very disappointing...A very expensive book for the little knowledge in it...Lots of pages, but little information....Has many manufacturer's advertisement pictures and pages and pages of the same pattern, but not very helpful as far as identification!!!Very limited manufacturers and patterns...I wouldn't waste my time or money on purchasing this particular book, even for the novice it covers very little, unless you just like looking at pictures...

It's pretty okay
This book has lots of nice pictures and drawings that show good detail of the different patterns.There are lots of patterns to choose from including some that are very old. The only problem is that it doesn't really have a good variety of brands.Also, it took me a while to figure out where the values are.Once I figured that out, I got real tired of flipping back to the front cover over and over to see what my pieces were worth.However, if you've got the right brands this could be the perfect book for you!

Good basic overall view of American silverplate patterns
If you have an old set of silverplate or odd pieces, especially older ornate pieces of flatware,this is a good guide, well illustrated, with many reproductions of original catalogs.I found pattern names of several oddserving pieces which led to a search for matching place settings. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Antiques & Collectibles    2. Antiques / Collectibles    3. Antiques/Collectibles    4. Catalogs    5. Kitchenware    6. Reference - Price Guides    7. Silver, Gold & Other Metals    8. Silver-plated flatware    9. Silver-plated ware    10. Silverware    11. United States