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Basic Facts about the Hope Diamond
This book is concise and informative, with an overview of basic facts about the Hope Diamond, it's history and owners.Anyone with an unreasonable fear of the Hope Diamond will be particularly interested in the fact that Cartier manufactured the "curse" to sell the diamond based on a novel, "The Moonstone." "Blue Mystery" is an excellent precursor to "Queen of Diamonds", a fascinating autobiography of Evalyn Walsh McLean, the last private owner of the Hope Diamond.

The Hope Diamond, is it cursed?
The book intresed me in many ways! Just think all of the owners and some family members died in a horrible way. I've always had a special intrest in mysteries like this one. And probaly like others I want to get a chance tosee it. Now that I've read the book I'm to scared! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Antiques / Collectibles    2. Art    3. Carving    4. Crafts & Hobbies    5. Hope diamond    6. Jewelry    7. Jewelry Arts And Crafts    8. Antiques & Collectibles / General    9. Antiques & collectables: gold & silver (other than jewellery)    10. Antiques & collectables: jewellery    11. Jewellery & jewellery-making   

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Wonderful Reference Guide to Fostoria Glassware
Wonderful reference guide to Fostoria Glassware. I would have preferred more color pictures to get a clear image of the glassware. Some pages tend to be a little dark. I feel this book is more for the Experienced Fostoria Glassware Collector.

An essential guide for Fostoria Glassware collectors
A well researched volume loaded with useful information about this popular collectible.Much of the material was obtained directly from Fostoria archives and includes many illustrations from original company cataloguesand brochures.All illustrations are clear in black and white.Productsare listed by categories and run from bowls and candlesticks to dinnerwareto vanity dresser items.Very comprehensive.A useful price guide isfeatured.Fostoria collectors will find this volume of value and will useit often. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Antiques & Collectibles    2. Antiques / Collectibles    3. Antiques/Collectibles    4. Catalogs    5. Collectors and collecting    6. Fostoria Glass Company    7. Glass & Glassware    8. Glassware    9. Reference - Price Guides    10. Silver, Gold & Other Metals    11. United States   

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Gorgeously photographed, one-of-a-kind book!
This is the first book that captures the unique culture of Thrace throughextensive photographs of ancient treasures from museums throughoutBulgaria. I am happy to see that all photographs are accompanied withcaptions providing a wealth of information about the objects as well asinfo in which museums they can be seen. The preface details the history,culture, and religion of Thrace, and it's filled with fascinating facts. Itgives you deeper understanding of the political and cultural complexity ofthe ancient world and the relationships among Thracians, Greeks,Phoenicians, Romans, etc. There is a timetable at the end that convinientlydisplays the various periods in the development of Thrace parallel tofamous world events.Read more

Subjects:  1. Antiques & Collectibles    2. Antiquities    3. Art    4. Art & Art Instruction    5. Bulgaria    6. Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - General    7. Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - Museum    8. European    9. Exhibition Catalogs    10. Exhibitions    11. Goldwork, Thracian    12. History - Ancient & Classical    13. Silver, Gold & Other Metals    14. Silverwork, Thracian    15. Ancient Greece    16. History of art: BCE to c 500 CE, ancient & classical world    17. Museum, historic sites, gallery & art guides   

Subjects:  1. Antiques/Collectibles    2. Metal Arts And Crafts   

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A "Must Have" book for your pearl choice and information!
Fantastic book with easy to read information & guide about all type of pearls. Also lovely photograps of fine pearl jewelry. A very fine book, definitively the best of its kind. Kudos to Mrs. Newman for writing with such knowledge, yet easy to grasp!

A great book for those shopping for pearls!
This book is a great source for information on pearls and a neccessity for those who are wishing to buy pearls. This will save you money as it teaches you how to determine value. It is a wonderful sequel to the 2nd edition. Itdiscusses all types of pearls, pearl care, pearl quality, pearl value, andincludes a quiz after most chapters. It discusses specific types of pearlslike Misaki and Mikura as well as general types like black, mabe, akoya,cultured, and natural pearls. It goes into great depth about the newfreshwater pearls like those from freshwaterpearls.com.This book shoulddefinetly be bought. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. General    2. Jewelry    3. Nature    4. Nature/Ecology    5. Pearls    6. Purchasing    7. Reference    8. Rocks & Minerals    9. Antiques & collectables: gold & silver (other than jewellery)    10. Antiques & collectables: jewellery    11. Jewellery & jewellery-making   

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A good overview into the life of William Spratling
Don Guillermo, as he was known in Taxco, was an American architect who came upon an impoverished if beautiful Mexican village in the mountains of the state of Guerrero. Stimulated by financial desperation and a challenge from a friend, he hired a silversmith from nearby Iguala and kicked off the renaissance of Mexican silverwork- initially from a table in his house, and ultimately a large workshop turning out exemplary tin, copper, weaving, furniture and, of course, silver. Almost all the smiths who carried out the Taxco tradition were trained in the Spratling workshop. Little Spratling
This pricy but slim volume (126 actual pages of text and photos), is written like a freshman essay.There are facts, but little that illuminates or gives insight into this unusual personality who founded the silver industry in Taxco. It is neither insightful or clever and a biography must have one of these characteristics. Much research seems to have been done, but with little result. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1900-1967    2. 20th century    3. Art & Art Instruction    4. Biography & Autobiography    5. Biography/Autobiography    6. Criticism and interpretation    7. General    8. History    9. Individual Artist    10. Metal Arts And Crafts    11. Metal Work    12. Mexico    13. Silver, Gold & Other Metals    14. Silversmiths    15. Silverwork    16. Spratling, William,    17. Taxco de Alarcâon   

Subjects:  1. Antiques & Collectibles    2. Antiques / Collectibles    3. Antiques/Collectibles    4. Catalogs    5. Collectors and collecting    6. Reference - Price Guides    7. Silver, Gold & Other Metals    8. Silver-plated ware    9. Silverwork    10. Antiques & Collectibles / Silver    11. Antiques & collectables: gold & silver (other than jewellery)    12. BG-FICTION OVER $5 - BG-LITERARY $5+   

Subjects:  1. Antiques & Collectibles    2. Antiques/Collectibles    3. Art & Art Instruction    4. Art metal-work    5. Clip Art    6. England    7. General    8. History    9. Ironwork    10. Silver, Gold & Other Metals    11. Antiques & Collectibles / General   

Subjects:  1. Antiques & Collectibles    2. Antiques / Collectibles    3. Antiques/Collectibles    4. England    5. General    6. History    7. Silver boxes    8. Silver, Gold & Other Metals    9. Antiques & collectables: gold & silver (other than jewellery)    10. History of specific subjects   

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pictures, history and buyers' advice
There are an awful lot of fantasy writers who would benefit in reading, if not this book, then one very like it.But that's not a recommendation.Read more

Subjects:  1. Antiques / Collectibles    2. Consumer Buying Guides    3. Crafts & Hobbies    4. Crafts for Children    5. Gems    6. Hobbies/Crafts    7. Jewelry    8. Jewelry Arts And Crafts    9. Lapidary    10. Antiques & collectables: gold & silver (other than jewellery)    11. Antiques & collectables: jewellery    12. Consumer guides & advice    13. Geochemistry    14. Jewellery & jewellery-making    15. Mineralogy   

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

Subjects:  1. Antiques & collectables: gold & silver (other than jewellery)    2. Antiques & collectables: jewellery    3. United Kingdom, Great Britain    4. Base metal & ironworking   

Subjects:  1. Antiques & Collectibles    2. Antiques/Collectibles    3. Art & Art Instruction    4. Collectors and collecting    5. General    6. Kitchenware    7. Metal Arts And Crafts    8. Silverware    9. Spoons    10. Antiques & collectables: gold & silver (other than jewellery)    11. Antiques & collectables: jewellery   

Subjects:  1. Antiques & Collectibles    2. Antiques/Collectibles    3. Silver, Gold & Other Metals   

Subjects:  1. 19th century    2. 20th century    3. Antiques & Collectibles    4. Antiques / Collectibles    5. Antiques/Collectibles    6. Art glass    7. England    8. General    9. Glass & Glassware    10. Glass Arts And Crafts    11. Glass epergnes    12. History    13. History: World    14. Permanent Collection Catalogs    15. Antiques & Collectibles / General    16. Antiques & collectables: ceramics & glass    17. Antiques & collectables: gold & silver (other than jewellery)    18. Antiques & collectables: jewellery    19. Art collections    20. Ceramic arts, pottery, glass    21. Koppelman, Bunny    22. Koppelman, Charles   

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. Antiques & Collectibles    3. Antiques/Collectibles    4. Art    5. Art & Art Instruction    6. Art metal-work    7. Arts and crafts movement    8. Catalogs    9. Collectibles    10. Collectors and collecting    11. East Aurora    12. General    13. History    14. New York (State)    15. Roycroft Shop    16. Antiques & collectables: gold & silver (other than jewellery)    17. Antiques & collectables: jewellery    18. Base metal & ironworking   

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Subjects:  1. Art    2. Crafts & Hobbies    3. Crafts / Hobbies    4. General    5. Hobbies/Crafts    6. Jewelry    7. Metal Arts And Crafts    8. Metal Work    9. Silver, Gold & Other Metals    10. Antiques & Collectibles / Silver    11. Gold & silversmithing    12. SILVERWORK   

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Book review from Silver Magazineby Will Chandler
The first edition of Janet Drucker's Georg Jensen: A Tradition of Splendid Silver was published just four years ago, in 1997. Now, just a few breaths later, a revised and expanded second edition with an updated price guide is out. Given the impressive richness of the first edition, one might say,"So soon?" The first edition had gone out of print, but it would have been more usual at this remove to reprint it without revisions. The reasons are not especially apparent at first glance; the jacket design(and the jacket advertising copy) has barely changed, the general organization and graphic design of the first edition have been retained in the second, and the number of pages is about the same. When one sits down with both editions and begins to compare them page by page, the differences quickly become apparent. A very large amount of new material has been added into the new book, including 250 new images and expanded archival information on production and designers. Since the publication of the first edition, so much previously unavailable material came to light that its inclusion seemed paramount. Reveiw by Sandra Todaro, Vintage Costume Jewelry Society
Collectors of jewelry of any type now have another acquisition for which to long. It's a signature piece, finely detailed, a valued addition to any serious collection. It is a jewel indeed, but you may not find it at thejewelers. It's a creation of Janet Drucker and it should stand the test oftime, for Drucker has crafted Georg Jensen A Tradition of Splendid Silverinto a splendid guidebook.Read more

Subjects:  1. 1866-1935    2. 20th century    3. Antiques & Collectibles    4. Antiques/Collectibles    5. Art & Art Instruction    6. Denmark    7. General    8. Georg Jensen slvsmedie, A/s    9. Georg Jensen s²lvsmedie, A/s    10. History    11. Jensen, Georg Arthur,    12. Silver, Gold & Other Metals    13. Silverwork    14. Themes, motives   

Subjects:  1. Antiques / Collectibles    2. Reference - General    3. Silver, Gold & Other Metals    4. Antiques & Collectibles / Reference    5. Antiques & Collectibles-Silver, Gold & Other Metals   

Subjects:  1. 1913-    2. Antiques & Collectibles    3. Antiques/Collectibles    4. Art Museums And Galleries    5. Art collections    6. Catalogs    7. General    8. Gilbert, Arthur,    9. Gilbert, Rosalinde    10. Metal Arts And Crafts    11. Reference    12. Silver, Gold & Other Metals