Head to the flea markets and antique stores equipped with the expert knowledge shared in this great new guide! 
Jewelry expert and author C. Jeanenne Bell offers collectors-on-the-go a quick resource for collecting jewelry. Features more than 5,000 detailed descriptions of rings, brooches, bracelets, and necklaces, covering early 19th to mid-20th centuries. Antique, Modern, and Costume jewelry listings include detailed descriptions and up-to-date prices—providing collectors with the most valuable information right at their fingertips. A glossary of must-know jewelry terms is included, as well as tips on collecting, and more than 500 photographs and illustrations. 
C. Jeanenne Bell, G.G. is one of the world’s foremost experts and collectors of jewelry. She is also the author of How to be a Jewelry Detective and Answers to Questions about Old Jewelry, 1840-1950: 5th Edition. 
• Perfect pocketsize makes it easy to carry to flea markets and antique shows 
• Covers Antique, Modern, and Costume jewelry 
• Helpful tips for novice and experienced collectors alike

Warman's Antique Jewelry Field Guide: Values and Identification

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Bell, C. Jeanenne

Bell, Jeanenne

Antiques & Collectibles

Krause Pubns Inc

Many people are curious about old jewelry. Usually they have some tucked away somewhere or have inherited jewelry passed down from previous generations. This book helps readers accurately circa date their pieces, authenticate and identify metals, and determine the value of treasured items made form 1840 to 1950. With 2000 updated prices, this revised edition is a key reference for dealers, collectors, and appraisers. Sections include jewelry styles from 1840 to 1950, an overview of 100 years of cameos, and the answers to questions about jewelry manufacturing and construction techniques. 
*2000 updated prices *Additional information includes Mexican jewelry, Bakelite, and makers' marks

Answers to Questions About Old Jewelry: Covers 1840-1950

History

Make smart sense of today's dynamic world of collectible jewelry when you rely on the answers to key questions about vintage jewelry covered in this new full-color edition of the jewelry collector's classic must-have. Authoritative details, such as maker's marks, outlined in this guide help collectors and dealers identify, date and assess everything from brooches and pins and pendants, rings and lockets of the mid-1800s through the 1950s. This new color edition also includes coverage of Modernist jewelry; as well as an expanded section devoted to Mexican jewelry, a market where many pieces are selling for thousands of dollars each.

Answers To Questions About Old Jewelry

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It’s elementary, my dear Watson. This book helps any would-be Sherlock Holmes solve the mysteries that shroud the jewelry world. C. Jeanenne Bell, one of the nation’s leading jewelry authorities, puts her 30 years of experience to work providing clues that help separate the old from the new, the gold from the gold-plated, the diamonds from the rhinestones and the junk from the jewels. 
Combining logic with step-by-step proven techniques, How to be a Jewelry Detective is the one book that will help make hunting for jewelry not only fun, but also profitable. 
- More than 300 illustrations and 160 photos - 32 pages of color - Comprehensive list of designers and marks - Invaluable clues about fine, costume and Mexican jewelry

How to Be a Jewelry Detective: Elementary Clues to Solving the Mysteries of Jewelry (Antiques Detectives How to Series)

A.D. Publishing

This book of "Resources" was compiled to be used with the "How to be a Jewelry Detective" book, also By Jeanenne Bell. Now that you have a good idea of what you have, this book will help you: 
Decide whether to keep it or sell it. 
Discover the best ways to sell. 
Select the best buyers for your items. 
Get top dollar. 
Decide whether or not to restore it. 
Get free estimates on repairs.

Jewelry Detective Resources

Reference

A Jewelry Classic
For three decades, Answers to Questions About Old Jewelry has served as the most respected and authoritative reference to the subject of vintage jewelry on the market. The new edition of this timeless classic finds acclaimed jewelry expert C. Jeanenne Bell at her best û sharing her impressive understanding of the subject with unbridled passion for her life-long pursuit.
Offering significant historical information and lavish images of remarkable pieces, this best-selling guide to antique jewelry takes you on a beautiful and edifying adventure. Bell's historical sense, coupled with her keen eye for detail and value, makes her work a cherished addition to the library for both the beginning or veteran jewelry collector.
This new edition features nearly 1,000 all-new color photographs of the most collectible jewelry today from 1840 to 1950, fully vetted values, and offers indispensable insight for various jewelry styles, including:
<ul>
<li>Victorian</li>
<li>Edwardian and Egyptian Revival</li>
<li>Art Nouveau and Art Deco</li>
<li>Retro Modern</li>
<li>Bakelite, Costume, Mexican and Modernist</li>
</ul> A former appraiser for "Antiques Roadshow," Bell also provides additional information on maker's marks, trademarks, designer marks, and circa dating clues.

Answers to Questions About Old Jewelry, 1840-1950: Identification and Value Guide

Whether you simply find watches fascinating or you have an old watch that you are curious about, this book is the one for you. This exploration of the evolution of the pendant/pocket watch is divided into centuries. Each century explores what was happening in the world and how these events and fashions influenced watch making. It includes information on makers, their marks, and even the serial numbers for the American watch movements. Filled with clues, it will help you determine when a watch was made, how it was made, what it is made of, and what makes it tick. The amount of photographs of timepieces in this volume is impressive - hundreds of watches are featured in beautiful color photographs. Cases, dials, and movements are included in the photographs - this book encompasses the entire watch. 2009 values.

Collector's Encyclopedia of Pendant and Pocket Watches 1500-1950 (Collector's Encyclopedia)

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