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Vintage Jewelry: Price & Identification Guide, 1920 to 1940s
This collection of books about vintage jewelry will help you identify and price the pieces in your collection. Whether you are a jewelry dealer, beginning collector, or someone with more experience, these books can help. Most contain hundreds or thousands of photographs of vintage jewelry, plus price guides and makers' marks. Each offers a slightly different twist on collecting vintage jewelry.
1) Vintage Jewelry: Price & Identification Guide, 1920 to 1940s
Leigh Leshner helps us identify white metal and rhinestone jewelry from the 1920s-1940s. The book details more than 1,000 pieces of jewelry and is illustrated with hundreds of color photographs. Ms. Leshner discusses the history of rhinestones and the variations found in designs during the period. A pricing guide covers signed and unsigned rhinestone pieces sold in the US and abroad. A must book.
2) Answers to Questions About Old Jewelry, 1840-1950
Jeanenne Bell offers an excellent text to help us identify and price one-hundred years of American and English jewelry. Nearly 1,700 photographs, with 32 pages in color. Major sections of the book include a dating and pricing section, an extensive segment on cameos, and a description of manufacturing techniques used during the period.
3) Collecting Rhinestone & Colored Jewelry
Maryanne Dolan's book includes 16 pages of color photos and over 750 black and white photos of vintage jewelry. This reference book and pricing guide offers a detailed look at jewelry makers' marks and the dates they were first used. A short history of each jewelry maker accompanies the illustration of its marks. A useful text that will be of help new and experienced vintage jewelry collectors.
4) Antique Trader Jewelry Price Guide
A price and identification guide from a respected publisher of antique and collectible books and magazines. Compact and to-the-point, this guide classifies jewelry by overall style--fine antique, modern, and costume jewelry--then sorts it alphabetically by jewelry type, such as necklaces and brooches. Over 3,500 pieces are described and priced. A valuable reference for dealers and collectors.
5) Collectible Costume Jewelry: Identification & Values
This book by Cherri Simonds depicts vintage costume jewelry in all price ranges. You'll find hundreds of color photographs of various types of jewelry. Descriptions are accompanied by current values. Some of the marks depicted are not readily linked to their makers, but the book offers a good visual look at 20th century costume jewelry.
