JEWELRY LIST 2013

Part A:  A-C

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Catalogue Index

1. Albert, Jade & Ki Hackney. The Charm of Charms. New York, (2005). 160 pages, 166 illustrations in full color; index. Decorative boards, dust jacket.    $32.50
   Charms and charm bracelets.
2. Albright, Madeleine. Read My Pins: Stories from a Diplomat’s Jewel Box. New York, 2009. 176 pages, illustrated with more than 200 photographs. Hardbound, dust jacket.    $40.00
   “Part illustrated memoir, part social history, Read My Pins provides an intimate look at Albright’s life through the brooches she wore. Her collection is both international and democratic—dime-store pins share pride of place with designer creations and family heirlooms.”
3. Aldred, Cyril. Jewels of the Pharaohs. Egyptian Jewelry of the Dynastic Period. New York, (1971). 256 pages, 156 illustrations, some color; with a full list of plate descriptions. 4to, cloth, very good in dust jacket.    $85.00
4. Alun-Jones, Deborah & John Ayton. Charming: The Magic of Charm Jewelry. New York, (2005). 112 pages, 108 illustrations, 102 in color. Hardbound, dust jacket.    $19.95
5. Andrews, Carol A. R. Catalogue of Egyptian Antiquities in the British Museum VI: Jewellery I, From the earliest times to the Seventeenth Dynasty. London, British Museum, (1981). 102 pages, including catalogue of 675 items, plus 48 plates (mostly photographic, some drawings). Folio, cloth, fine in dust jacket.    $225.00
   Based on material collected by Alix Wilkinson.
6. Andronikos, M[anolis]. The Royal Graves at Vergina. Offprint from “Athens Annals of Archaeology,” Volume X (1977). Translated into English by J. Binder. Athens, Archaeological Receipts Fund, 1980. 53 pages, 31 illustrations (mostly halftones, some drawings). Paperbound. Corner creased, but still in very good condition.     $15.00
   A study of the objects found at the excavation site at Vergina, including an unusual diadem.
7. Aranda Huete, Amelia. La Joyeria en la Corte Durante el Reinado de Felipe V e Isabel de Farnesio. Madrid, 1999. 569 pages, 148 black and white illustrations. Paperbound.    $75.00
   A scholarly study of Spanish court jewelry during the rein of Felip V and Isabel de Farnesio (1700-1746); in Spanish; an excellent study, but unfortunately, with inferior, yet interesting illustrations.
8. Art Nouveau: The Magazine Antiques. Volume CLXXIV, no. 1 (July 2008), featuring an article on art nouveau jewelry entitled “The Innovative Techniques and Unusual Materials of Art Nouveau Jewelry” by Yvonne J. Markowitz and Susan Ward. Illustrated in color. Paperbound.    $5.00
9. Art Nouveau: Ornament: The Arts & Crafts of Personal Adornment. Magazine edited by Carolyn Benesh & Robert K. Liu. Volume 31, no. 5 (2008) which features an article on art nouveau jewelry entitled “Art Nouveau Jewelry - Preserving Nature’s Beauty,” by Yvonne Markowitz & Susan Ward. Color illustrations. Paperbound.    $10.00
10. Arwas, Victor. Art Deco. New York, Abrams, (1980). First edition. 316 pages, 416 illustrations, including 200 plates in full color; biographies of more than 120 artists, bibliography, index. Large 4to, cloth, fine in dust jacket.    $125.00
    Discusses the Art Deco 1925 Exposition, furniture, metal, silver, jewelry, posters, glass and more.
11. Ashby & Co., Gem Merchants..., Colorado Springs. The Diamond: An Interesting Review of the Facts Concerning its Sources, Development, Beauty and Modern Adaptation Tersely Done Into a Book. Colorado Springs, 1909. Copyright by Sidney Holt. 32 pages. 16mo (4 1/2 x 7 inches), original gilt imprinted wrappers with tie. Very slightly rubbed, very good condition. Rare.    $65.00
12. Baker, Lillian. 100 Years of Collectible Jewelry. An Identification and Value Guide. Collector Books, (1978). 167 pages, hundreds of color photographs on 49 plates; extensive glossary. Paperbound, very good condition.    $5.00
13. Balfour, Ian. Famous Diamonds. Antique Collectors Club, (2011), fifth edition, reprinted. 335 pages, index, bibliography, notes; profusely illustrated with over 150 photographs in color. Large 4to, clothbound, dust jacket.    $95.00
    This history of the world’s greatest diamonds presents fascinating stories of almost 80 remarkable diamonds, including the Hope, Cullinan, Koh-i-Noor, and others. This work also includes information on other notable diamonds, fancy colored diamonds, the cutting of the Cullinan diamond, and much more.
14. Ball, Joanne Dubbs. Costume Jewelers: The Golden Age of Design. Schiffer Publishing. Revised & expanded third edition. With updated price guide. 208 pages, 150 color illustrations. Hardbound.    $39.95
    Costume jewelry designed by Chanel, Dior, Joseff, Haskell, Boucher, Lane, Trifri, and many more.
15. Ball, Joanne Dubbs. Jewelry of the Stars. Schiffer, 1991. Hardbound, dust jacket.    $44.95
    The jewelry creations of Joseff of Hollywood.
16. Ball, Joanne Dubbs & Dorothy Hehl Torem. Masterpieces of Costume Jewelry. Schiffer, 1996. With price guide. Hardbound.    $49.95
17. Bangert, Albrecht. Jugendstil, Art Deco. Schmuck und Metallarbeiten. Munich, 1981. 128 pages, numerous color and black and white photos. Small (4 3/4 x 7 1/4 inches) hardbound volume in very good condition.    $25.00
18. Bassermann-Jordan, Ernst. er Schmuck. Leipzig, 1909. 134 pages, 136 illustrations and color frontispiece. Sinkankas 436.    $125.00
    Ornaments of Germanic peoples during ancient, medieval, gothic and renaissance times.
19. Bassmann, Theda & Michael. Zuni Jewelry. Schiffer, 1999. Second edition, revised and expanded, with price guide. Illustrated in color. Paperbound.    $12.95
20. Bates, Kenneth F. Enameling: Principles and Practice. Cleveland, (1951). Hardbound.    $45.00
21. Batterberry, Michael & Ariane. Fashion: The Mirror of History. New York, Greenwich House, (1982). Second edition. 400 pages, over 700 illustrations, including 120 in color. 4to, boards, very good in dust jacket.     $125.00
22. Battle, Dee & Alayne Lesser. The Best of Bakelite and other plastic jewelry. Schiffer, 1996. With value guide.    $39.95
23. Baxter, Paula A. Southwest Silver Jewelry. Schiffer, (2001). 208 pages, profusely illustrated in color; bibliography, index and values reference guide. Boards, dust jacket.    $49.95
    From the 1860s through the 1960s; with list of makers.
24. Bayard, Emile. L’Art de Reconnaitre les Bijoux Anciens: Pierres Precieuses, Metal Precieux. Paris, Grund, 1924. First edition. 313 pages, contents leaf; includes terminology and plate descriptions; 78 numbered black and white plates plus text illustrations. Small 8vo, original blue and white wrappers. Wrappers chipped at spine and one edge; internally fine; largely uncut & unopened. Series: Guides Pratiques de l’Amateur et du Collectionneur d’Art.    $185.00
    Antique jewelry with examples from the collection of Georges Chapsal. One of the scarcest works in this series.
25. Becker: Becker, Friedrich. Friedrich Becker: Jewellery, Kinetics, Objects. Edited by Hildegard Becker. Stuttgart, (1997). Text in German and English.    $110.00
    Study of this world reknown goldsmith and jewelry designer (1922-1997) who was the creator of kinetic jewelry.
26. Becker, Vivienne. Antique and Twentieth Century Jewellery. A Guide for Collectors. Colchester, (1987). Second edition. Illustrated. Hardbound, dust jacket.    $69.50
    Revised and enlarged edition of this important and impressive work, a must-have for any jewelry library.
27. Becker, Vivienne. Art Nouveau Jewelry. London, 1985. 240 pages, 456 illustrations, 156 in color and with 214 makers’ marks and biographies of jewelers. Original hardbound edition, very good in dust jacket.    $150.00
28. Becker, Vivienne. Art Nouveau Jewelry. The paperback edition, 1998. Exactly the same as the original hardbound edition which is now out of print.    $34.95
29. Becker, Vivienne. Fabulous Costume Jewelry: History of Fantasy and Fashion in Jewels. Schiffer publishers. With price guide. Beautifully illustrated in color. Hardbound, dust jacket.    $39.95
    The American edition of Becker’s popular Fabulous Fakes (now out of print); a comprehensive retrospective of commercial costume jewelry from 18th century Georgian through the present.
30. Becker, Vivienne. Fabulous Fakes: The History of Fantasy and Fashion Jewellery. London, Grafton, (1988). 232 pages, illustrated, many color. Clothbound in dust jacket.    $75.00
    An authoritative and comprehensive study of costume jewelry; original British edition of Fabulous Costume Jewelry.
31. Bell, C. Jeanenne. Answers to Questions About Old Jewelry. Krause, 2009. Newest edition. 448 pages, illustrated in color. Paperbound.    $29.99
    The newest edition of this informative classic which helps to identify, date and assess jewelry, with maker’s marks and a new section devoted to Modernist jewelry as well as an expanded section on Mexican jewelry.
32. Bell, C. Jeanenne. Collecting Victorian Jewelry: Identification and Price Guide. KP Books, (2004). 256 pages, over 700 illustrations in color; bibliography, index. 4to, paperbound.    $24.99
    English, American and French jewelry, 1837 to 1901, with a decade-by-decade history of the jewelry and the related fashions.
33. Bell, C. Jeanenne. Collector’s Encyclopedia of Pendant and Pocket Watches 1500-1950. (2004). Lavishly illustrated in color. Values. Bound.    $24.95
34. Bell, C. Jeanenne. Collector’s Encyclopedia of Hairwork Jewelry: Identification & Values. Paducah, (1998). 853 mostly color illustrations. Hardbound. Out of print.    $75.00
    A wonderful, informative and well-illustrated work with reproductions of pages from 19th century catalogues of hairwork jewelry.
35. Belperron: Raulet, Sylvie & Olivier Baroin. Suzanne Belperron. Woodbridge, 2011. 350 pages, profusely illustrated in color. Hardbound in dust jacket.    $150.00
    This is an important addition to any library of books on jewelry of the twentieth century. Suzanne Belperron was one of the most innovative and talented jewelry designers of the twentieth century. Based on her personal archives, this long-awaited work presents her life and her work, from her early days, her time working for the House of Boivin, and her association with Bernard Herz, her fascination with colored stones, and her famous clientele.
36. Benda, Klement. Ornament & Jewellery. Archaeological Finds from Eastern Europe. Prague, 1967. Clothbound.    $85.00
37. Benjamin, John. Starting to Collect Antique Jewellery. Woodbridge, (2003). 191 pages, select biographies, compendium and index; profusely illustrated in color. Boards, dust jacket.    $25.00
    An excellent overview with chapters on paste, mourning and sentimental jewelry, mosaics, cameos, jewelry in Scotland, Arts & Crafts, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, and so much more; written by the former International Director of Jewellery at Phillips.
38. Bennett, David & Daniela Mascetti. Celebrating Jewellery: Exceptional Jewels of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. Woodbridge, (2012). 324 pages, 250 spectacular color photo illustrations. Folio, hardbound in matching publisher’s illustrated slipcase.    $125.00
    An elaborate, lavish production showing the finest examples of the style and luxury of fine jewelry from the Victorian, Belle Epoque, Art Deco and later twentieth century periods. Beautifully illustrated and presented with both small and large photos of the various pieces, each with full descriptions of the history and background of the piece. The finest pieces of jewelry by the greatest designers and manufacturers of the 19th and 20th centuries are shown, including pieces by Van Cleef & Arpels, Boivin, JAR, Cartier, Belperron, Castellani and Giuliano, Lalique and others.
39. Bennett, David & Daniela Mascetti. Understanding Jewelry. Woodbridge, 2006. Third edition, revised and fully updated.    $89.50
    This third edition (originally published 2003, now reprinted) is fully revised and updated and contains an additional chapter on jewelry from 1980-2000.
40. Bennett, Edna Mae. Turquoise and the Indian. Chicago, Sage Books/ The Swallow Press, (1970). Revised edition, second printing. 152 pages, extensive bibliography, index; illustrated with line drawings, maps, black and white photographs and several plates illustrated with color. Small 8vo, cloth, very good in dust jacket.    $20.00
41. Bennett: Falino, Jeannine. Edge of the Sublime: Enamels by Jamie Bennett. Brockton, Mass., Fuller Craft Museum & Manchester, Hudson Hills Pess, (2008). Essays by Patricia C. Phillips and Karl Emil Willers. 143 pages, beautifully illustrated in color with examples of the jewelry, wall reliefs, paintings and drawings of Jamie Bennett. 4to, cloth, dust jacket.    $50.00
    Catalogue of the retrospective exhibition at the Fuller Craft Museum, January - May 2008, travelling throughout the U.S.
42. Berger Collection: Miller, Harrice Simons. Fashion Jewelry: The Collection of Barbara Berger. Foreword by Pamela Golbin. Foreword by Iris Apfel. Collector’s Note by Barbara Berger. New York, 2013. 260 pages, 200 color photographs by Pablo Esteva. Folio (9 1/2 x 12 inches), hardbound in dust jacket.    $65.00
    From the publisher: “Recognized as one of the world’s foremost collections, Barbara Berger’s costume jewelry portfolio features many of what are considered the twentieth century’s most significant designs... over 200 beautiful and noteworthy examples ... From legendary couturiers such as Chanel, Elsa Schiaparelli, and Valentino to contemporary designers including Daniel Von Weinberger, Iradj Moini, and Kenneth Jay Lane... Published in conjunction with the Museum of Arts & Design’s Bedazzled exhibition... the ultimate accessory for jewelry aficionados and fashionistas alike.”
43. Berry Collection: Indiana University, Bloomington. Ancient Jewelry from The Collection of Burton Y. Berry. 1973. Paperbound.    $40.00
44. Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham. The Look of Love: Eye Miniatures from the Skier Collection. Edited by Graham C. Boettcher. Contributions by Elle Shushan, Graham C. Boettcher and Jo Manning. Birmingham Museum of Art in association with Giles, London, (2012). 207 pages, profusely illustrated in color showing 98 examples of “lover’s eyes” from the collection of Dr. & Mrs. David A. Skier of Birmingham, the largest collection in the world. Small square 8vo (7 1/4 x 7 1/4 inches), clothbound, in dust jacket.    $35.00
45. Blauer, Ettagale. Contemporary American Jewelry Design. New York, (1991). 198 pages, illustrated in color. Hardbound, pages with slight wrinkling, but overall very good in slightly creased and chipped dust jacket.    $85.00
46. Boardman, John. Archaic Greek Gems. London, (1968). Illustrated. Hardbound in dust jacket.    $55.00
47. Bosshart, Renate. Fashion Jewelry to Make Yourself. Schiffer, 1995. Paperbound.    $24.95
48. Boston. Institute of Contemporary Art. Exhibition catalogue: Jewelry as Sculpture as Jewelry. November 28 - December 21, 1973. Curated and with introduction by Loretta Yarlow. (24) pages, 80 black and white photos. Paperbound, very good.    $45.00
    Body ornament as art; jewelry by Jean Arp, Sven Boltenstern, Pol Bury, Alexander Calder, Cesar, Max Ernst, Lucio Fontana, Roy Lichtenstein, Man Ray, Roberto Matta, Louise Nevelson, Pablo Picasso, Arnaldo Pomodoro, Gio Pomodoro and others.
49. Boucheron: Meylan, Vincent. Boucheron: The Secret Archives. Woodbridge, (2011). First edition in English. 298 pages, profusely ilustrated with “original design sketches, black and white archive images and sumptuous color photographs of the exquisite Boucheron creations.” Also including many photo illustrations of royalty and others wearing Boucheron’s pieces. Of particular interest is Boucheron’s “Book of Stones” that the author found in the Boucheron archives. With index. Hardbound, in dust jacket.    $95.00
    An important and beautiful new addition to the information already known of the great Parisian jeweller, the House of Boucheron.
50. Bradford, E.D.S. Contemporary Jewellery and Silver Design. London, (1950). Illustrated. Hardbound. First edition.    $225.00
51. Bradford, Ernle. English Victorian Jewellery. London, (1959). Illustrated. Cloth.    $65.00
    Standard work; quite useful.
52. Bradford, Ernle. Four Centuries of European Jewellery. London, 1953. Hardbound.    $60.00
    Good survey; a standard work.
53. Braque: Wally F Galleries, New York. The Prestigious Collection Bijoux de Braque executed by Heger de Lowenfeld... no date, ca. 1965. (24) pages, six plates in color showing 12 pieces. Text in English and French. Original paper wrappers with drawing on front. Upper outer corner torn off, other corners worn or chipped. But internally and overall in otherwise very good condition. Scarce catalogue. TOGETHER WITH: Metamorphoses: The Braque Jewels. Christies’ Geneva, auction catalogue 21 November 1991. 49 pages, color and black and white illustrations. Glossy wrappers. Fine.    The two: $75.00
54. Braun-Feldweg, Wilhelm. Metal Design & Technique. New York, (1975). Cloth.    $125.00
55. Britten, F.J. Old Clocks and Watches & Their Makers. Third edition, revised. ACC, 1995. Illustrated. Hardbound, dust jacket.    $69.50
    Probably the most famous clock book ever published; held in the highest esteem by collectors.
56. Brown, Hy. Comic Character Timepieces: Seven Decades of Memories. Schiffer, 1992. Illustrated. Hardbound.    $79.95
57. Bronstein, Alan & Stephen C. Hofer. Forever Brilliant: The Aurora Collection of Colored Diamonds. New York, (2000). Illustrated in color. Hardbound, dust jacket.    $39.95
    The Aurora diamonds photographed by Tino Hammid for the book Collecting and Classifying Coloured Diamonds, with introductions by Alan Bronstein, Stephen Hofer, George E. Harlow and Janet Zapata.
58. Brown, Marcia “Sparkles.” Signed Beauties of Costume Jewelry; Identification & Values. Paducah, (2002). 270 pages, glossary, bibliography, index; hundreds of color photos, with all makers noted. Boards.    $24.95
59. Brown, Marcia “Sparkles.” Unsigned Beauties of Costume Jewelry; Identification & Values. Paducah, (2002). Values updated 2002. 270 pages, glossary, bibliography, index; hundreds of color illustrations. Boards.    $24.95
60. Brunialti, Roberto & Carla. American Costume Jewelry: Art & Industry, 1935-1950. Two volumes: A-M & N-Z. Schiffer, 2008. Profusely illustrated in color with over 966 photos and 729 illustrations of patents, ads and historic photos. Hardbound in dust jacket.     The two: $120.00
    A two-volume encyclopedic, in-depth reference on 37 companies plus chapters on jelly belly and American patriotic jewelry.
61. Brunner, Gisbert & Christian Pfeiffer-Belli. Wristwatches. Schiffer, revised 5th edition, 2005. Illustrated. Paperbound.    $19.95
62. Bruton, Eric. Diamonds. Radnor, (1978). Second edition. 532 pages, richly illustrated, including several color plates. Hardbound. Fine in dust jacket.    $50.00
    A completely revised and updated edition of this important word on diamonds.
63. Buhler, Kathryn C. American Silver 1655-1825 in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Distributed by New York Graphic Society, Greenwich, (1972). Two volumes. xx, 708 pages; 566 objects described and illustrated; marks. 4to, cloth backstrip on boards, fine in slipcase.     $300.00
64. Buhler, Kathryn C. & Graham Hood. American Silver: Garvan and Other Collections in the Yale University Art Gallery. New Haven, Yale University Press, 1970. First edition. Two volumes. Profusely illustrated, including marks. 4to, cloth, very good.     $350.00
65. Bulgari: Triossi, Amanda & Daniela Mascetti. Bulgari. Revised and updated edition. New York, (2007). 319 pages, 402 color illustrations. Clothbound, dust jacket.    $75.00
    This revised edition includes new chapters with newly discovered historical material and discusses Bulgari’s developments over the past decade since the first edition was published. Included is information on Bulgari’s “recently launched lines of luxury fashion accossories... which have made Bulgari one of the most important luxury brands of the new millennium (dust jacket blurb).”
66. Bulgari: Mascetti, Daniela & Amanda Triossi. Bulgari. Italian edition. In slipcase.    $100.00
67. Bulgari: Triossi, Amanda. Bulgari: Between Eternity & History 1884-2009. Skira, 2009. In English. 375 pages, profusely illustrated in color. Hardbound, dust jacket.    $80.00
    Catalogue of the retrospective exhibition May 22 - September 13, 2009 at the Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome.
68. Burgess, Fred W. Antique Jewelry and Trinkets. New York, (1937). Illustrated. 399 pages, 142 illustrations on plates. 8vo, cloth.    $50.00
    A history of jewelry, the various periods and pieces as well as chapters on Celtic Gold, Lapidary, Cameos, Jewelled Costumes, Fans, Pinchbeck and “Other Sham Jewellery,” Scotch Jewellery, and much more.
69. Calinescu, Adriana (editor). Ancient Jewelry & Archaeology. Bloomington, Indiana University Press, (1996). Illustrated. Hardbound, dust jacket.    $60.00
70. Campbell, Marian. Medieval Jewellery. London, V&A Publishing, 2009. 112 pages, 90 color illustrations. Small 4to, hardbound, dust jacket.    $30.00
    “This stunning book draws on the major collection at the V&A to focus on the heart of the Medieval period from 1100 to 1500. Royalty and the nobility wore gold, silver, or precious gems, while humbler ranks wore base metals, copper or pewter, sometimes set with colored glass, in imitation of gems. This richly illustrated book, one of very few on this subject, looks at the jewels themselves—rings, bracelets, necklaces, amulets, crosses and crucifixes—as well as contemporary portraits and sculpture to place the jewelry in its cultural context.
71. Cappellieri, Alba. Twentieth-Century Jewellery: From Art Nouveau to Contemporary Design in Europe and the United States. Milan, Skira, 2010. 248 pages, profusely illustrated in color; glossary, bibliography, index. Hardbound, dust jacket.    $85.00
    “The largest and most diverse anthology on jewelry, supported with a concise, authoritative and stimulating essay... includes analysis of such topics as the Art Nouveau period; great names such as Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, and Tiffany; European and American production from the 1950s” and more. Some 350 pieces are featured.
72. Cartier: Cartier, Inc. Retrospective Louis Cartier: Masterworks of Art Deco. (1982). Illustrating and describing 124 objects, mostly in color. Paperbound.    $75.00
73. Cartier: Cologni, Franco & Eric Nussbaum. Platinum by Cartier: Triumphs of the Jewelers’ Art. New York, (1996). 279 pages, 400 illustrations, including 345 plates in full color. 4to, boards, very good in dust jacket.    $100.00
74. Cartier: Marin, Sophie. High Jewelry by Cartier: Contemporary Creations. Flammarion, 2010. 264 pages, illustrated with over 300 photos in color. Hardbound, satin covered boards.    $175.00
    “A sumptuous tribute to Cartier’s creations with spectacular new photographs of unique pieces, many of which have never been published before... [a] lavish, satin-bound volume [presenting] Cartier’s most recent collections: modern pieces of high jewelry conceived in the spirit of Cartier’s traditional values of creativity, authenticity, and originality. Eight chapters trace the artistic threads and historic sources that have shaped the firm’s distinctive style, such as famous gemstones, the importance of pure, clean lines and balanced colors, and the exotic flora and distinctive feline shapes that characterize Cartier’s more exuberant pieces......”
75. Cartier: Vassallo e Silva, Nuno (editor). Cartier 1899-1949: The Journey of a Style. Milan, (2007). 229 pages, profusely illustrated in color. 4to, cloth, dust jacket.    $65.00
    Published for the Cartier exhibition at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
76. Cera, Deanna Farneti. Bijoux. Milan, Federico Motta Editore, (2010). Text and captions in Italian and English. 379 pages, profusely illustrated with color photographs. Small, thick 8vo, paperbound.    $19.95
    Costume jewelry from the 19th century through the 1990s.
77. Chalker, Kari (editor). Totems to Turquoise: Native North American Jewelry Arts of the Northwest and Southwest. Texts by Lois S. Dubin, Peter M. Whiteley and others. New York, (2004). 223 pages, 185 illustrations, including 150 plates in full color. Boards, dust jacket.    $45.00
    Jewelry by contemporary artists, with full descriptions, mostly personal statements; with examples of their works illustrated.
78. Chang: Holzach, Cornelie et al. Peter Chang: Jewellery, Objects, Sculptures. Text in English and German: Peter Chang - It’s Only Plastics. Stuttgart, (2002). 168 pages, 157 color illustrations. Plastic covers.    $75.00
    The sensational plastic jewelry of Peter Chang, one of Britain’s leading jewelry artists.
79. Charleston. Carolina Art Association. Selections From the Collection of the Carolina Art Association. Charleston, (1977). Preface by Martha R. Severens. 127 pages, black and white illustrations. Paperbound, very good.    $15.00
80. Choate, Sharr. Creative Gold- and Silversmithing: Jewelry - Decorative Metalcraft. New York, (1970). 298 pages, index, appendices; with 586 illustrations and 19 color plates. Paperbound edition.    $35.00
    A comprehensive and very useful work; the color illustrations are examples of contemporary pieces, many by the author.
81. Clements, Monica Lynn & Patricia Rosser Clements. Cameos: Classical to Costume. Schiffer, (2008). Second, expanded and revised edition. 224 pages, illustrated in color; with value guide. Clothbound, dust jacket.    $59.99
82. Coates: Goring, E. Et al. Kevin Coates: A Hidden Alchemy; Goldsmithing: Jewels and Table-Pieces. Stuttgart, Arnoldsche, 2008. 316 pages, beautifully illustrated in color. Large 4to, silk covered boards with illustration affixed to front cover, fine.    $75.00
    The first comprehensive publication on the work of the British goldsmith, Kevin Coates, showing his entire oeuvre of over 400 pieces made from 1973 until the present.
83. Coche de la Ferte, Etienne. Antique Jewellery From the Second to the Eighth Century. Bern, Hallwag, (1962). Series: Orbis Pictus #7. 8 pages, bibliography; 19 color plates, each with full description. 5 x 7 1/2 inches, illustrated boards, very good.    $25.00
84. Contini, Mila. Fashion From Ancient Egypt to the Present Day. New York, (1965). Profusely illustrated with examples of fashions through the ages, including many examples of the jewelry worn.    $85.00
85. Crosby, Deborah. A Century of Jewelry: Classy, Flashy & Trashy. Atglen, (2006). 256 pages, 1100 color photographs. Hardbound.    $49.95
    A well researched and fully illustrated work on jewelry made between 1860 and 1960, with a glossary and bibliography, as well as current values of fine and costume jewelry from American, Europe and Asia.
86. Crosby, Deborah. Silver Novelties in the Gilded Age 1870-1910. Schiffer, 2005. 244 pages, 590 color photos. Hardbound, dust jacket.    $49.95
87. Cummins, Genevieve. How the Watch Was Worn: A Fashion for 500 Years. Woodbridge, Antique Collectors Club, (2010). 272 pages, fully illustrated in color with over 1,000 images. Hardbound, dust jacket.    $85.00
    The first book published on the fashion of wearing a watch as a fashion accessory. Discusses watch forms, attachments, chains and fobs, pouches and pockets, brooches, wristbands, rings, cufflinks and more. A fascinating and well-illustrated study.
88. Cumo, Carlo & Claude Mazloum. Les Gemmes des Joyaux: Maitres et Materiaux. Rome, Gremese, (1996). Preface by Paolo Valentini. 285 pages, glossary; illustrated in color showing gemstones as well as contemporary jewelry using various stones. Hardbound.    $85.00
89. Cuss, Camerer. Antique Watches. Woodbridge, 1995. Illustrated. Hardbound.    $79.50




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