MBR: The Antiques/Collectibles Shelf

The Antiques/Collectibles Shelf

Pictorial Guide to Costume Jewelry
Ariel Bloom
Collector Books
Box 3009, Paducah, KY 42002-3009
9781574325799, $29.95 www (dot) collectorbooks (dot) com

Any collector of costume jewelry needs this identification and values
guide, and libraries catering to collectors will find it a popular
lend. That's because costume jewelry finds its way into estate and
yard sales more easily and in more abundance than other types of
jewelry, making this collector's guide key to a wide range of users,
from neo-pros to beginners. A fine reference survey indeed.

Imperishable Beauty: Art Nouveau Jewelry
Yvonne J. Markowitz & Elyse Zorn Karlin
MFA Publications
465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115
9780878467341, $45.00 www (dot) mfa-publications (dot) org

Any library strong in art history in general or jewelry history in
particular will find IMPERISHABLE BEAUTY: ART NOUVEAU JEWELRY an
excellent pick, covering the European Art Nouveau movement of the late
19th and early 20th centuries. Jewelry designers reflected typical
European arts history and produced a free-flowing form of design that
made their work unique - and IMPERISHABLE BEAUTY offers full-page
color photos capturing the best of these pieces.

Mauzy's Rare, Unusual and Unique Depression Glass
Barbara & Jim Mauzy
Schiffer Publishing
4880 Lower Valley Road, Atglen, PA 19310
9780764330315, $24.99, www (dot) schifferbooks (dot) com

Plenty of books on Depression-era glassware are on the market so it's
refreshing to view a different focus in Mauzy's Rare, Unusual and
Unique Depression Glass, a book directed to avid collectors who have
come across rare pieces needing identification. Also exceptional are
good-sized color photos displaying the pieces, along with notes on
makers and history. There are no valuation notes here, but the survey
of over 200 noteworthy pieces of vintage glassware - many thought to
be the only one in existence - makes for an outstanding specialty
item.

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