Collecting Costume Jewelry 202 2nd Edition

by Julia C. Carroll

The second edition of Collecting Costume Jewelry 202: the basics of dating jewelry 1935 - 1980 will not disappoint collectors. More than just a fresh new cover, this updated edition is bursting with... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1574326384
• ISBN13: 9781574326383
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Collector Books
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 3.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.5" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

A guide to dating costume jewellery

In "Collecting Costume Jewelry 101", Julia Carroll provided a guide to the main makers of (American) designer costume jewellery, which would allow a beginner to get some idea of what is on offer before going out into the market. In the sequel to this book, "Costume Jewelry 202", Carroll starts by assuming that her readers have already started their costume jewellery collections and then proceeds to give advice on how to date this jewellery. According to Carroll, there are six main methods of dating costume jewellery: using the maker's mark; using patent information; by reviewing vintage advertisements; by the style or design of the piece; by using books and the internet; and by provenance. Carroll then provides as much of this information as possible to her readers to allow them to date their own jewellery using these methods. For each of the major designers whom Carroll has selected (and there are a lot of them), she provides tables of patent numbers and descriptions, pictures of vintage advertisements, tables of maker's marks and information on style. Much of this information I have not seen in any other book. Extra space is devoted to Coro, Vendome and Trifari jewellery. Readers of "Costume Jewelry 101" will recall that in this book Carroll recommended that beginners start by collecting jewellery by Coro, Kramer, Trifari and Weiss, so this is somewhat consistent with that. Although, I feel that she should have also devoted extra space to Kramer and Weiss jewellery to be fully consistent. As with the previous book, this book is filled with numerous colour photographs of the jewellery, with 2007 values given for each piece. Please note that this book focuses on dating costume jewellery produced between 1935 and 1980, so if you are interested in dating jewellery that is either earlier or later that this, this book may prove inadequate.

Super Book

Collecting Costume Jewelry 202 is a marvelous reference book and a joy to read. The pictures are particularly beautiful and the wealth of information is stunning. As a collector of vintage jewelry I appreaciate the illustration of the trends in styles that the wonderfully talented costume jewelry designers displayed in their pieces. Kudos to Ms. Carroll for teaching us with this fine book.

FABULOUS BOOK!

This book is fantastic! I am an experienced collector and this book is full of information on learning how to date vintage costume jewelry. I was totally impressed by the large sections on Coro & Trifari since I have many pieces from these designers from the 1930's - 1950's, and it was wonderful to be able to see actual patents, ads, and dating techniques. Along with the many other designers that she covered was just adding icing on the cake. I thought Ms. Carroll out did herself with her first book "Collecting Costume Jewelry 101" but this one continues to show her love, dedication and hard work on providing collectors with beautiful photos and extremely valuable information. I have already purchased many copies as Christmas gifts and hope she will continue to share her wealth of knowledge with us on this subject.

Collecting Costume Jewelry 202

I have been collecting Costume Jewelry for a very long time. I only wish I had a "primer" like this when I started out! I bought the first book "C.C.J.:101" for my daugther last year and was very impressed. This one WOWED me. Even if you have been collecting as long as I have you will find a wealth of information. Some will say it has a big focus on Coro, but, there's alot out there and first timers will find that more often then Haskell. Bravo! This a keeper.

This book is a great resource!

I own a copy of this book, and I cannot put it down. As I am reading I keep coming across jewelry that is similar to something I currently own and collect - and now thanks to this book, I know the date the jewelry was made. This book contains not only pages of beautiful photographs, but also patent tables and authentic jewelry advertisements to help a collector date jewelry - on top of that each picture caption includes detailed info on the piece including the manufacturer, the date of the piece, if it is marked by style, and other useful info. Collecting Costume Jewelry 202 is an invaluable reference for both the beginner and the novice collector.