How to Buy an Engagement Ring: Without Getting Ripped Off by $4.88
Learn the secrets to buying an engagement ring. You'll discover how you can spend less and get more. Whether you buy your engagement ring online or in a retail store, this book will teach you what you need to know to keep from getting ripped off. A bonus section explains the psychological tactics that get used on you from the moment you walk into the store.
Summer at Tiffany by William Morrow Paperbacks $12.99
New York City, 1945. Marjorie Jacobson and her best friend, Marty Garrett, arrive fresh from the Kappa house at the University of Iowa hoping to find summer positions as shopgirls. Turned away from the top department stores, they miraculously find jobs as pages at Tiffany & Co., becoming the first women to ever work on the sales floor, a diamond-filled day job replete with Tiffany-blue...
Complete Price Guide to Watches 2012 by Cooksey Shugart $29.95
The most reliable and convenient guide to watches available, Complete Price Guide to Watches is the definitive guide for all levels of watch education and collection. From the amateur collector to the most prestigious auction houses, Complete Price Guide to Watches has something for everyone. This book not only provides accurate pricing on a plethora of watches and thousands of photographs for...
7000 Years of Jewelry by Hugh Tait $35.00
The most comprehensive and beautifully illustrated history of jewelry. The previous edition of this exhaustive survey was published to critical acclaim by the British Museum Press. Since publication, the museum has expanded its collection, with major acquisitions of pieces from Europe and Asia. The new edition includes a complete revision of the section on Europe after 1700, plus revisions...
The Jeweler's Directory of Gemstones: A Complete Guide to Appraising and Using Precious Stones From Cut and Color to Shape and Settings by Firefly Books $29.95
For goldsmiths, collectors, jewelry-makers, investors, retailers and consumers. The trade of gemstones is a highly specialized and often secretive business. Using The Jeweler's Directory of Gemstones, written by an expert gemstone dealer and designer, will provide any consumer with the insider knowledge needed to make accurate judgments of gemstones, to recognize low- and high-quality...
Warman's Jewelry: Identification and Price Guide by Krause Publications $29.99
The 4th edition of Warman's Jewelry: Fine & Costume Jewelry price guide is for any jewelry lover interested in jadeite, pearls, diamonds, figurals, Art Deco, Art Nouveau, sterling silver, beads, rhinestones, avant-garde, designer, antique Victorian-Edwardian-Georgian, couture, plastics including Bakelite and Lucite, gold, and even more exceptional jewelry categories. The book features a fresh...
Gemstones of the World: Newly Revised & Expanded Fourth Edition by Sterling $24.95
Gemstones of the World is the single, cornerstone volume that every hobbyist, jeweler, jewelry maker, and rockhound needs. And this updated edition contains a new chapter on the treatment of gemstones, expanded information on what’s New on the Market,” and 400 additional stones.More than 1,500 full-color photos showcase each precious and semiprecious stone in its rough, natural, polished,...
Origami Jewelry: More Than 40 Exquisite Designs to Fold and Wear by Kodansha USA $24.95
With precise instructions and vivid, four-color photographs, Ayako Brodek shows readers how to create 40 elegant and unusual pieces of jewelry. Each project includes a list of materials, illustrated step-by-step folding and finishing instructions, a beautiful photo of the completed piece, and suggested color variations, paper designs and embellishments to make each piece exciting and unique.The...
21st Century Jewelry: The Best of the 500 Series by Lark Crafts $30.00
The definitive art jewelry collection! 21st Century Jewelry features a decade's worth of memorable pieces selected from the prestigious and best-selling 500 Series, all gathered in one beautiful edition. Juried by an international roster of jewelers, curators, and gallery owners, each design captures the power of jewelry at the start of a new century. This beautiful gallery book offers a...
Jewelry & Gems, The Buying Guide 7th Edition: How to Buy Diamonds, Pearls, Colored Gemstones, Gold & Jewelry With Confidence and Knowledge (Jewelry and Gems the Buying Guide) by Gemstone Pr $19.99
New edition of the "unofficial" bible for jewelry and gem buyers--completely updated, expanded and revised! Purchasing gems and jewelry can be a magical experience, filled with excitement and anticipation. But lack of information, error, or misrepresentation can make the thrill of buying a gem or piece of jewelry confusing, intimidating, overwhelming, and costly. To help you avoid the pitfalls...