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Jewelry & Gems The Buying Guide
Author: Antoinette MatlinsPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401174636
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 186
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to this edition In working with my own clients to acquire gemstones and jewelry since this book was first published in 1984, they have pointed out that most people buy "jewelry" and not "gemstones." Because the book offers so much practical advice and money-saving tips about buying jewelry, they urged me to change the title. So, in this edition The Complete Guide to Buying Gems has been changed to Jewelry & Gems: The Buying Guide. Consumer and professional response to the book has been very gratifying. Almost 14,000 hardcover copies are in circulation. We have received hundreds of letters, phone calls and in-person comments about the helpfulness and interesting information it provides. We thank you for encouraging us to make the book more widely available by bringing out this softcover edition. We have taken the opportunity of this softcover edition to update the price guides for diamonds and colored gemstones and, in light of the increase in both the popularity and price of pearls, to add a price guide for them in the "Guide to Popular Gems and Their Prices." Also, we want to take this opportunity to comment further on gem invest ment, taking into account major developments since the original manuscript was written in 1980.
Diamond and Other Valuable Jewelry A Group of Fine Furs All from Private Estate of the Lase Bertha R. Conyngham
Author: Valuable Diamond and Other Precious-stone Jewelry
Author: Parke-Bernet Galleries (New York, N.Y.)Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 90
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The Queen's Diamonds
Author: Hugh RobertsPublisher:
ISBN: 9781905686384
Category : Crown jewels
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Published on the occasion of the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, this book tells the story of the royal inheritance of diamonds from the time of Queen Adelaide in the 1830s to Elizabeth II.
Valuable Diamond and Other Jewelry
Author: Kende Galleries at Gimbel BrothersPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 42
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The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review
Author: Diamond Jewelry
Author: Diana ScarisbrickPublisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0500021503
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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A gloriously illustrated social history of diamond jewelry, told through the stories of the European rulers and socialites who commissioned and wore them. Diamonds have long symbolized political power and authority in Europe. This book explores the individuals who commissioned and wore extraordinarily precious diamond ornaments from the mid-fourteenth century to the present day. Exquisite paintings and breathtaking photography highlight the diamonds of figures as enduring as Louis XIV of France and Queen Elizabeth I of Great Britain, as well as screen icons such as Elizabeth Taylor. From Lisbon to London and Stockholm to St. Petersburg, these figures used diamond jewelry to reinforce their power. Like royal dress, diamonds were worn to dazzle and impress—at weddings, coronations, christenings, and state visits—and were presented as gifts, which often proved remarkably successful as instruments of diplomacy. More than three hundred illustrations capture the changing styles of diamond jewelry that mirror the trends of the time: late Gothic naturalism, the culture of the Renaissance, Baroque splendor, Rococo elegance and the imperial grandeur of the First and Second Napoleonic Empires. This book offers a fascinating overview of one of the world’s most iconic gems.
Valuable Diamond and Other Precious-stone Jewelry
Author: Sotheby Parke Bernet IncPublisher:
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Valuable Diamond and Other Precious-stone Jewelry; Fine Furs
Author: Parke-Bernet GalleriesValuable Diamond and Other Precious-stone Jewelry; Fine Furs
Author: Sotheby Parke Bernet IncPublisher:
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