How to Be a Jewelry Detective: Elementary Clues to Solving the Mysteries of Jewelry (Antiques Detectives How to Series)

It’s elementary, my dear Watson. This book helps any would-be Sherlock Holmes solve the mysteries that shroud the jewelry world. C. Jeanenne Bell, one of the nation’s leading jewelry authorities, puts her 30 years of experience to work providing clues that help separate the old from the new, the gold from the gold-plated, the diamonds from the rhinestones and the junk from the jewels. Combining logic with step-by-step proven techniques, How to be a Jewelry Detective is the one book that will help make hunting for jewelry not only fun, but also profitable. - More than 300 illustrations and 160 photos - 32 pages of color - Comprehensive list of designers and marks - Invaluable clues about fine, costume and Mexican jewelry