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End of June Book Review by
Sam Mitchell


Title: Secrets to Collecting Jewelry How to Buy More for Less
Author: Leigh Leshner
Type of Book: Paperback
Average Price: $19.99
In or Out of Print: In Print
Number of Pages: 272
Brief Description of Book: Book has tips on where to buy jewelry and shows methods of identifying the jewelry periods, style, material and findings.


NOTE:   Reviews Based on the following Scoring Measure:
1 Being “Forget It” and 10 Being “Must Have”

QUANTITY OF PICTURES:
    Comments: Ordinary pictures
   SCORE: 6

QUALITY OF PICTURES:
    Black and White Pictures?
    Color?
    How good are the pictures?
    Are there close ups of the marks?
    Comments: About 400 pictures. I did see one picture that shows British Hallmarks
    SCORE: 7

QUANTITY OF INFORMATION:
    Range of information offered?
    Is information thorough?
    Comments: Ordinary info that can be found most anywhere
    SCORE: 6

QUALITY OF INFORMATION:
    Accuracy (are there mistakes?):
    Comments: David Andersen’s name is spelled wrong on page 107
    SCORE: 7

VALUES LISTED:
    Are they helpful or realistic?
    Comments: Wow
    SCORE: 3

USER FRIENDLY:
    Is the book easy to read and follow?
    Are things easy to find (table of contents/index)?
    Comments: Book does well here
    SCORE: 8
     

TOTAL AVERAGE SCORE..... 6


Is this a must have book? No


Overall Comments: This book would have been a great little starter book for the
beginner if the prices under the pictures were left out. Any beginner that buys and sells by the prices in the book will be Bankrupt!

Two redeeming qualities of the book are the pictures and info of Rare how to find Prison Rings on page 205 which does not make it into most jewelry books, and the book is a size that you could have carried it with you when hunting for jewelry.

I really don’t know why I have this book!
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