End of November Book Review by Adrienne Shivers
Title: Christmas Pins Past & Present, 2nd ED
Author: Jill Galina
Published: 2004
General description: Book focuses specifically on Christmas brooches, mainly tree with a good dose of wreaths, Santas and other holiday brooches tossed in.
This review will cover several categories and will include a rating for that category 1-10, 1 being 'forget it, 10 being 'must have'. There will also be a short comment about each category and then a general review at the end.
QUANTITY of PICTURES:
Comments: Lots of pictures, though some are duplicated in different sections.
Rating: 7.0
QUALITY of PICTURES:
Pictures are all large and in color, no backs, no marks.
Rating: 7.0
QUANTITY of INFORMATION
Comments: Fairly detailed info on designers at the front, especially some info on contemporary tree designers, not in any other book. But, no dates for individual trees, contemporary is mixed in with vintage.
Rating: 7.0
QUALITY of INFORMATION
Comments: Seems accurate, I don't know of any errors.
Rating: 8.0
VALUES LISTED:
Comments: Values are actually pretty current and seem to be pretty accurate. Not bad, considering it's a book. :-)
Rating: 8.0
USER FRIENDLY
Comments: No complaints here, it's organized by theme.
Rating: 9.0
Total average rating: 7.6666
On of two 'must have' books for Christmas jewelry collectors and dealers! This one cover much more about contemporary designers and while vintage is represented, the other book, "Christmas Jewelry", concentrates more on that. This book covers designers not in any other book...BeeGee, Attruia, Radko & Lea Stein to name a few. There's a lot of variety and Holiday jewelry remains a 'hot' commodity, so these books are invaluable if you're into this sort of thing. If you're not....forget it, don't bother getting this one. There's nothing else in it but Christmas jewelry.
Title: Christmas Pins Past & Present, 2nd ED
Author: Jill Galina
Published: 2004
General description: Book focuses specifically on Christmas brooches, mainly tree with a good dose of wreaths, Santas and other holiday brooches tossed in.
This review will cover several categories and will include a rating for that category 1-10, 1 being 'forget it, 10 being 'must have'. There will also be a short comment about each category and then a general review at the end.
QUANTITY of PICTURES:
Comments: Lots of pictures, though some are duplicated in different sections.
Rating: 7.0
QUALITY of PICTURES:
Pictures are all large and in color, no backs, no marks.
Rating: 7.0
QUANTITY of INFORMATION
Comments: Fairly detailed info on designers at the front, especially some info on contemporary tree designers, not in any other book. But, no dates for individual trees, contemporary is mixed in with vintage.
Rating: 7.0
QUALITY of INFORMATION
Comments: Seems accurate, I don't know of any errors.
Rating: 8.0
VALUES LISTED:
Comments: Values are actually pretty current and seem to be pretty accurate. Not bad, considering it's a book. :-)
Rating: 8.0
USER FRIENDLY
Comments: No complaints here, it's organized by theme.
Rating: 9.0
Total average rating: 7.6666
On of two 'must have' books for Christmas jewelry collectors and dealers! This one cover much more about contemporary designers and while vintage is represented, the other book, "Christmas Jewelry", concentrates more on that. This book covers designers not in any other book...BeeGee, Attruia, Radko & Lea Stein to name a few. There's a lot of variety and Holiday jewelry remains a 'hot' commodity, so these books are invaluable if you're into this sort of thing. If you're not....forget it, don't bother getting this one. There's nothing else in it but Christmas jewelry.
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