PLEASE CLICK ON PICTURE OF BOOK TO READ ENTIRE REVIEW BY MANON KAVESKY Title: Jewels of Passion: Costume Jewelry Masterpieces Author: Sherri R. Duncan with Deby A. Roberts Type of Book: Hard Cover List Price: $39.99 better pricing available on Amazon.com and Powellsbooks.com In Print: Yes, published November 2008 Pages: 176 Brief Description of Book: Jewels of Passion is a very personal story about Sherri Duncan, a veterinarian who got bit by the costume jewelry-collecting bug in 1996. She has amassed a wonderful collection of top of the line signed and unsigned pieces. The jewelry is beautifully photographed and accompanied by short descriptive captions for each piece. You will love it or hate it but there are also personal photo album type photos of the author wearing her fabulous collection at social events, parties and even on the job in her vet practice. Quantity of Illustrations: Very good 360 plus color photographs. All the jewelry is photographed on black backgrounds and looks professional. There are several photographs per page a single view of each piece, no close-up details or photos of construction. There are also examples of the same piece in different color combinations. This is a catalogue of a collection and the collector has really lovely taste. Score: 9 Quality of visual material: The items included Jewels of Passion are of high quality, great makers and great pieces, no second rate items in this book (my opinion, of course). The subtitle of this book is Costume Jewelry Masterpieces and I second that! I would not have a hard time picking something I like on every single page. There are cute candid photos of the author, her friends and associates. Color Photos: Lots Score: 9 Quantity of Information: There is not a lot of factual information in Jewels of Passion the photos speak for themselves. Is the information thorough? The captions are basic and identify the maker of a piece and describe the components of a particular item. Comments: This book is not trying to educate the reader on any particular point of costume jewelry collecting, it is trying to entertain the reader and share the delight of collecting. Jewels of Passion is inspirational presenting the reader a goal to strive for, to improve the overall character of their collection with higher quality pieces. Score: 5 Quality of Information: Does not apply Accuracy (Mistakes?) Does not apply, although there is an interesting comment on Amazon.com identifying the bracelet on the cover of the book. It is Hobe. Comments Score NA Values Listed (Prices) no User Friendly: Is the book easy to read and follow? Yes, Jewels of Passion is a very personal story about the author’s jewelry collection. Is there a table of contents? Yes, arranged alphabetically by jewelry company name. Is there an index? Yes. There is a lot on non-relevant indexed information. Is information easy to find? Yes Score: This book scores rather low on the criteria that have been set out for rating jewelry books. Several of the categories don’t apply, like values, there are no values in this book and quanitiy of information. So to do an average of usual categories would drag the score down to a point where this would seem like a do not buy. Average score not totaled Is this book a must have? Yes. Beautiful. | |
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