End of December Book Review by Sam Mitchell Title: American Costume Jewelry 1935 - 1950 Author: Carla and Roberto Brunialti Type of Book: Large Soft-cover Coffee table size Average Price: $ 60.00 to $80.00 and 50 to 140 Euro’s if you can find a copy In or Out of Print: Out of print Number of Pages: 300 Brief Description of Book: Carla and Roberto have put together one of the Best books of the Golden Age of American Costume Jewelry NOTE: Reviews Based on the following Scoring Measure: 1 Being “Forget It” and 10 Being “Must Have” QUANTITY OF PICTURES: Comments: 100's SCORE: 9 QUALITY OF PICTURES: Black and White Pictures? Yes Color? Yes How good are the pictures? Great Are there close ups of the marks? None Comments: Great Pictures SCORE: 9 QUANTITY OF INFORMATION: Range of information offered? Is information thorough? Comments: Lots of info but its all in Italian SCORE: 9 QUALITY OF INFORMATION: Accuracy (are there mistakes?): Comments: Great Info SCORE: 9 VALUES LISTED: Are they helpful or realistic? Yes Comments: There are no values listed SCORE: 10 USER FRIENDLY: Is the book easy to read and follow? No Its in Italian Are things easy to find (table of contents/index)? Yes Comments: I can’t read Italian SCORE: 7 TOTAL AVERAGE SCORE..... 9 Is this a must have book? YES and NO. If you are looking for prices and things like that, you won’t find it here and this book is not for you. If you are looking for real research and pictures of some of the best costume jewelry America ever produced then this book is for you. Overall Comments: Carla and Roberto Brunialti have put together one of the best books out there on the Golden Age of American Costume Jewelry 1935 - 1950. A ton of work and research went into this book, because Every Picture in the book has the US patent number with it, if there is one for it. The one drawback to the book is that its all in Italian. Originally written for the Italian market who are avid collectors of American costume jewelry of this time period, the book has gained world wide attention and is sold out and out of print. A good copy, if you can find one, will cost you $80.00, That’s how popular the book has become. With the popularity of their first book, Carla and Roberto have come out with a English verison of their first book called “A Tribute to America Costume Jewelry 1935 - 1950" that I am told is even better then the first, and as hard to find!! | |
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