End of January Book Review by Sam Mitchell. Title: Inside the Jewelry Box A Collector’s Guide to Costume Jewelry Author: Ann Mitchell Pitman Type of Book: Large Paperback Average Price: $24.95 In or Out of Print: In print Number of Pages: 271 Brief Description of Book: The book states that Inside the Jewelry Box is based around News Columns by Ann Pitman that have run in antique publications. NOTE: Reviews Based on the following Scoring Measure: 1 Being "Forget It" and 10 Being "Must Have" QUANTITY OF PICTURES: Comments: Book has over 1000 SCORE: 9 QUALITY OF PICTURES: Black and White Pictures? Color? How good are the pictures? Are there close ups of the marks? Comments: No Black and white pictures of jewelry just a few of jewelry adds. Pictures run from fair to really good. Lots of pictures of marks SCORE: 8 QUANTITY OF INFORMATION: Range of information offered? Is information thorough? Comments: Not the usual list of Jewelers 6 QUALITY OF INFORMATION: Accuracy (are there mistakes?): Comments: Not the cut and dry copy of the same info that is passed from book But more like a reporter doing a interview SCORE: 8 VALUES LISTED: Are they helpful or realistic? Comments: Not bad overall. Prices for Bakelite reflect the downward trend SCORE: 8 USER FRIENDLY: Is the book easy to read and follow? Are things easy to find (table of contents/index)? Comments: Did well here SCORE: 9 TOTAL AVERAGE SCORE..... 8 Is this a must have book? Yes and No | |
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