Warman's Costume Jewelry: Identification and Price Guide

Pamela Wiggins and her photographer Jay Siegel have created a fabulous costume jewelry guide. Book is filled with large and superb images, printed on top quality glossy pages, making the book a pleasure to peruse. Jewelry images are crisp and clear, showing all the details of the pieces, and many images of the backs, also. The images 'pop' as though they are sitting right in front of you and you can just reach out and touch them..And the content…… fabulous, as well. I don't usually find time to sit and read all the text in the guides I purchase, but this one is an exception. Pamela has a way of engaging you with her writing skills, so once you start, you just have to keep reading. She makes the information presented both extremely informative and interesting. There are so many great tips about identifying jewelry pieces and eras in this resource.This is a well done costume jewelry guide, from the content and images, right down to the printing quality, and will be a great addition to your jewelry library. I absolutely love it. I hope the author will do more books. Would love to see one dedicated to Trifari….hint, hint!

Ms. Wiggins congratulations on a masterpiece, you have always been thorough in your research that comes through in thesepages; an easy read one does not want to put it down and I could not. Mr. Siegel your photography is breathtaking certainly a work to be enjoyed by the accomplished collector and beginner alike. I took fewer ( minor) exceptions with this guide on costume jewelry than I have in many years of reading and collecting shelves of the same. If you have to own only one, purchase this one or add it to your collection. IT IS WORTH IT!

The book is attractive and arrived in time to be the planned birthday gift.

I really liked the book, but I can’t get over the price. The back of the book lists a price of $26.99. I paid $60 for a used copy! I was so eager to get the book that I was not thinking straight.

This book was a Christmas gift for my sister in law. She told me the book is an excellent reference as she collects costume jewelry.

I LOVE Warman's Jewelry Guides and use them constantly for research and I must state that this edition has quickly become my favorite. The presentation, information and photography are both impressive and comprehensive. Ms. Wiggins and Mr. Siegel have done an outstanding job creating this edition, it is user friendly, instructional, descriptive and beautiful and I highly recommend it to anyone interested in jewelry.

Why great? Lots of history, information on identifying unmarked pieces, dating of components, pricing guide, great, quality photos. I pull it out frequently. You can find many books with nice photos (and more of them), but this one shows the backs, which is poorly lacking in most jewelry collectors books.

Love this book. Wish it was larger and would cover more but this is a great start for your research on costume jewelry.