Art&DesignSpring2025

The Rosary Collector’s Guide Gloria Brady Hoffner and Helen Hoffner. With 240 color photos, descriptions, and historical background on rosaries, crosses, cruci- fixes, and center medals, this guide helps antique sellers, collectors, and enthusiasts describe in detail rosaries, old and new. It gives guidance on the age and value of rosaries, as well as advice to use when buying rosaries online or in the marketplace • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 241 color photos • 152 pp. • 978-0-7643-4535-7 • HC • $34.99 / £31.99 / $48.99 CAD Dreaming in Silver / Soñar en Plata: Silver Art- ists of Modern Mexico Penny C. Morrill. Mexico has been and continues to be an exciting and nurturing setting for artists in silver. This reference, in dual-lan- guage English/Spanish format, focuses on the artists who became silver designers and contributed to the development of a distinctly Mexican stylistic language. Artists William Spratling, Héctor Aguilar, Margot Van Voorhies, Anna Morelli, and Matilde Poulat are joined by a group of talented Mexican artists designing in silver today • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 412 color and b/w images • 416 pp. • 978-0-7643-5651-3 • HC • $69.99 / £63.99 / $105.00 CAD Georg Jensen: A Tradition of Splendid Silver 2E Janet Drucker. Georg Jensen: A Tradition of Splendid Silver. Revised & Expanded 2nd Edition. Janet Drucker. An expansive study of the designs of Georg Jensen (1866–1935) and company, covering jewelry, hollowware, and flatware designed and produced from 1904 to the present. Jensen’s life and the company he founded are thoroughly researched and an interpretation of the marks used on Jensen silver is provided. • 9"x12" (228 x 304 mm) • 737 color & b/w photos • 312 pp. • 978-0- 7643-1089-8 • HC • $79.95 / £72.99 / $120.00 CAD Georg Jensen: 20th Century Designs Pref- ace by Janet Drucker and William Drucker. Jew- elry and hollowware catalog pages from Georg Jensen bring eagerly sought information togeth- er in one volume. Hard to find, the original cat- alogs provide primary information to enable identification of thousands of pieces found on the vintage market today • 11"x81/2" (279x215 mm) • 1194 b/w photos • 256 pp. • 978-0-7643-1568-8 • HC • $69.95 / £63.99 / $105.00 CAD Jensen Silver: The American Designs Nancy Schiffer and Janet Drucker. Sterling Silver jewelry and tableware that was sold at the Jensen store in New York City included designs by American craftsmen, especially William De Matteo and Alphonse La Paglia, in the late 1940s. Through newly found documentation, original working drawings, and careful analysis, these vintage silver items finally can be identified and appre- ciated • 9" x 12" (228 x 304 mm) • 495 color photos • 192 pp. • 978-0-7643-2738-4 • HC • $50.00 / £45.99 / $72.00 CAD Mid-century Plastic Jewelry Susan Maxine Klein. The interesting, evolving history of plastics used in jewelry. More than 400 beautiful color photos demonstrate fabulous and innovative jewelry designs from the 1920s to the ’60s. Meet fashion jewelry’s visionary major players and learn the truth about a once-overlooked arena of jewelry collecting • 11"x81/2" (279x215mm) • 400+ color photos • 176 pp. • 978-0-7643-2234-1 • PB • $29.95 / £27.99 / $42.95 CAD Plastic Bangles Lyn Tortoriello & Deborah Lyons. An alluring dream book and informative handbook for collectors of plastic bangles, illustrated with both rare and more common pieces in a profusion of colors and styles. Gorgeous spreads arranged by designs and techniques introduce the reader to the unexpected riches of this collecting field. 415 color photos illustrate thousands of bangles. Values are included • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 415 color photos • 192 pp. • 978-0- 7643-2195-5 • HC • $40.00 / £36.99 / $56.95 CAD Plastic Jewelry REV Lyngerda Kelly and Nancy Schiffer. Plastic Jewelry. Lyngerda Kelly and Nancy Schiffer. Revised & Expanded 5th Edition with Updated Price Guide. More than 1,000 exciting pieces accompany the story of plastic jewelry from the 1920s to the present in this revised and expanded 5th edition. Original designs of bracelets, pins, necklaces, buttons, and buckles are featured accompanied by text that gives the materials used and a history of the styles. Updated price guide included. (Former ISBN: 0-7643- 1223-5). • 6" x 9" (152 x 228mm) •251 color images •152 pp. • 978-0-7643-4349-0 • PB • $19.99 / £18.99 / $28.99 CAD Shultz Bakelite Jewelry Karima Parry. Covering the entire artistic career of Ron and Ester Shultz, modern artists who rework vintage Bakelite into startlingly beautiful contemporary jewelry, this full color book shows hundreds of pieces, including many rare earlier pieces, along with notes on the Shultzs’ techniques and designs, and pricing on almost every piece • 81/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 570+ color photos • 160 pp. • 978-0-7643-1662-3 • PB • $29.95 / £27.99 / $42.95 CAD Rainbow of Rhinestone Jewelry Sandy Fichtner & Lynn Ann Russell. Rainbow of Rhinestone Jewelry. Sandy Fichtner & Lynn Ann Russell. Thousands of beautiful rhinestone creations illustrated in more than 450 color photos. Signed and unsigned jewelry pieces are arranged by color and design, and are presented with important facts and practical advice on the joy of owning beautiful rhinestone jewelry, including suggestions for care, clean- ing, repair, and storage. • 6 “ x 9" (152 x 228 mm) • over 450colorphotos•160pp.•978-0-88740-895-3•PB•$19.95 / £18.99 / $28.95 CAD Rhinestones! A Collector’s Handbook and Price Guide 4E Nancy N. Schiffer. Rhinestones comprise the most popular form of jewelry. Today great designs are avidly collected, boldly worn, and thoroughly enjoyed by people around the world. Nearly 300 color photographs display jewelry with rhinestones of many colors, shapes, and optical styles in a variety of visual effects. Updated values are in the captions. • 6" x 9" (152 x 228mm) • 300 color photos • 160 pp. • 978-0-7643-1751-4 • PB • $16.95 / £15.99 / $23.95 CAD Modernist Jewelry 1930-1960: The Wearable Art Movement Marbeth Schon. The work of 175 of the most important American modernist artist jewelers appears in more than 540 color and 35 black-and-white photos. Their story and jewelry is arranged chronologically and linked to four pivotal midcentury exhibitions. They comprise the modernist movement of wearable art directly, influencing the next generations • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 540 color & 35 b/w photos • 292 pp. • 978-0-7643-2020- 0 • HC • $69.95 / £63.99 / $105.00 CAD Collecting Plastic Jewelry: A Handbook and Price Guide Jan Lindenberger. With more than 440 color photos, this easy-to-use handbook and price guide is designed to be taken into the field. It will be an invaluable aid at flea markets, to yard collect and evaluate plastic jewelry, and providing prices to discover the best deals • 6" x 9" (152 x 228 mm) • 440 color photos • 160 pp. • 978- 0-7643-0024-0 • PB • $16.95 / £15.99 / $23.95 CAD Bakelite Jewelry: Good, Better, Best Donna Wasserstrom & Leslie Piña. All the questions about Bakelite answered in a colorful, richly illustrated book. Designed to inform as well as delight, this book shows how to rate quality—good, better, best—and explores the basics of Bakelite, from dealers’ secrets to histor- ical facts. All this, and a current price guide, will make this a favorite of collectors. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) •427 color photos •176 pp. •978-0-7643-0122-3• HC • $39.95 / £36.99 / $56.95 CAD The Best of Bakelite and Other Plastic Jewelry Dee Battle & Alayne Lesser. A treasure chest of superb jewelry in Bakelite, Celluloid, and Lucite. Drawn from several of today’s leading Bakelite collectors, some of the finest pieces ever produced include layered, carved, molded, trans- lucent, painted, and imbedded jewelry styles. • 11"x81/2" (279x215mm) •181color photos•160 pp. • 978-0-88740-901-1 • HC • $39.95 / £36.99 / $56.95 CAD Art Deco Bakelite Jewelry & Boxes: Cubism for Everyone Deborah & Peter Keresztury and Nancy N. Schiffer. The Art Deco style of the early 1930s in Bakelite jewelry and boxes, with hundreds of items shown in color and described with their current values. This book demonstrates how Art Deco style fits into the Depression era, providing color, simplicity, and economy. • 11" x 8 1/2" (279 x 215mm) • 170 color photos • 144 pp. • 978-0-7643-1347-9 • HC • $39.95 / £36.99 / $56.95 CAD The Bakelite Collection Matthew L. Burkholz. More than 750 stunning color photos illustrate Bakelite collectors’ stories, experiences, and lovingly assembled collections in a book to delight every collector of this colorful jewelry. Fantastic jewelry arrays are showcased in luscious detail in a design that intensifies their beau- ty. A price guide makes it a truly valuable book. • 81/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 770 color photos • 256 pp. • 978- 0-7643-0016-5 • HC • $59.95 / £54.99 / $85.00 CAD Bakelite Jewelry: The Art of the Carver Lyn Tortoriello and Deborah Lyons. Vintage carved Bakelite jewelry, from the 1930s and 1940s, includes ever-pop- ular bangles and hinged bracelets, pins, dress clips, buckles, pendants, and earrings as little works of art. These great carved pieces demonstrate the art and painstaking craft of carving Bakelite and are hard to find, valuable, and much coveted. • 81/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) •300 color photos •192pp. •978-0-7643-2914- 2 • HC • $39.99 / £36.99 / $56.99 CAD 20th Century Plastic Jewelry Roseann Ettinger. Lavish popular jewelry in many types of plastics—from Bakelite, celluloid, and Lucite to Plexiglas, natural plastics, and resins. Brooches, necklaces, beads, and earrings appear in 365 color photos and period catalog pages. Popular makers such as Trifari, Lisner, Coro, Kramer, KJL, Les Bernard, and more are well represent- ed. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 365 color photos • 160 pp. • 978-0-7643-2612-7 • PB • $29.95 / £27.99 / $42.95 CAD Popular Jewelry 1840-1940 4E Roseann Ettinger. A visual tour of antique jewelry covering the Victorian era through Art Nouveau and Art Deco designs. Iden- tifies the makers and styles, with hundreds of color images of cameos, hair ornaments, hat pins, necklac- es, bracelets, pins, and more. A proven, reliable source of information. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 500+ color photos•192pp. •978-0-7643-3650-8•PB•$29.99 / £27.99 / $42.99 CAD Popular Jewelry of the ’60s, ’70s & ’80s 3E Roseann Ettinger. Today, attitudes about costume jewelry include respect and enjoyment from the grow- ing number of collectors who search for pieces made by important designers from the sixties, seventies, and eighties. More than 600 color photographs and 60 advertising pieces are presented to display the variety in these popular adornments. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 675 photos • 192 pp. • 978-0-7643-3806-9 • PB • $29.99 / £27.99 / $42.99 CAD JEWELRY: ROSARIES JEWELRY: SILVER JEWELRY: RHINESTONES JEWELRY: PLASTIC & BAKELITE | 97 JEWELRY: PLASTIC & BAKELITE • RHINESTONES • ROSARIES • SILVER