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Coro Jewelry: A Collector's Guide--Identification & Values

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If you're more interested in the company's history than the jewelry they produced, then you will not be disappointed in this book. However, if you're wanting to see the best of Coro and find a way to determine the value of a Coro piece (or what you should pay for it), this book fails to satisfy that criteria.

First of all, the book is poorly assembled. Corocraft ends up near the back of the book after Francois and Vendome. The selection is poor; 9 pages of $10 - $20 earrings, 40 pgs. of Vendome and only 13 pages of Corocraft and Coro Sterling each. The key Collectible Coro pieces are hard to find in this book and when you find them, the photos are poor, the prices not consistent with the marketplace (some high some low) and some of the best aren't in the book (yet easily found on the internet). You never know which section of Coro you are viewing as every page in the book has the same header. The descriptions don't define which designer produced which piece and with Coro, the designer affects the value.

Ms. Brown needs a lesson in photography or someone should buy her a new camera. The colors are washed out, there are far too numerous blurry images and most importantly, the jewelry just does not show well.

As the other reviewer said....take a pass on this one

Hope to see the best, the most interesting, the most curious of CORO ? avoid this book ! poor choice, bad pictures, ridiculous pink background .... big disappointment !!! and when you know that CORO did so gorgeous jewelry !!! ......

I buy and sell vintage jewelry mostly on e-Bay at Kaospf. I know how much Coro jewelry is out there so I was very disappointed that this book only has 3 pictures per page. I like to have as many books as I can afford so I can learn and price my pieces corectly.The pictures are scattered and they have a value for that piece but nothing in depth to take up the whole page. They should have loaded up the pages with the pictures of the more comon pieces available on the market.The pictures in the book are more high ticket items.It is nice to see items you don't see often so don't get me wrong. This is why I was not thrilled with the book,too much wasted space and lack of history on the pages. There is history at the front of the book,but it should be on the pages or the area your looking at.Bottom line is if I had looked at the book I wouldn't have bought it.I hope the next book will be better.

It's a very good book for Coro's history and most of collectible pieces. I'm a Coro fan and already collect many Coro's pieces which doesn't show in this book. I hope the new issue of Coro jewelry will come out soon!

Very helpful book to identify the Coro jewelry. Description of the history. Thumbnail Biographies of the designers.
Trade names, Logos the company used, advertisements and a lot of good photos of the jewelry. Happy I bought it.

I appreciate the comprehensive scope of this book. It covers all the major types of jewelry that Coro made, as well as the offo-brands that branched out from it, like Vendrome. Plenty of beautiful, full-color pictures. Usefull for collectors and dealers.

this is a good reference book on coro jewelry. although i was happy with this book, i would like to have seen more necklaces and bracelets. overall pleased

This book gives a detailed account of the Coro company and the designers that made the company prosper. The photos are clean and the editing concise. I would recommend the book.

Coro is one of the most widely available costume jewelers in the U.S. If you like their jewelry, then this book is indispensible for dating and verifying your piece. Of course, that is all the book is good for; dating other manufacturer's items by style is somewhat possible, but this book has a narrow focus.

Large, full-color photos enhance your enjoyment of these lovelies.