Bold and flashy, sweet and coquettish, stylish and elegantplastic jewelry is all of these. In a comprehensive new study with over 400 beautiful color photographs of fabulous and original jewelry designs, explore the interesting and evolving history of plastics used to make jewelry. Meet the manufacturers, designers, and even salesmen who created the industry. See dazzling examples from Coro, Trifari, Lisner, Kramer, Selro, and more. Once considered "junk jewelry," Susan Maxine Klein shows that plastic jewelry is truly an art form.
Susan Maxine Klein got her start in the antiques business working for Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. She spent five years as the Senior Manager of Client Accounts for Sotheby's Chicago. For three seasons, she worked as a production assistant on the HGTV television program "The Appraisal Fair". Ms. Klein writes the "Bling & Things", (a column about vintage costume jewelry & accessories) for "Antiques & Collecting Magazine". Currently, Ms. Klein is the Director of a gallery that specializes in late 19th and early 20th, century Impressionist and Modern paintings.
