Warman's Costume Jewelry Figurals: Identification and Price Guide [Paperback]

Kathy Flood (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 26, 2007 | Series: Warman's

The book Costume Jewelry Figurals appeals to jewelry enthusiasts with tastes on both ends of the economic spectrum - from common pieces ranging in price from $2 -$20, and the most elusive items commanding $14,000+ at auction. Figural jewelry, a fashion-forward choice and popular item featured at top auction houses, represents possibly the most popular portion of the costume jewelry market.
Few pieces of jewelry make as big a statement as whimsical or beautiful costume jewelry figurals. Whether your jewelry passion is based on fashion or a collector's eye for detail, Warman's Costume Jewelry Figurals offers valuable tips on what to look for when buying figurals, up-and-coming designers to watch for, and secondary-market pricing to assess worth. Featuring more than 1,000 items and photos of jewelry figurals including people, dogs, flowers, faces, seahorses, Christmas trees and more. You'll find answers to all your questions, and inspiration in this must-have guide.

Editorial Reviews

From the Author

Join me in the hunt for the most fascinating figurals in the wide world of costume jewelry.

About the Author

Kathy Flood's first figural pin as a little girl was a ballerina, and her first as an adult, which launched her career in jewelry, was a Christmas tree pin. She is a long-time magazine writer and editor with a master's degree in journalism from Mizzou. Her work has appeared in magazines and newspapers around the world; she's the author of five books, with the sixth coming in 2011.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Krause Publications (September 26, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0896895629
• ISBN-13: 978-0896895621
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #744,986 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Kathy Flood is a journalist with a master's degree in the field from the University of Missouri - Columbia. She is currently a columnist and regular contributor to Antique Trader magazine. Another column was distributed nationally and abroad by The NY Times Syndicate and then ran for four years in the Ft. Worth Star-Telegram. Her column on antiques and collectibles was an exclusive for the Chicago Tribune. She is an appraiser and licensed auctioneer; author of THINGS (You can't take them with you but they're fun while you're here), a compilation of readers' favorite newspaper columns; Warman's Costume Jewelry Figurals; Warman's Jewelry 4th edition; Warman's Jewelry Field Guide 2nd edition; and a book covering unsigned Christmas tree pins, her gateway into jewelry after seeing 18 works of art in Vogue magazine. (Contact her at christmastreepins.com if you want to join a collector's society of holiday tree lovers.) Says Flood, "I just finished a Jewelry Face Book for Amazon, the title called Vintage Visages (see three of the brooches following author photo). If you collect autographed books, lmk and I'll sign mine for you. (The figural-pins book even comes with a free gift pin.) In the meantime on this page, enjoy the videos. They're short and sweet. Two are mine, created for the holiday season and its related jewelry. The third is Stuart Freeman's gripping split-second vid of the latest jewelry field guide, which is slightly chilling."