VINTAGE JEWELRY AND VINTAGE COMPACT INFORMATION

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REFERENCE BOOKS USED
 
 
COSTUME JEWELRY:  Fred Rezazadeh, Schroeder Publishing Co., 2000
 
COSTUME JEWELRY:  Judith Miller, DK Publishing, 2003
 
SIGNED BEAUTIES OF COSTUME JEWELRY:  Marcia "Sparkles" Brown, Schroeder Publishing Co., 2002
 
COLLECTIBLE SILVER JEWELRY:  Fred Rezazadeh, Schroeder Publishing Co., 2001
 
WARMAN'S JEWELRY:  Christie Romero, Krause Publications, 2002
 
POPULAR JEWELRY 1840 - 1940:  Roseann Ettinger, Schiffer Publishing, 2002
 
MEXICAN SILVER:  Morrill & Berk, Schiffer Publishing, 2001
 
TWENTIETH CENTURY FASHIONABLE PLASTIC JEWELRY:  Lillian Baker, Collector Books, 1996
 
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ABOUT OLD JEWELRY:  C. Jeanenne Bell, Krause Publications, 2003
 
AMERICAN JEWELRY MANUFACTURERS:  Dorothy Rainwater, Schiffer Publications, 1988
 
COLLECTIBLE COSTUME JEWELRY:  Cherri Simonds, Collector Books, 1997
 
RHINESTONE JEWELRY:  Leigh Leshner, Krause Publications, 2003
 
FIFTY YEARS OF COLLECTIBLE FASHION JEWELRY 1925 - 1975:  Lillian Baker, Collector Books, 2003
 
HALLMARKS OF THE sOUTHWEST:  Barton Wright, Schiffer Books, 1989
 
THE LITTLE BOOK OF MEXICAN SILVER TRADE AND HALLMARKS:  Bille Hougart,  TBR International Inc., 2001
 
POWDER COMPACTS:  Juliette Edwards, Octopus Publishing Group, Ltd., 2000
 
LADIES COMPACTS:  Roselyn Gerson,  Collector Books, 2001
 
COMPACTS:  Laura M. Mueller,  Collector Books, 1997
 
PLASTIC JEWELRY:  Lillian Baker, Collector Books, 1996